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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

B.C. Liquor Stores awarded by victim services

The Kelowna Detachment Police Victim Services presented a local businessman with an award today for his support of the program over the last 20 years. On May 21, 2013, Kelowna RCMP Victim Services presented Mike Kakoske of the BC Liquor Store with the Police Victim Services Corporate Community Leadership Award. Mike Kakoske was nominated for...

Kelowna Mountie wins prestigious award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold Certificates were presented by His Royal Highness the Duke of York to 100 youth from across British Columbia at Government House in Victoria on May 18, 2013. These certificates are awarded in recognition of the youth completing the requirements for the Gold Award Level. To earn this Award, the...

Oklahoma twister tears apart two schools

UPDATE: MAY 21 12:10 p.m. The death toll has been more accurately reported at 25 as schools and buildings are leveled in twister that has devastated parts of Oklahoma. A tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013, flattening many homes, two elementary schools and a medical centre. CBC reports the number of deaths...

First Taste

Neat video showing first reaction of toddlers to foods it apparently takes a long time to appreciate. %%Video1%%

Ducking the police

As a cop you gotta' have priorities. Watch this strange police chase that happened in the U.S.—not Canada. %%Video1%%

Abercrombie gets Fitched

For some reason, a 2006 interview with A&F CEO Mike Jeffries is getting renewsed and is creating a furor. Jeffries said: “In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he says. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a...

Liberals pull off stunning B.C. victory

The Liberals defied common wisdom and months of abysmal polling numbers to win British Columbia's election Tuesday, a shocking turnaround for a party and a premier who had once been declared by one opinion survey as among the two worst in the country.

Out of this world song

Commander Chris Hadfield saves his best for last as he comes home today from the International Space Station. So proud. %%Video1%%

UPDATE: Motorcyclist in fatal Penticton crash a West Kelowna resident

UPDATE: 3:15 p.m. May 13, 2013 The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the person killed in a motorcycle crash that happened Saturday evening in Penticton. He was Clinton Bradley Albert Schoening, aged 34, a resident of West Kelowna. Schoening was driving the motorcycle northbound on Lakeside Road in Penticton late in the evening May 11....

Livin for free gas

This musical couple goes with the flow when their gas pump asks them to sing for their gas. %%Video1%%

Water Quality Advisory for Westshore

The Regional District of Central Okanagan has issued a precautionary Water Quality Advisory for residents served by the Westshore Water System in the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. The advisory affects almost 250 properties connected to the community water system adjacent to Westside Road. Increased turbidity in the water system source has resulted in water...

UPDATE: Arson suspected in Shannon Lake golf course clubhouse fire

UPDATE: 3:08 p.m. May 13, 2013 The fire at West Kelowna's Shannon Lake golf course has been deemed suspicious. RCMP received a report the clubhouse, located at 2649 Shannon Lake Road was on fire at about 1 a.m. May 11.  Firefighters tried to contain the blaze but the clubhouse was destroyed. 1:48 p.m. May 11,...

Pleeease throw the stick

Something here seems to suggest the statue is more likely to throw the stick than the guy with the camera. %%Video1%%

Still laughing

Apologies for the length of this video, but it's Just For Laughs Gags. You know it's good. %%Video1%%

UPDATE: Pedestrian struck and killed in Rutland identified

UPDATE 12:35 p.m. May 6, 2013 A pedestrian struck and killed by a car while jaywalking across Highway 33 near Dougall Road over the weekend has been identified. An RCMP press release states the person was Robert George, 54, from Kelowna. Next of kin have been notified of his death. The 51-year-old man driving the...

UPDATE: Motorcyclist, car driver killed in Kelowna accident identified

UPDATE: 12:16 p.m. May 6, 2013 The driver of a motorcycle who died in a collision at the intersection of Glenmore Road and Mountain May 4 have been identified. An RCMP press release states the man was David Potts, 32, from Kelowna.  The driver of the car in the accident also died and has been...

Can’t keep the duck awake

What makes this so cute? Is it the duckling falling asleep sitting there? Or the little ducky noises? Either way, you know you're going to say it: awwww. %%Video1%%

Mom retells the Matrix movie

Guy records his mom explaining the movie and gets it completely... well, pretty close actually. %%Video1%%