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West Kelowna News

Runaway semi of destruction

Runaway semi of destruction

Oct 31, 2011 / 11:28 am

No one was behind the wheel of a runaway semi as it smashed into a police cruiser, a fence and several properties Sunday night in West Kelowna. Fortunately, no...

Semi crashes through fence

Semi crashes through fence

Oct 30, 2011 / 7:03 pm

A runaway semi truck, with a flat bed trailer, crashed through a fence and almost hit two homes. Four police cars swarmed the area of Reece Road and Orlin Road...

Modular home fire

Modular home fire

Oct 30, 2011 / 11:50 am

Everyone was able to get out of a modular home after it caught fire Sunday morning in West Kelowna. The fire, at unit 10 on 4910 Nancee Way, started just after...

Westside Road Interchange opens

Westside Road Interchange opens

Oct 29, 2011 / 11:00 am

Just before noon on Saturday, the Westside Road Interchange opened for business. The project has streamlined access to and from Highway 97 onto Westside Road....

Westside Road interchange set to open

Westside Road interchange set to open

Oct 28, 2011 / 4:00 pm

Phase one of the Westside Road Interchange project is set to open this weekend. According to project spokesperson Evelyn Lube, the interchange overpass at...

Video: Truck loses wheel,  hits vehicle

Video: Truck loses wheel, hits vehicle

Oct 27, 2011 / 8:30 am

A wheel came off an industrial truck at Boucherie and Highway 97 early Thursday morning. The wheel then smashed into a vehicle. No word of any injuries. The...

Bridge hill accident slows commute

Bridge hill accident slows commute

Oct 27, 2011 / 8:06 am

A two vehicle accident, involving a black pick-up truck and a grey Mitsubishi car, snarled traffic coming down bridge hill into Kelowna Thursday morning, Oct....

Three in hospital after crash

Three in hospital after crash

Oct 26, 2011 / 5:21 pm

A three vehicle accident had traffic at a stand still on highway 97 at Ross Rd. Wednesday afternoon. RCMP say three people were taken to hospital, one from...

Update: Hit and run

Update: Hit and run

Oct 26, 2011 / 2:29 pm

Update: After the RCMP requested the public's help in tracking down the driver of a hit and run in West Kelowna, the suspect and the vehicle have been...

Highway 97 closed for an hour

Highway 97 closed for an hour

Oct 25, 2011 / 5:39 pm

The jaws-of-life were used to extract a woman from her vehicle after a collision on Highway 97 and Ross Rd. in West Kelowna Tuesday afternoon. Cpl. Tyler Folz...

A spooktacular walk in the park

A spooktacular walk in the park

Oct 24, 2011 / 2:08 pm

Ghostly faces and frightening images will be carved into pumpkins to haunt the hallows of the Spooktacular Halloween Pumpkin Walk at the Gellatly Nut Farm...

Open burn gets out of hand

Open burn gets out of hand

Oct 24, 2011 / 12:45 pm

Almost ten days after open burning was once again permitted, West Kelowna fire crews responded to an out of control burn. Acting West Kelowna Fire Captain,...

Abandoned home goes up in flames

Abandoned home goes up in flames

Oct 23, 2011 / 10:20 am

The original homestead on the 3600 block of Elliott Road, was set a blaze Sunday morning. Fire crews arrived on scene around 5:30 a.m. to find the boarded up...

West Kelowna traffic trouble

West Kelowna traffic trouble

Oct 18, 2011 / 11:18 am

A three vehicle fender bender had morning traffic at a stand-still in West Kelowna Tuesday morning. The accident happened around 10:45 a.m., no one was...

Update: Hwy 97 reopens after crash

Update: Hwy 97 reopens after crash

Oct 17, 2011 / 1:35 pm

Traffic is now moving along Highway 97 following a serious two vehicle collision on Drought Hill that happened early Monday morning. At 7:25 a.m., police...

Dinwoodie announces candidacy

Dinwoodie announces candidacy

Oct 16, 2011 / 12:48 pm

Former Westside Regional District Director and President of the B.C. Municipal Association announced his candidacy for Westside Regional District Director on...

Cleaning up the town

Cleaning up the town

Oct 16, 2011 / 5:00 am

Who spends a day in a ditch when you could be out playing on a Saturday morning? Team members from the Westside Atom, tier two and three, that's who. The...

Head-to-head in West Kelowna

Head-to-head in West Kelowna

Oct 14, 2011 / 4:51 pm

West Kelowna voters will have just two choices for mayor when they go to the polls in November. Incumbent Doug Findlater and former mayor Rosalind Neis are...

DWK adopts first Waterfront Plan

Oct 14, 2011 / 2:48 pm

A new, comprehensive document will guide future decision making regarding West Kelowna’s waterfront for the next 50 years. The Waterfront Plan provides...

West Kelowna council highlights

West Kelowna council highlights

Oct 14, 2011 / 1:00 pm

The following are highlights of the District of West Kelowna council meeting held Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Public Hearing - A Public Hearing was held...

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