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Marshall Jones

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.

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  • Joined: September 18, 2012
  • Articles: 3132

Crazy car chase

Yes, this is a re-trend. This was originally shot in 2010 but seems to be making its way around again. For obvious awesome reasons. %%video1%%

Former Kelowna radio personality sentenced for child pornography

KELOWNA - One of the city's former radio personalities was sentenced to nine months in jail today for possession of child pornography. Darren Mitchell Robertson, known on local airwaves as "Doc Roberts" was sentenced today to nine months in jail followed by one year of probation for keeping child pornography. Robertson, now 47, was a...

Kelowna animation company signs joint venture agreement

Atomic Cartoons is pleased to announce a joint venture agreement with Kelowna based animation studio Yeti Farm Creative. The exclusive three year deal, which will be worth up to three million dollars in production value, offers expanding television animation production capabilities for Atomic into Kelowna, British Columbia “We’re very pleased to be able to springboard...

Surprised gramma

This video seems to be getting some play. Maybe it's the editing and production value. Maybe it's the clever scheme. Nah, it's definitely mom's reaction. %%video1%%

Why fly with this guy?

What are friends for, if not to scare the squirt out of you? Not exactly safe for work as scaredy-man loses his sensibilities. %%video1%%

Guitarded

Remember the sound effects guy from the Police Academy movies? Apparently he was in Led Zeppelin. True story. %%video1%%

What happens when you’re not there

This video is going viral for obvious reasons—animals doing what comes naturally. Keep in mind this awesome vid was shot over just three days in Kananaskis. Here at Trending Now, we just weren't satisfied with the editing of this video, so we had a little fun ourselves.  %%Video1%% Try this version. %%Video2%% Or this version %%Video3%%

UPDATE: Residential complex fire started by smoking materials

KELOWNA - Kelowna firefighters were quick to put out a fire in a townhouse complex on Lester Road, but at least six tenants will have to find somewhere else to stay tonight. Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. Eric Simpson said two units at 500 Lester Road were badly burned and nearly got into the roof...

Amazing dough maker

Not sure just how much 'dough' this guy makes for his special tricks, but if you eat pizza there, you gotta wonder how many times he practiced this—and failed. Really—would you eat this sweaty pizza when he was done with it? %%video1%%

Police warn of bad ecstasy pills on the market

KELOWNA -- RCMP say several Kelowna teens are recovering after taking what they believed to be ecstasy and became violently ill Thursday. Police got reports that three Kelowna teens, aged 15, 16 and 18, took ecstasy and all three became ill. They bought the pills somewhere in downtown Kelowna. They suffered stabbing abdominal pains, chronic...

Uncomfortable

A suprisingly respectful Russell Brand welcomes a couple members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Yes, THAT Westboro Baptist Church. And everyone behaves exactly as you would expect. %%video1%%

Get your own phone

Some D-bag figures it's cool to swipe a phone out of some girl's hands and gets a real surprise. First, she's like the girl he expected... hitting him with her purse, like who cares right? He's probably laughing. But it's all a clever ruse on her part to distract him while she goes five-hole—BAM. Then...

Boxing with lime

You thought it was funny watching kids take their first bites of something sour? Watch as this boxer puppy has his first taste of lime. I know how you feel, little guy. %%video1%%

Smart-ass GPS

Elaborate prank to catch unsuspecting people in a cab talking to a GPS unit. %%video1%%

Hilary Duff vacationing in Kelowna?

Word is moving fast through social media that actress and musician Hilary Duff is vacationing in Kelowna—and it appears Duff herself has confirmed it. Local Duff fans say she is vacationing in Kelowna with husband and former National Hockey League player Mike Comrie. We know the Okanagan is home to many NHL players. And while...

One hot cherry

She started off mildly entertaining. Some kind of food show? But she'll never top her reaction to taking a big bite of a cherry that was, in fact, a hot pepper. Now THAT'S entertainment. %%video1%%

UPDATE: Fire crews monitoring hot spots after fire near YLW

UPDATE: 8 a.m. July 26 KELOWNA -  The wildfire east of Ellison lake that caused some disruption at the Kelowna airport last night continues to smoulder this morning. Kamloops Fire Centre information officer Melissa Welsh says crews are still on scene and will be continuing the mop-up throughout the day. "What they're seeing is a...

Cargo overboard

They loaded 64 Japanese cars bound for Russia and lost 52 of them. If you speak Russian, can you please confirm the translation: 'Maybe we should have tied them down...." %%Video1%%

Welcome home

This dog knows how to say I missed you. Just be careful of the onion-cutting ninjas. You know what they do. %%Video1%% And Bonus Video! %%Video2%%

Whale bail

Don't believe the hype. These humpback whales didn't just miss eating divers. They surfaced and the divers missed falling into any one of their giant headholes. Love the comment at the end: How DO you clean your wet suit after something like that. %%video1%%

Down the same way you went up

You know he's going to fall. Something in the arrogance of his tone. Perhaps it's his 'slippery shoes.' Or his bold declaration that he won't go down the way he came up. Either way—you know it's coming. And you must see it. %%video1%%

Ellison blaze marks start of Vernon fire season

VERNON - The Vernon fire zone was faced with it's first big fire of the year last weekend when a 2.2 hectare blaze bloomed in Ellison Provincial Park. Around 250 campers were evacuated from the park Sunday afternoon, but were back in their tents by 9 p.m. Steve Olson, incident commander with the Wildfire Management...

Can’t touch this

You gotta' be good to invite people on the street to hit you in the face just to prove a point. Strangely enough—despite hundreds of attempts, barely anyone can do it. %%video1%%