Adam Proskiw
Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.
Adam Proskiw's Stories
Arsonist torches trees, self at Okanagan College
KELOWNA – A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after he was found by police near four cedar trees that were on fire Friday morning. Fire crews were called to the college at around 1 a.m. after a member of the RCMP spotted visible flames coming from the trees that stand just...
Neighbours alert father and son to house on fire
KELOWNA – As many as seven people will not be able to sleep at home tonight after a fire damaged a West Kelowna home at around 9 p.m. Thursday night. A man and his six-year-old stepson were watching hockey in their rental suite on the top floor of a house in the 2900 block of...
Residents to vote on $42M loan for new RCMP building
KELOWNA – Residents of Kelowna will soon get the chance to vote on whether or not the city will be allowed to borrow $42.3M for a new RCMP building on Clement Ave. An alternate approval process (AAP) was granted last week, and residents of Kelowna will have until March 28 to vote. For the process...
Controversial fiddler coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – Controversial Juno award-winning fiddler Ashley MacIsaac is coming to Kelowna April 13. Known for mixing traditional Cape Breton Celtic fiddle with modern style, MacIsaac has been featured internationally on the Conan O’Brian Show, The Today Show and was one of the musicians chosen to perform at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. He also...
Slap Shot ‘brothers’ coming to West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The West Kelowna Warriors will have a trio of special guests at their final home game of the season – the Hanson brothers from the 1977 cult movie Slap Shot. Real life hockey players Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson and David Hanson played the bruising, fight-loving brothers in the movie that starred Paul...
Smoke in Glenmore caused by pine beetle burn
KELOWNA – Smoke coming from a property north of the Glenmore Landfill is from burning piles of dead trees infested with mountain pine beetle. Eldorado Ranch, a cattle ranch hit hard with the invasive pine beetle, has been conducting wildfire beetle-kill mitigation for the last few months. Property owners will continue with the burn as...
Garage fire destroys Peachland home
PEACHLAND - A Peachland resident and her two dogs are homeless following a house fire at 5857 Vicary Road Tuesday night. The sole occupant was home when the fire broke out in the garage shortly after 10:30 p.m. A vehicle in the laneway was also destroyed, however crews were able to save a motorhome that...
UBCO prof offering prescription for children’s happiness
KELOWNA – A professor from UBCO is leading the way in a new field of psychology that looks at how to increase happiness in both children and adults. “If you ask adults what they want and what they want for their children, across five continents and across almost 40 countries, people say the same things...
Kelowna chef to be featured on Food Network
"I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE CULINARY COMMUNITY." KELOWNA – The cooking world will soon get a taste of what Kelowna cuisine has to offer. Evelynn Takoff is the head chef at Micro Bar and Bites and was recently named one of 13 Canadians selected to appear on the hit Food Network show...
Car slides into flat bed in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Westbound traffic was down to a single lane following a two vehicle accident in West Kelowna near the bridge Friday morning. According to a witness at the scene, the driver of a mid-size sedan was passing a Waste Management flat bed carrying portable toilets when he clipped the front tire, spinning his...
Eric Neilson Day announced at RMS assembly
KELOWNA – An assembly was held at Rutland Middle School Thursday afternoon to show support for a former student who is representing Canada at the 2014 Olympics. Eric Neilson is currently in Sochi, Russia as he prepares to take on the best skeleton racers in the world. He graduated from Rutland Middle in 1996 and...
Half a million in bad debt wiped off the books
"IT COULD LOOK LIKE WE'RE FOREGOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUNDS." KELOWNA – Bad debts totalling more than half a million dollars were wiped from Kelowna’s books by City Council Monday. The debts, some of which date back two decades, are made up of $111,000 in property taxes that were either mistakenly charged twice or...
Optimistic Serwa ready for anything in Sochi
KELOWNA – The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are set to begin Friday, and Kelowna local Kelsey Serwa says she is ready for whatever happens. Serwa is a freestyle skier and member of the Canadian national ski cross team. She is also the reigning FIS Champion and Winter X Games Champion. She is currently in...
Tailgating driver causes accident
KELOWNA – A driver was ticketed for tailgating after his white SUV crashed into the back of a small car on Leathead Road shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the impact of the accident sent the car half a block into a residential laneway. The driver of the SUV tells police he was distracted...
How should Rutland spend $100,000?
KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna recently announced they will put up $100,000 for improvements in the Rutland area, and they are looking to the public for suggestions on how it should be spent. The project is in partnership with the city, the Uptown Rutland Business Association, the Rutland Residents Association and The Rutland Unified Stakeholders Team. Sustainablity...