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Jennifer Stahn

Jennifer Stahn

Near-record heat this weekend in the Okanagan

OKANAGAN - After a week of near-normal high temperatures the mercury is expected to again hit the 30 Celsius mark throughout the region this weekend. Environment Canada is calling for highs of 29 C and 30 C today, Sept. 11, and Saturday throughout the Okanagan, well above the seasonal normal high of 21 C. The...

UBC Students’ Union commits $35,000 to campus Community Bridge Project

KELOWNA - The UBC Okanagan Students’ Union has officially launched the Community Campus Bridge project in partnership with a number of local charities, businesses, and organizations. The initiative is an attempt to formalize and incentivize job shadowing for students across the Okanagan. With early placements already starting next week, the program has gained a lot...

UPDATE: Kelowna man missing for three weeks has been found

KELOWNA - A 57-year-old man last seen Aug. 20 has now been found. — This story was updated at 7:14 p.m. to report that he was found. Previous information about him and his vehicle has been removed. To contact a reporter for this story, email Jennifer Stahn at jstahn@infonews.ca or call 250-819-3723. To contact an...

Nine years later RCMP still investigating West Kelowna murder

WEST KELOWNA - A man was found murdered in his Stuart Street home nine years ago today and RCMP are still looking for witnesses to help with their investigation. On Sept. 10, 2006, the body of 33-year-old Adam Fettes, also known as Mikel Jones, was found in his West Kelowna home. Police continue to investigate...

CBC’s Ron MacLean bringing Hometown Hockey Tour to Penticton

PENTICTON - Kamloops won’t be the only Interior community celebrating the National Hockey League with Ron MacLean this season; Penticton has been named one of the stops on the second annual Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour. The tour will make 24 stops this year, four in B.C., and features NHL alumni, hometown heroes and local entertainment...

McDonald’s to switch to cage-free eggs in US, Canada over next decade

NEW YORK, N.Y. – McDonald's restaurants in Canada and the United States are switching to so-called cage-free eggs over the next decade, marking the latest push under CEO Steve Easterbrook to try to reinvent the fast food chain as a "modern, progressive burger company."

12 Rockets players attending NHL training camps

KELOWNA – A dozen Kelowna Rockets are among the 127 Western Hockey League players invited to attend National Hockey League training camps this month. All of the 127 players attending NHL camps are eligible to return to the WHL for the 2015-16 season. The defending WHL champion Kelowna Rockets will send 12 players to NHL...

Missing teen sought in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are asking for help after an 18-year-old went missing a week ago. Kamloops RCMP say Sarah Robinson was reported missing on Sept. 2. The First Nations teen is described as 5’4” tall and 120 lbs with brown hair and eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops RCMP...

Man killed in Merritt crash named

MERRITT - A 32-year-old man from Surrey died when the vehicle he was in hit a rock bluff near Merritt last week. Jesse Dan Dietz was a passenger in a pickup truck that left the roadway and hit a rock bluff on Highway 5 near Merritt around 8 a.m. on Aug. 31, according to the...