Oliver rip off artists posed at Quail Nest arts centre on Aiport Street Thursday Show closes Saturday at 3pm Enid, Marion, Terry, Kurt and Barb Front row: Tara and Norberto
Archives for July 2017
Police call Fire Department to help
Large format picture 8:30 am Thursday – RCMP in Oliver call volunteer firemen to help with situation on the Reserve. First house on left going up McKinney Rd just past band office. Not a structure fire – might involve a vehicle and other debris – mostly smoke. ODN has spotted a number of open fires […]
“Involve the public” – new policing plan in Penticton
Over 250 people attended a town hall on policing at the Penticton convention centre Wednesday evening, hosted by the detachment’s new commander Inspector Ted De Jager. De Jager presented several graphs comparing the Penticton detachment to others in the region, which ranked the communities overall crime rate below Kamloops, but above Kelowna and the North Okanagan. “That’s […]
Kelowna homicide victim identified
Mounties Identify Kelowna Homicide Victim RCMP are now able to confirm the identity of the body found inside the home destroyed by fire in the 900 block of Stockwell Avenue on April 1st, 2017. The male body found inside the burning home has been identified as Michael Madsen, a 23-year-old Kelowna resident who lived […]
13 Broken Bones – rock in the park
Local region fire update
Boomerang Creek (Westbridge Rd) – small fire ignited by a vehicle – under control Princeton Fire – crews starting to get a handle on it – but 2700 hectares in area Resources • 146 firefighters • 8 helicopters • 17 heavy equipment 146 firefighters, an Incident Management Team, 8 helicopters, 6 water tenders and 17 pieces of […]
Let us entertain you
July 15th Band: Middle Coast Artist: Ed Dukes Winery: VinAmité Cellars August 12th Band: Terence Jack Artist: Diane Gane Winery: Hidden Chapel This Saturday is our next second Back Alley Concert of the season, goin’ on rain or shine… or smoke! Our June concert with Summerland’s “Timbre Wolves” went ahead completely unfazed by the rain! […]
Fires in the region
One unconfirmed report of fire action at Mt. Baldy Interactive map above from BC Wildfires shows Princeton as the closet major fire Appears Central BC = north and west of Kamloops – the hardest hit