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West Kelowna News Jun 18 to 24, 2017

Tankers battling blaze

Tankers battling blaze

Garnet Valley Jun 24, 2017 / 4:35 pm

UPDATE: 9:56 p.m. According to fire information officer Justine Hunse the fire is now measured at .53 hectares in size. They still have three firefighters on...

No blame laid yet in fire

No blame laid yet in fire

Jun 24, 2017 / 10:15 am

Fire investigators are no longer at the scene of the wildfire that burned off of Westside Road on June 13, and despite witnesses saying the cause was obvious,...

Bin fire in West Kelowna

Bin fire in West Kelowna

Jun 24, 2017 / 9:29 am

West Kelowna Fire Rescue had an early start to their day, responding to a morning bin fire. Crews were called out to a fire at West Manufacturing on Marmot Lane...

West Kelowna squeezed

West Kelowna squeezed

Jun 22, 2017 / 3:10 pm

West Kelowna doesn’t have enough land, and that’s hampering efforts to build new recreation facilities, city hall, and more. “Land is a big...

Bicycle drive-by goes to trial

Bicycle drive-by goes to trial

Jun 21, 2017 / 6:59 am

The man accused of a brazen drive-by bicycle shooting will face trial in Supreme Court. Tyrone McGee, 29, was arrested in the late hours of Aug. 2, 2016, after...

Cooking fire sparks blaze

Cooking fire sparks blaze

Jun 21, 2017 / 6:03 am

A report of a late-night car fire in West Kelowna turned out to be a small wildfire. Fire crews responded to the fire just after 11 p.m., near the intersection...

Vehicle heads into the bush

Vehicle heads into the bush

Jun 20, 2017 / 7:15 pm

A vehicle heading down Glenrosa Road from the Crystal Mountain area went around a curve near the cattle guard, went off the road into the shoulder, over...

A licence to grow

A licence to grow

Jun 20, 2017 / 10:18 am

Trent Kitsch is now licensed to cultivate medical marijuana out of his West Kelowna facility. Health Canada issued the licence Friday, a little more than a...

Sunken boat removed

Sunken boat removed

Jun 19, 2017 / 10:36 am

UPDATE: 10:35 a.m. Very little fuel or oil leaked into Okanagan Lake from a sunken boat on Sunday. West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund says less than two...