Some Township of Langley firefighters were able to apply recently acquired high angle rescue skills when a vehicle went off the road in Glen Valley on the weekend, landing at the bottom of a steep embankment. Deputy Fire Chief Russ Jenkins said crews arrived around 1 p.m on Sunday, Dec. 21 in the 6900-block of […]
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One man was arrested after an alleged sexual assault in Penticton was interrupted by bystanders. Penticton RCMP announced on Dec. 23 that the man, named as Josiah Foisy, had been charged with sexual assault and assault and remains in custody. Police were called to the reported in-progress sexual assault at approximately 5:48 p.m. on Dec.
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Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is back in charge of the One B.C. party after a disagreement with Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong led to a party split. “As you may be aware, OneBC has gone through a difficult ten days where control over the party was being contested,” Brodie wrote in a Dec. 21 social
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A “vicious and prolonged” private litigation battle came to an end on Dec. 18, mostly in a stalemate. After a failed Airbnb venture, the relationship between an ex-Kelowna realtor and a former Alberta CIBC mortgage advisor soured as the two tried to get each other arrested, fired and ultimately sued each other. In April 2021,
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A senior couple in Kelowna remains in good spirits despite being displaced after a fire ripped through their home on Orchard Drive Saturday night, Dec. 20. Elaine and Chuck Staton, their 19-year-old cat Sobey, and the two tenants in the home all made it out safely after a fire sparked in the carport around 4:30
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