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Marshall Jones
News is best when it's local, relevant, timely and interesting. That's our focus every day.
We are on the ground in Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops to bring you the stories that matter most.
Marshall may call West Kelowna home, but after 16 years in local news and 14 in the Okanagan, he knows better than to tell readers in other communities what is "news' to them. He relies on resident reporters to reflect their own community priorities and needs. As the newsroom leader, his job is making those reporters better, ensuring accuracy, fairness and meeting the highest standards of journalism.
How the Thompson-Okanagan fared in the Ashley Madison cheating website data leak
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Locals in the B.C. Southern Interior aren’t immune to exposure from the dump…
Spinoff ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ takes a turn at scaring viewers; early days for urban zombies
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Two crucial questions await "Fear the Walking Dead," the spinoff to AMC's monster hit "The Walking Dead."
Canadian public servant email addresses on hacked Ashley Madison list
TORONTO – The apparent email addresses of hundreds of Canadian federal, provincial and municipal government employees are contained in a massive leaked list of names purported to be users of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses.
18 aerial photos showing Central Okanagan beauty from above
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PHOTOS ARE? CENTRAL OKANAGAN - We already know we live in paradise, with some of the most stunning views anywhere, but if you need further proof, check out these photos taken from Apple Maps and Google Maps. Unfortunately, not all municipalities have such high quality images so we limited...
Where we found those photos
Bylands yards on Whitworth Road %%image19%% Southeast Kelowna %%image3%% Bylands yards on Pritchard Road and Boucherie Road, West Kelowna %%image4%% Sand and gravel quarry on Westlake Road, West Kelowna %%image5%% Log booms along Westside Road %%image20%% Log booms along Westside Road %%image7%% Carr’s Landing %%image8%% Ellison Lake %%image9%% Land cleared near Ellison Lake %%image10%% Kelowna...
Former B.C. university employee changes plea to guilty in child pornography case
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The former director of graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
No sign of rumoured video showing tossed cigarette starting B.C. wildfire
ROCK CREEK, – Days after a wildfire destroyed 30 homes in southeast British Columbia, rumoured video of a tossed cigarette that sparked the blaze hasn't been found.
Police investigate a suspicious package that wasn’t
KELOWNA - Police closed off an area in Rutland late last night and called in the explosive disposal unit for two 'suspicious' packages that turned out to be nothing. Sgt. Ann Morrison says the packages were found on Houghton Road and they closed off the road between Hein Road and Hollywood Road. The disposal unit...
UPDATE: Westside Road fire evacuation order downgraded to alert
WEST KELOWNA - Lots of good news today from the 560 hectare Westside Road fire as evacuated residents are allowed to return home and the blaze is 25 per cent contained. The Emergency Operation Centre advises that effective at 11:00 a.m. today, July 24, the Evacuation Order for the Shelter Cove/Westside Road Fire is downgraded...
UPDATE: Alleged drunk driver seriously injured after crashing into back of parked truck
KELOWNA - A Lake Country woman is facing charges of drunk driving after she crashed her vehicle into the back of a parked work truck early Wednesday morning. The driver, a 34-year-old Lake Country woman, was in a grey Toyota Yaris when she and her passenger, a 46-year-old man from Kelowna, smashed into the rear...
Little change in Westside Road fire overnight
WEST KELOWNA - Evacuees from roughly 70 homes on Westside Road should expect to remain under order today, according to emergency officials. Current information still shows the fire at 430 hectares but with no containment — no change from last night. Updated information is expected this morning. However Central Okanagan Regional District Emergency Operations says evacuation orders...
UPDATE: Westside Road evacuations remain in effect; fire grows to 430 ha
WEST KELOWNA - Evacuation orders remain in effect for a wildfire burning on Westside Road between La Casa Resort and Lake Okanagan Resort. This morning the emergency operations centre updated and clarified last night's evacuations ordered after heavy winds stoked the fire caused by lightning July 19. The fire grew from 30 hectares to roughly...
UPDATE: Shelter Cove evacuations expanded as Westside Road wildfire grows
WEST KELOWNA - A growing fire on Westside Road has forced the evacuation of residences near Shelter Cove between La Casa and Lake Okanagan Resort. The fire is now estimated at 30 hectares and growing at Rank Four, a highly vigorous surface fire and torching trees, thanks to heavy winds in the area. CORD Emergency...
Firefighters battling second blaze along Westside Road
WEST KELOWNA - Firefighters are on the scene of a second forest fire on the Westside, this one north of Lake Okanagan Resort and south of the La Casa residential community. There is no need to call 911 or fire dispatch on this matter. Residents along Westside Road near Bear Creek Provincial Park remain on...
UPDATE: Westside Road closed; evacution alert for Bear Creek fire
UPDATE: 8:32 p.m. July 19 RCMP have asked that boaters keep well clear of the area around Bear Creek Park to ensure B.C. Forest Service air tankers and helicopters can safely access water from Okanagan Lake. UPDATE: 7:06 p.m. July 19 Kelowna B.C.– Bear Creek Main at Westside Road and Bear Creek Road at Parkinson...
Impaired driving investigation turns up drug haul in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - They stopped him for impaired driving, but came away with so much more. Around 2 a.m. July 14, Salmon Arm RCMP got a tip about an impaired driver on the Trans-Canada Highway, but when they stopped the vehicle and began their investigation they found 1.5 kgs of cocaine in the vehicle, according...
Mexico: Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman escapes prison through elaborate tunnel; manhunt begins
MEXICO CITY – Mexico mounted an all-out manhunt Sunday for its most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometre (1 mile) tunnel from a small opening in the shower area of his cell, according to the country's top security official.
Letterman un-retires to deliver Top Ten List lampooning presidential candidate Donald Trump
Some things are more important than retirement.
Ontario spent $1.4M to fix up pitted, uneven floors in Pan Am athletes’ village
TORONTO – Pan Am Games organizers say making $1.4 million-dollar upgrades to the floors in the athletes village was a necessary and cost-effective move to preserve the event's international image.
Brazilian cyclists looking to practise for Pan Am Games ride on Toronto highway
TORONTO – Nine Brazilian cyclists looking to practise for the Pan Am Games had a run-in with police after they ended up on a Toronto highway Sunday morning.
CP Investigation: Canada’s embassy in Ukraine used as pawn in 2014 uprising
KYIV, Ukraine – It was one of those events that simply appeared and disappeared during the bloody, swift-moving events of Ukraine in the winter revolution of 2014.
Crews contain 30 per cent of wildfire near Williams Lake
VANCOUVER - Good news in the ongoing battle to contain an aggressive, 70-square-kilometre blaze raging in the Cariboo Region of Central British Columbia. Crews have managed to contain just under a third of the Puntzi Lake fire, burning about 150 kilometres west of Williams Lake. The fire more than doubled in size on Saturday, from...
Poilievre flogs enhanced child care benefit as boost to the economy
OTTAWA – Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre is touting the Conservative government's enhanced child care benefit as boost for the economy while warning that Canadians should take heed of offshore financial chaos.
Universal’s ‘Minion’s takes No. 1 spot at weekend box office in US, Canada with $115.2 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Universal's "Minions" overran the box office over the weekend as audiences in the U.S. and Canada shelled out an estimated $115.2 million to see the evil-master-serving horde frolic on the big screen. It was the second-biggest opening ever for an animated film and an easy win for the sidekicks who took...