
Before joining the Castanet team, he worked as a reporter/anchor for Rawlco Radio in Prince Albert, SK where his main beats were courts/crime and breaking news.
After managing to survive one of the mildest winters on record in Saskatchewan, he made his escape and is happy to be back in BC.
Ragnar loves sports, and when he's not tracking down stories, can be found on the soccer pitch or the baseball diamond.
Pitching in for Earth Day
Earth Day is today and there are no shortage of ways you can make the world a cleaner place. In the Central Okanagan, residents are being encouraged to take...
Take a shot, says IH
Interior Health is continuing to encourage residents to get immunized and protect their community against preventable diseases like measles, mumps and whooping...
Missing youth found
UPDATE 2:20 p.m. Kelowna RCMP say Kyle Davidson has been located. Kelowna police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing boy. Kyle...
Steve Fonyo recovering
Former marathon runner Steve Fonyo continues to recover from a vicious home invasion earlier this year. The 49-year-old was stabbed in the back at his Surrey...
4/20 mayhem fills the ER
Thousands of revellers celebrated 4/20 Monday across the world, and, as usual, one of the biggest turnouts was in Vancouver. The annual marijuana celebration...
4 things you need to know
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Crash history of plane
The Carson Air twin-engine aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff earlier this month near Vancouver had been safely in service for 38 years prior to the...
Planned outage on Pandosy
A couple hundred FortisBC customers will be without power Tuesday in downtown Kelowna. The planned outage will affect 220 customers in the 1900 block of Pandosy...
Cash for kids' playground
Improvements are coming to the Pioneer Park playground in Oyama. Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick has delivered a $35,000 grant to the District of Lake...
Was mall reaction overkill?
Last week’s bomb scare at Orchard Park Mall has many Castanet readers wondering if the police reaction was overkill. Our stories and forums have been...