20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (182+ words) A lithium-ion battery fire damaged a carriage home in Kelowna Saturday afternoon, according to the Kelowna Fire Department. Fire crews were called to the 400 block of Christleton Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. after receiving a report of a lithium-ion battery fire inside…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (478+ words) Two dogs believed to have mauled a jogger in Valleyview earlier this month have been seized by the City of Kamloops. City of Kamloops community services manager Will Beatty said CSOs searched the area following the Sept. 2 incident but did…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (142+ words) On Thursday, Sept. 10, around 9:20 a.m., Vernon North Okanagan RCMP were called to assist BC Ambulance Services who had responded to a report of an unresponsive person in the 3500-block of 25th Ave in Vernon. Const. Chris Terleski said the individual was pronounced…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (338+ words) A 32-year-old Trail man again violated terms of his probation to not attend the 7-Eleven store in Trail and was caught stealing candy at same store late last month, leading to another jail sentence. Howard Regnier was on probation with…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (205+ words) A 37-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a victim and giving chase with a knife in a Surrey, B.C., park this week, in an incident captured in video that shows someone clinging to the outside of a car…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (543+ words) West Kelowna’s costumed Cat in the Hat case has received international attention, with references to the creepy kitty following a teen through a darkened street appearing everywhere from the New York Post to Newsweek. Despite the attention gained across the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (176+ words) A vehicle fire inside a garage caused significant damage to a home on Cemetery Road in Lake Country Wednesday afternoon. Lake Country Fire Department deputy fire chief Brent Penner said crews were called to the home at about 2:15 p.m., near Davidson…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (532+ words) A B.C. Supreme Court justice sided with the province, putting to rest a long-running and “clearly personal” Kelowna legal battle stemming from a Highway 33 widening project. Eduard and Therese Dayleen Van Ryswyk’s dispute with the province began in 2009, when the province…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (142+ words) Castanet Vehicle stolen in broad daylight, crashed, as thief flees scene Daylight drive and dash Under the cover of daylight a thief stole a parked vehicle, later crashing into another vehicle in a parking lot, fleeing the scene before police…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (127+ words) Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are asking the local public for information following the suspicious death of a 54-year-old woman. On Monday, Aug. 24, the body of Tanya Lemecha was discovered in her basement suite on 24th Avenue. Police note that Lemecha also…...