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Adam Proskiw

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

  • Joined: January 01, 2023
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Police looking for help to find school vandal and vending machine thieves

CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Local RCMP in Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lake Country have a number of unsolved crimes they are asking the public for help solving. On Jan. 10, a Kelowna resident reported her black Honda Pilot had a smashed passenger window and was missing a black and white leather Roxy wallet. The wallet contains...

Police allege impaired driver on Coquihalla was wanted, caught in stolen car

LOGAN LAKE – A report of an impaired driver helped police recover a stolen vehicle and arrest a man alleged to have broken into a home in Merritt this week. At around 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, Logan Lake RCMP were informed of a possibly impaired driver on the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and...

Kelowna baby never had a chance

KELOWNA - A Kelowna family is struggling to cope with news the baby they are expecting won’t live to see his first birthday. Kristy Youngman and her common-law husband John Sanderson’s 11th child is due this spring. An initial anatomy scan showed abnormalities so an in-depth ultrasound and genetic testing was done. According to Youngman’s daughter...

Heartbroken friends, family remember 22-year-old homicide victim from Summerland

KELOWNA – As RCMP continue to investigate the sudden death of a 22-year-old Summerland man, friends, family, teachers and those who only met him once or twice are paying tribute to someone who clearly loved life and won't soon be forgotten. Tura Stephen McCarty graduated from Summerland Secondary School in 2012. According to his Facebook...

Kelowna man fined for wooing investors for unlicensed mining company

KELOWNA - A Kelowna man has been fined and sanctioned by the B.C. Securities Commission for illegally distributing securities for an unlicensed mining company to four B.C. residents between 2009 and 2012. A commission panel determined last October that Rodney John Snider sold $21,000 in notes for Flag Resources, an Alberta mining company the TSX...

Kelowna’s long distance love story goes viral

"IT WAS LIKE MEETING MY BEST FRIEND." KELOWNA - Tyson Noel knew his long distance girlfriend was working on a gift for him, but he never thought it would go viral and touch hundreds of thousands of romantics around the world. Noel, 26, and Mikki Miller, 25, met online seven years ago. Both are members...

Bus driver assaulted in downtown Kelowna

KELOWNA – A bus driver taking a break while on shift was assaulted in downtown Kelowna Friday night. Bill Harding, the manager of Kelowna Transit, says the driver was walking away from his bus at the Queensway exchange around 8 p.m., Jan. 8, when he felt a slight push on his back. “Somebody snuck up...

Woman stabbed during fight in downtown Kelowna

KELOWNA – A Kelowna woman living on the streets was stabbed during a fight in downtown Kelowna Sunday night. The 38-year-old victim came into the Gospel Mission just before midnight saying she had been stabbed in the stomach, according to a release from Kelowna RCMP. Witnesses told investigators two women were involved in a fight...

Suspect in custody after West Kelowna gas station robbery

WEST KELOWNA – A gas station clerk in West Kelowna was the victim of a robbery Friday night. West Kelowna RCMP were called to the Chevron on Dobbin Road just before 10:30 p.m., Jan. 8, with a report of a robbery in progress. Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says in a media release the suspect entered the...

Suspect gets into Kelowna bank through unlocked door

KELOWNA – Two janitors working inside a Kelowna bank were interrupted by a robber who got inside after hours over the weekend. Two members of a cleaning crew were working inside the TD Canada Trust on Harvey Avenue at around 6 p.m., Jan. 10. The bank was closed, however Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says a door...

Delivery driver who hit and killed 83-year-old woman found guilty

KELOWNA – A 72-year-old woman has been found guilty of driving without due care and attention after she ran over an 83-year-old woman, killing her in November 2014. Sharon Marlene Scott was delivering newspapers in the early morning hours when she ran over Julie Gillespie, who was returning home after a night at the casino...

Two men charged after Kelowna RCMP K9 tracks thieves through woods

KELOWNA – Two men accused of stealing an ATV and a utility trailer yesterday morning are in police custody thanks to a Kelowna RCMP K9. Just before 4 a.m., Jan. 7, Kelowna RCMP responded to a report thieves were in the process of taking a utility trailer loaded with a camouflage coloured Kawasaki side-by-side from...

Kelowna suspects charged with stealing truck, dirtbike and fleeing police

KELOWNA – Two Kelowna men have been charged in connection with the theft of a truck and several break-ins earlier this week. RCMP allege that 31-year-old Walter Mitchell and 38-year-old Heath Anderson stole the Dodge Ram 2500 from a residence on Froelich Road in Rutland just before 10 a.m. Jan. 5. They also allege the...

Locally trained contender was in the best UFC fight of 2015

KELOWNA – A UFC welterweight contender from Kelowna was involved in what Yahoo Sports has deemed the best fight of 2015. Rory MacDonald, 26, was born in Quesnel but started fighting in Kelowna with Toshido MMA. After a loss to Carlos Condit in June 2010 he moved to Montreal to train at Tristar gym with...

International expert says global warming good for Okanagan wines

OKANAGAN - An Australian winemaker says in a CNBC opinion editorial that global warming is going to turn the Okanagan into the best wine region in the world in the coming years. Philip Mcgahan starting making wine in in Hunter Valley, Australia in 2002. The area regularly reaches more than 40 Celsius and with temperatures...

UPDATE: West Kelowna RCMP investigating suspicious death

WEST KELOWNA – Police now consider the death of a man, whose body was found in a vehicle on Bear Creek Road yesterday, suspicious. West Kelowna RCMP officers were called to the area, about two kilometres past Parkinson Road, at about 11:23 a.m., Jan. 6., where they found the man’s body inside the vehicle, according...