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Update: reward for missing plane

Aug 19, 2010 / 3:10 pm

Update: 3:10 p.m. - The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) has transferred search headquarters from Victoria to Kelowna. “For the sake of efficiency and...

Tense moments at YLW

Tense moments at YLW

Aug 19, 2010 / 2:30 pm

Two tense moments at Kelowna International Airport had happy endings Thursday morning. Just after 8 a.m. a commercial aircraft reported landing gear issues,...

Bear sightings prompts warning

Bear sightings prompts warning

Aug 19, 2010 / 2:00 pm

Over the past week, Regional District Parks Services staff in Mission Creek Regional Park has received several reports of bear sightings in the park, along the...

Crash victims dispute right-of-way

Crash victims dispute right-of-way

Aug 19, 2010 / 1:00 pm

Drivers of two vehicles involved in a crash at the intersection of Richter and Leon avenues Wednesday night are both pointing the finger at the other driver....

Wildfire burning at Knox Mtn. Park

Aug 18, 2010 / 11:10 pm

No structures are currently being threatened by a wildfire burning in Knox Mountain Park south of Paul's Tomb. The blaze, estimated at several hectares in size,...

Kelowna resident missing

Kelowna resident missing

Aug 18, 2010 / 1:27 pm

The Grand Forks RCMP is requesting public assistance in locating 24-year-old Owen Kiernan Rooney. The Australian was last seen sitting on a picnic table on the...

Update: bizarre incident ends in death

Aug 18, 2010 / 12:40 pm

Update 10:40 a.m. - At the request of the RCMP, the Central Saanich Police Service is conducting an independent, external investigation into the sudden death of...

Break in heat expected by Thursday

Break in heat expected by Thursday

Aug 18, 2010 / 12:00 pm

The hazy days of summer will likely be over, for the time being, by the end of the work week. A change in the weather is expected in Kelowna, meaning the...

Altercation sends Alberta man to KGH

Altercation sends Alberta man to KGH

Aug 17, 2010 / 12:00 pm

RCMP are asking the public for information with respect to an assault outside Cheetah's Cabaret early Friday morning which sent one man to hospital with serious...

Boater faces charges after hit and run

Boater faces charges after hit and run

Aug 17, 2010 / 11:00 am

A Pitt Meadows man is facing charges after he hit a swimmer with his boat. The incident took place just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Okanagan Lake near the beach...

Drowning victim identified

Aug 17, 2010 / 9:01 am

Kelowna RCMP have identified the man who drowned in Okanagan Lake Monday afternoon. It is believed that 84-year-old Harry Price likely fell into the water...

Gaming grants money for youth sports

Gaming grants money for youth sports

Aug 17, 2010 / 6:30 am

More than 150 local organizations in 54 communities in Central, Interior and Northern regions of British Columbia will benefit from $1.98 million in community...

Chief of Defence visits Kelowna

Chief of Defence visits Kelowna

Aug 17, 2010 / 5:00 am

General Walter Natynczyk, Canada's chief of the Defence Staff, attended several functions in Kelowna Monday. Natynczyk, who met members of the British Columbia...

Body pulled from Okanagan Lake

Body pulled from Okanagan Lake

Aug 16, 2010 / 5:40 pm

The body of an 85-year-old man was pulled from Okanagan Lake north of Gyro Beach Monday afternoon. Shortly after 4 p.m. RCMP responded to reports of a body seen...

Kelowna cop charged with assault

Kelowna cop charged with assault

Aug 16, 2010 / 2:12 pm

A Kelowna RCMP member has been charged with assault and will be appearing in a Kelowna court on September 13. On February 15 an individual alleged he had been...

Apple Triathlon needs help

Apple Triathlon needs help

Aug 16, 2010 / 1:00 pm

With just days to go until the Pushor Mitchell Kelowna Apple Triathlon, volunteers are still desperately needed. Organizers say they are in need of some 400...

FortisBC rates to increase

FortisBC rates to increase

Aug 16, 2010 / 1:00 pm

Electricity rates for FortisBC customers will rise September 1. The British Columbia Utilities Commission has approved an interim rate increase of 2.9 per cent...

Winfield girls design on SPCA shirts

Winfield girl""s design on SPCA shirts

Aug 16, 2010 / 6:30 am

A 10-year-old Winfield girl’s artistic tribute to her beloved pets who passed away will be seen on 5,000 T-shirts across B.C. Jayden DePlonty’s picture of...

Boat crashes at marina

Boat crashes at marina

Aug 15, 2010 / 3:36 pm

Injuries appear minor after a boat collided with two parked watercraft at the Kelowna Marina on Sunday afternoon. A boat somehow ended up on top of a stationary...

Pot smugglers jailed in US

Pot smugglers jailed in US

Aug 15, 2010 / 1:30 pm

Two Kelowna men caught smuggling over 230 lbs of marijuana into the United States last year have been sentenced. Jahrum Oakes and William Patterson were...