Latest Articles from Bill Everitt
Rainfall warning lifted
May 17, 2015 / 1:46 pm
Photo: Bill Everitt The rainfall warning for the Okanagan Valley has been lifted. There are no current alerts for the region. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the Central and South Okanagan. Up to
Man hacks plane from seat
May 17, 2015 / 1:37 pm
Photo: Contributed A security researcher was apparently able to access a plane's control system mid-flight according to an FBI warrant application. Chris Roberts was banned from all United Airlines flights in April after tweeting
RCMP investigate fire
May 17, 2015 / 1:12 pm
Photo: Contributed Police are investigating the Little Bobtail Lake fire after confirming it was human-caused. The wildfire near Little Bobtail Lake, southwest of Prince George, was reported on May 8 and has since grown to more than 24000
COSA spring regatta
May 17, 2015 / 12:55 pm
Over 75 boats rolled over Okanagan Lake this weekend for largest sailing competition in the Interior. The Central Okanagan Sailing Association Springtime Regatta brought boats from across the Pacific Northwest to Kelowna. "While Sunday proved
Teen dies at Whistler
May 17, 2015 / 11:45 am
Photo: Contributed Homicide investigators have taken several suspects into custody in relation to the death of a teenage man in Whistler over the Victoria Day long weekend. Whistler RCMP say they responded shortly after midnight on
Bomb scare at airport
May 17, 2015 / 11:15 am
Photo: Twitter A suspicious package caused a scare at an airport in Taipei Saturday. A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Taipei, Taiwan, completed what appeared to be an uneventful flight with a safe landing in Taipei. While
$1.4M training program
May 17, 2015 / 10:20 am
Photo: Contributed More than 50 Aboriginal workers will benefit from a $1.4 million training program announced in Vernon Friday. The program is focused on heavy equipment operator training and will be provided through a Community
Crow attacks worry locals
May 16, 2015 / 7:14 pm
Photo: CTV - Vancouver After facing an onslaught of recent crow attacks, residents of Cloverdale, B.C., may feel as though they're characters in Alfred Hitchcock's famous 1963 thriller "The Birds." Several signs have popped
Engines roar for drag racing
May 16, 2015 / 5:59 pm
Photo: Contributed Tune it up, rev it up and run it down the track. Drag racers from across the valley are turning wrenches to finish up those last minute touches for the Wine Country Racing Association season opener on Sunday
PNE prize home local roots
May 10, 2015 / 5:00 pm
Photo: Contributed Click here to view gallery Photo: Contributed Photo: Contributed Photo: Contributed Photo: Contributed A local company is supplying the 2015 Pacific National Exhibition prize home in Vancouver. Karoleena