West Kelowna News‹ Apr 23 to 29, 2017 ›
A bird, a plane, it's..
Just what were those bright, dancing lights spotted in the skies over Kelowna Thursday evening? A spokesman for Nav Canada at Kelowna International Airport says...
Beautifying West Kelowna
More than 100 volunteers from around the community will be out in force Saturday giving West Kelowna a spring clean. Volunteers will join West Kelowna staff in...
Roof cut to remove driver
Fire crews used the Jaws of Life to extract a driver following a two-vehicle crash on Main Street in West Kelowna late Friday morning. The crash sent one of the...
Probation for wildfire looter
The man who broke into an evacuated home during the Smith Creek wildfire in the summer of 2014 can avoid a criminal record if he abides by his probation terms...
Lines, trees down
Emergency crews are on the scene after a line fell, knocking down trees in the Glenrosa area this morning. The lines fell on Mcrobbie Road, near McIver. There...
Crash closes Connector
UPDATE: 5:50 a.m. A lane closure remains in effect at the scene of last night's crash on the Connector. DriveBC last updated the situation about 3 a.m. As...
Too wet for fish even
The popular 'Go Fish' fish stocking program at Shannon Lake has been postponed due to “unprecedented” high water levels. While the stocking...
Power line down
A power line was knocked down on Wednesday. Firefighters arrived on scene just at about 6 p.m. to Douglas Road, between Boucherie Road and Thacker Road. It was...
Family without a home
A family of eight in West Kelowna will soon be without a home. Debbie Hook and her family received a note from their landlord a few months ago to vacate the...
North Westside flood watch
There has been some localized flooding reported in areas of the rural North Westside. Flooding has been contained to the Valley of the Sun subdivision. As...
Duties hit Gorman hard
New softwood lumber duties announced by the United States late Monday will hit West Kelowna's Gorman Bros. hard. Provincial Forests Minister Steve Thomson...
Guilty in US drug smuggling
A Surrey man pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges in the United States Tuesday, nine months after a key witness in the trial was shot eight times in West...
Smoke over Rose Valley
Residents of Rose Valley may be seeing smoke in the hills. A concerned resident said she called 911 to report fire burning in Rose Valley Regional Park, across...
Fire guts Peachland home
A portion of a Peachland home was gutted in a structure fire on Vernon Ave. Sunday afternoon. It’s not clear at this point how the fire started, but...