Marshall Jones

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Joined: September 18, 2012
Articles: 3132

October 07, 2014 06:13 PM

Have you seen Taya Morgan Giroday?

KELOWNA - Police are looking for your help in finding a 32-year-old Kelowna woman who has been missing for almost three weeks. Taya Morgan Giroday was last seen Sept. 23, 2014. Police said in a release that is out of character for her to be out of contact for this long. RCMP spokesperson Const. Kris...

September 25 2014 07:25 AM

Petronas threatens to pull out of B.C. LNG project, Financial Times reports

TORONTO – Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas is threatening to pull out of a liquefied natural gas project on the north coast of British Columbia, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

September 18 2014 07:33 AM

British Columbia police watchdog investigates shooting death

VALEMOUNT, B.C. – British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed during a police-involved shootout near Valemount.

September 16 2014 06:39 AM

B.C. teachers, employers reach tentative deal

RICHMOND, B.C. – A tentative deal has been reached in the British Columbia teachers' strike, a mediator confirmed Tuesday.

September 05, 2014 06:50 AM

Eight people displaced after overnight fire

KELOWNA - Kelowna Fire Department says eight people had to find another place to sleep last night after they were evacuated from a duplex because of a fire on Graham Street. Platoon Capt. Dennis Miller says they were called around 1 a.m. to a report of a couch on fire in a carport. When they...

September 04, 2014 06:39 AM

Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze

KELOWNA – Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small fire on Autumn Road this morning after they put out a small fire confined to the basement last night. Platoon Capt. Dennis Miller says they got the call shortly after 10 p.m. of a roof on fire. But on arrival, they found...

September 02 2014 09:29 PM

Black inmate sues B.C. over alleged KKK beating and ‘torture’ by jail staff

KAMLOOPS – A black inmate is suing the province of British Columbia, alleging he was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan behind bars and endured “torture” at the hands of a sheriff and a guard.

August 27 2014 09:51 AM

Accused B.C serial killer says he was ‘involved’ in 3 deaths, but not alone

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Cody Allan Legebokoff said he was “involved” in the deaths of three women he is accused of murdering but did not carry out the actual killings.

August 25, 2014 02:34 PM

Police need help finding Rutland muggers

KELOWNA - Kelowna Mounties are looking for two suspects who beat and robbed a man walking on a Rutland street Saturday. RCMP Const. Kris Clark says a 20-year-old man was walking on Rutland Road North near Rutland Middle school around 1:45 a.m. He was near an access path to Richards Road when he was approached...

August 10 2014 02:31 PM

Silicon Valley North: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles

VANCOUVER - Software engineer Pablo Guana nearly refused a job with Facebook when the company redirected him to Vancouver from Silicon Valley because his United States visa application was rejected. "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Also stymied by...

August 10, 2014 11:30 AM

Flow from breached B.C. tailings pond in Cariboo region reduced: province

LIKELY, B.C. - Government said there has been a dramatic drop in the amount of material leaking from a breached tailings pond that contaminated waterways in the province's Cariboo region. Millions of cubic metres of waste water and silt have leaked into lakes, creeks and rivers surrounding the Mount Polley mine, near the town of...

August 10 2014 10:30 AM

Authorities: Driver walking on New York track dies after he is hit by NASCAR’s Tony Stewart

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – NASCAR driver Tony Stewart struck and killed a driver who was walking on a dirt track during a race in upstate New York, authorities said Sunday.

August 10, 2014 08:30 AM

Judge gives half this man’s home to the government

PENTICTON - An elderly Osoyoos man who made his living in the drug business was given a bit of a break by a B.C. Supreme Court judge—he will lose only half his house to the government. Barry Patrick Crowley, 77, had already forfeited more than $93,000 cash—including $36,000 to Canada Revenue Agency, but according to...

August 10 2014 05:00 AM

Judge rules against NCAA in O’Bannon antitrust case over athletes’ rights to compensation

College football and basketball players could be in line for paydays worth thousands of dollars once they leave school after a landmark ruling Friday that may change the way the NCAA does business.

August 09, 2014 09:52 PM

Glenrosa residents keep an eye out for cougar

WEST KELOWNA - RCMP are warning Glenrosa residents about a cougar in the neighbourhood. Cpl. Cory Lepine says RCMP were called to the Inverness Road area this evening about a large adult cougar but by the time they arrived, the animal retreated into Glen Canyon. It hasn't been seen since. Police advise residents in the...

August 09 2014 07:30 PM

Water ban linked to B.C. mine tailings spill partially lifted

LIKELY, B.C. – Residents of a remote British Columbia community who have been surviving on donations of bottled water since a tailings dam failed and released mine waste into a nearby lake are no longer under a water ban, health officials announced Friday as they partially lifted restrictions on drinking, bathing and swimming.

August 09, 2014 04:38 PM

DROUGHT HILL FIRE: The fight continues

PEACHLAND - The drought hill fire is 25 per cent contained and 60 per cent under hand guard today. A news release this afternoon says fire crews will work towards full containment tomorrow. A release this morning said the evacuation order for one home on MacKinnon Road has been downgraded to an evacuation alert and...

August 09 2014 04:30 PM

B.C. First Nation suspends eviction to Crown after meeting with government

TERRACE, B.C. – Eviction notices to CN Rail, forest companies and sport fishermen given by a British Columbia First Nation have been suspended after the Gitxsan band met with provincial and federal governments on Thursday.

August 07, 2014 05:24 AM

One killed, one injured in Kamloops train collision

KAMLOOPS - Police say one man was killed an another injured when they were hit by a CP train in Valleyview around midnight. The two men were walking along the tracks at the intersection of East Trans Canada Highway and Comazzetto Road. A 49-year-old man was dead when police arrived, says Staff Sgt. Dave Lucas....