Air quality plummets as fires burn

August 31, 2009

Plummeting air quality in the Okanagan, Shuswap and elsewhere has prompted the Ministry of Environment to issue an advisory. Air quality throughout the region has plummeted into the poor to very poor ranges as heavy smoke from Kamloops-area forest fires fills the valleys. A small forest fire that …

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Charges laid in bush party fatality

August 31, 2009

A West Kelowna man now faces two charges in connection with a fatality at a bush party.

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Stolen vehicle found with thief inside

August 31, 2009

A recovered stolen vehicle came with a surprise inside, the thief. Early Friday morning, a Kelowna RCMP officer was patrolling the downtown area when he spotted a stolen vehicle

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Smoke trapped in Okanagan Valley

August 31, 2009

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Ellison forest fire serves as reminder

August 31, 2009

A forest fire in Ellison Monday was a grim reminder that the season is far from over. The Ellison Fire Department and Forestry crews were called to a half-hectare blaze shortly after 6 a.m.

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Police arrest scammer in the act

August 31, 2009

Kelowna RCMP have arrested one of three individuals they believe has been pulling the “money for tow truck” scam on residents and passersby. Police arrested a 46-year-old man at Highway 97 and Leathead Road early Monday morning in the act of pulling the scam on a person he had hit up on two other o…

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Yacht Club expansion moving ahead

August 31, 2009

After being on hold for about three months, expansion plans for the Kelowna Yacht Club basin are moving full speed ahead.

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Smoke and fire damage strip mall

August 30, 2009

A Central Okanagan strip mall is being aired out after a fire broke out Sunday morning. The Lake Country fire department responded to a report of smoke in the Wine and Stein in the 1000 block of Highway 97 just after 10 a.m

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Smoke has nowhere to go

August 30, 2009

The smoke has nowhere to go. With several large forest fires burning across the Okanagan, smoke has settled over Kelowna

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First annual Aboriginal AIDS Walk

August 30, 2009

It will be the first walk of it’s kind in Canada. On September 19, the public is invited to take part in the first annual Aboriginal AIDS Walk, taking place at Okanagan Falls Provincial Park.

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