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West Kelowna News

Single vehicle rollover

Single vehicle rollover

Jan 11, 2014 / 7:34 pm

A single vehicle rollover at 5:35 pm on Boucherie Road just past Montigny Road in West Kelowna has been reported. The vehicle appears to have gone off the...

Deadline for business licences looms

Deadline for business licences looms

Jan 10, 2014 / 12:34 pm

The District of West Kelowna is reminding business owners that business licence renewals are now due. Business licences for 2013 expired on Dec 31 and business...

Fire fighters break through training

Fire fighters break through training

Jan 8, 2014 / 8:18 pm

The frozen waters of Green Bay made for the perfect ice rescue training ground for West Kelowna fire fighters. Crew members train for ice rescues over a...

Tractor fire almost sets building ablaze

Tractor fire almost sets building ablaze

Jan 7, 2014 / 5:25 pm

Fire crews rushed to the scene of a tractor fire close to a building on Traders Cove Road off Westside Road around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The tractor was destroyed...

New committee focuses on health care

New committee focuses on health care

Jan 7, 2014 / 10:58 am

West Kelowna Council is seeking members of the community to sit on a new committee being created to help provide the best possible quality of health care for...

West Kelowna blaze

West Kelowna blaze

Jan 2, 2014 / 7:51 pm

An apparent bush fire raged on early this evening in West Kelowna setting ablaze power poles and nearby trees. Fire crews were on the scene at Old Okanagan...

SUV hits ditch

SUV hits ditch

Jan 1, 2014 / 8:37 am

Emergency crews responded to a single vehicle accident on Westlake Rd., near Starlight Crescent New Year's Eve. There were three people in the SUV when it...

Suspect in manhunt arrested

Suspect in manhunt arrested

Dec 30, 2013 / 10:05 am

Update: Neil Elliott Collins, who was the suspect of a manhunt earlier this month after failing to appear in court, was arrested without incident at a residence...

A helping hand, just in time

A helping hand, just in time

Dec 28, 2013 / 8:52 pm

A helping hand for local families in need came just in time for Christmas. The Pee Wee T 2 Warriors spent the day on December 20th bagging groceries at the busy...

West Kelowna snow and ice removal

West Kelowna snow and ice removal

Dec 28, 2013 / 9:06 am

As the white powder continues to fall, the District of West Kelowna has some general information about snow removal in the area. Snow removal is conducted on a...

Chronic missing teen returns

Chronic missing teen returns

Dec 27, 2013 / 3:59 pm

UPDATE 4:00 P.M. FRI DEC. 27: RCMP say that Daniel Schmidt, 17, hahas returned home. Police are on the search again for 17-year-old West Kelowna teen Daniel...

Icy roads take another car off the road

Icy roads take another car off the road

Dec 24, 2013 / 6:47 pm

Icy roads are being blamed again for a Tuesday morning rollover on Boucherie Road near Gregory Road heading down towards Quails Gate Winery. Witnesses say the...

Heavy machinery has been found

Heavy machinery has been found

Dec 23, 2013 / 2:00 pm

Update -- 1:45 p.m. Kelowna RCMP have provided the following update: "The heavy equipment which was originally believed to be stolen from a secure compound...

Barona Beach Bandits

Barona Beach Bandits

Dec 21, 2013 / 7:39 pm

On Friday, December 20, a person or persons gained illegal access to Baron’s Beach parkade. Several car covers were torn from parked vehicles, and four...

Slip sliding on the Westside

Slip sliding on the Westside

Dec 20, 2013 / 6:05 pm

Slippery roads got the best of two drivers on the Westside late Friday afternoon. A vehicle rolled off of Hwy. 97, north of Elk Rd., at around 4:20 p.m. The...

Fire fighters assist in charitable cause

Fire fighters assist in charitable cause

Dec 20, 2013 / 11:48 am

Members of the West Kelowna Fire Department lent a helping hand to the The Central Okanagan Boys and Girls Club. The fire fighters, through their charitable...

West Kelowna teen found

West Kelowna teen found

Dec 20, 2013 / 10:30 am

UPDATE DEC 20: As a result of media attention in this case, the Kelowna RCMP have confirmed 17-year-old Daniel Schmidt has been located, and he is safe and...

Alleged Westside shooter to stand trial

Alleged Westside shooter to stand trial

Dec 17, 2013 / 5:00 am

The third member of the trio accused in the Westside shooting, during the summer of 2012, will have to stand trial. Ashley Collins has been battling the charges...

Lifting Kelowna's Spirit

Lifting Kelowna's Spirit

Dec 16, 2013 / 4:15 pm

UPDATE 4:15 P.M. - District Bylaw Enforcement has spoken with the sunken Paddlewheeler owners’ representative who advised that the vessel has now been...

Driver loses tire, wheel & then vehicle

Driver loses tire, wheel & then vehicle

Dec 16, 2013 / 3:32 pm

Raw video of the RCMP stopping a vehicle that lost a tire and a wheel in West Kelowna. The sparks were flying off the backend of a vehicle as police gave chase...

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