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Bucking the trend

Police-reported sexual violations against children continued to increase in 2014 While children or youth can be victims of sexual assaults (levels 1, 2 and 3), there are also a number of sexual violations within the Criminal Code that, by definition, apply only to victims under the age of 18. These specific sexual violations are categorized […]

10 year decline in crime stats – corrected graph

Press to make bigger (see better) Stats Canada says total crime down34 percent from a total in 2004 of over 2.4 million incidents Down 26 percent in violent crime Source: Statistics Canada

4500 block Black Sage Rd – 6 am

The Oliver Fire Department was busy early this morning, fighting a brush fire caused by a burning pickup. Firefighters responded about 2:45 a.m. to Black Sage Road in rural Oliver, where they found the fully engulfed vehicle, according to Rob Graham, media relations officer for the department. The fire then spread to nearby brush, burning […]

Truck explodes – firefighters deal with grass fire

3:00 am Thursday Dispatch about pickup truck on fire – grass fire. EMS, police and fire on the scene. No driver found in truck. One other car could be involved. No details. No known injuries. Firemen contained the grass and brush fire near a vineyard on the east side of Black Sage Rd between Miller […]

Kelowna imposes sprinkling restrictions

In support of the provincial drought response, the City of Kelowna water utility will begin implementing odd/even water restrictions for customers, beginning Aug. 4. This means properties with an address ending in an odd number can water on odd calendar days and those with an even address number can water on even calendar days. Automatic […]