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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’d your team do in NHL free agency?
VANCOUVER – The NHL's Western Conference is going to look a whole lot different next year with Ryan Miller signing a free agent agreement in Vancouver, Thomas Vanek signing in Minnesota, Paul Stastny signing with St. Louis and Jarome Iginla moving to Colorado.
Landmark First Nations decision being used to fight against a treaty
WESTBANK - The Okanagan Nation Alliance is using the landmark Tsilquot’in Supreme Court of Canada decision establishing Aboriginal title to launch a legal challenge against another band’s treaty with the province. The Alliance, made up seven First Nations in the B.C. Interior and U.S., says it should have been consulted in the negotiations that transferred...
Car catches fire just hours after they bought it
KELOWNA - A woman and her dad got a big surprise while shopping at Orchard Park Mall Monday afternoon. They were paged to return to her vehicle —the car he just bought for her was in flames. Kelowna Fire Department received the call at around 5:30 p.m. after two security guards noticed flames coming from...
Kelowna tech company back in the big leagues
KELOWNA - A local technology company is back playing with Canada's big boys after it was named one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in Canada by Canadian Business magazine. QHR Technologies Inc. lands at number 215 in this year’s Profit500 which ranks the country’s fastest growing companies. The company has a five-year growth...
UPDATE: Police investigate fatal crash near Lytton
“I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HUG THEIR CHILD. IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY ONE OF US” LYTTON – Community members from Lytton, Lillooet and neighbouring hamlets are in mourning today after three young adults were killed in a car crash and a fourth was severely injured. The two female and two male passengers were travelling to...
Manhunt continues in Moncton after shooter kills three RCMP officers, injures two
JUSTIN BOURQUE, 24, SEEN WEARING MILITARY CAMOUFLAGE, WIELDING TWO GUNS MONCTON, N.B. - The RCMP in New Brunswick say a man suspected to have killed three Mounties and injured two others in Moncton was spotted three times today but they were unable to apprehend him. Supt. Marlene Snowman said officers were continuing to search for...
STUDENT WALKOUT: Middle school students take up the cause; high school students just busy
KELOWNA - Roughly 70 students from Rutland Middle School are out protesting the school labour disruption complete with picket signs but it's situation normal at Rutland Senior Secondary. Harmony Radatzke is in grade 7 at RMS. She says it is not fair that students are put in the middle of the dispute. "It has definitely...
UPDATE: Charges laid in Ashcroft murder
NEPHEW SEEN DIGGING HOLE IN THE YARD ASHCROFT – A 27-year-old Ashcroft man will face murder charges following the discovery of a body at a residence this morning. Mounties were called to 602 Cedar Street just after 9:30 a.m. to investigate a disturbance. When they arrived, they found a person dead and took Shane Takeshi...
UPDATE: Neil Snelson granted bail
"I’M WORRIED THAT HE MIGHT REOFFEND AGAIN” KAMLOOPS — A Kelowna man awaiting a manslaughter re-trial in the death of a Kelowna teen in 1993 has been granted bail provided he comes up with $75,000 surety. Neil George Snelson, 47, was once tried and convicted of the manslaughter of 19-year-old college student Jennifer Cusworth. He...
Introducing Raeside
Infotel News is pleased to present one of B.C.'s best cartoons by legendary cartoonist Adrian Raeside. Starting Monday, you will find Raeside right here Monday to Thursday. Jonesie by Marshall Jones moves to Monday next week. Born in 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand. At the age of 15 he moved with his parents to England...
It wasn’t the fire that caused the damage
KELOWNA - The owners of a Leckie Place business have a lot of work to do after an overnight fire but at least the business is standing. Platoon Capt. Laurie Serres says the fire started at 12:44 this morning at Westwood Manufacturing. They found smoke coming from the building and alarms ringing but no open...
Lions Hall likely torched for revenge against bride
'HE IS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.' WEST KELOWNA - The Westbank Lions Hall may have been burned down simply out of revenge against the bride set to be married there that morning. Kerry Cooper, 30, is now in custody and charged with arson in the Sept. 1, 2013 blaze. His former girlfriend was a bridesmaid in...
Not so fast, Kelowna Mountain
'BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT CAN BE APPROVED' KELOWNA - The road to a Kelowna Mountain development will still go through the Regional District of Central Okanagan in some form, says chairman Robert Hobson. He renewed the regional district’s stance on the contentious development after hearing through media what developer Mark...
Who owns this vehicle?
LAKE COUNTRY - Lake Country RCMP are looking for a witness to an armed robbery of the Shell gas station on Beaver Lake Road a month ago. Const. Jesse O'Donaghey says a man entered the store and aimed what appeared to be a shotgun at the employee before fleeing on foot with some cash. Police...
Ashlee Hyatt killer denied early release
"BOY CRAZY" GIRL'S BROTHER BANNED FOR PASSING HER DRUGS The girl who stabbed and killed West Kelowna teen Ashlee Hyatt in June, 2010 just isn’t getting the message, according to a local judge who denied her request to get out of jail early. The girl, now 19, applied to have the remainder of her 18-month...