Shelley Jordan

A young Peachland man suffered serious injuries in a crash with a suspected impaired driver yesterday. The erratic driver and subsequent collision on the 2800 block of Highway 97 south was reported to West Kelowna RCMP at 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses reported a grey Jeep Cherokee was driving southbound in the northbound land with no...

A West Kelowna woman who drove away from a road check Saturday night will face charges. The 32-year-old was directed to pull over around 9 p.m. by Kelowna RCMP and Central Okanagan Traffic Services on Sexsmith Road near Valley Road, but refused to provide officers with her driver's licence. She then took off. Police followed...

Police continue efforts to sort out what happened Saturday morning when a stolen pick-up truck was used in at least one commercial break and enter. The report came in to West Kelowna RCMP just after midnight that a vehicle crashed into a sign on Old Okanagan Highway at Bylands Road. The black truck passed the...

The Cops For Kids Ride received their final donation of the year from Lake City Casinos bringing the 2012 total to $15,000. The 10-day cycling journey takes place mid-September taking a team of 25 RCMP riders from Kelowna across the south-eastern portion of British Columbia in order to raise funds and awareness for children in...

A roadside check Friday night resulted in 20 driving prohibitions. RCMP Integrated Road Safety Unit Central Okanagan Traffic Services set up numerous road checks throughout Kelowna between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. Members of MADD were also on hand.  The driving prohibitions included seven 90-day Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibitions (IRP), ten 3-day IRP's, two 24...

Kelowna RCMP are asking for help finding a man who sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl last night. The girl was waiting for a friend on the 200 block of Hollywood Rd. near Hwy. 33 in Rutland when she was approached by an unknown man. He talked with her for a moment before offering his hand...

Complaints of gunfire yesterday in the Upper Mission could lead to firearms charges against three men. A report rolled in to police around 1:30 p.m. about shots being fired behind The Ponds residential development at the south end of Gordon Dr. The sound seemed to be coming from a semi-automatic weapon in the area of...

The Kelowna RCMP are still looking to identify a man who allegedly lured an eight-year-old girl into the family change room at the YMCA and fondled himself in front of her. On July 23, 2012, an unknown man apparently approached an eight-year-old girl and lured her into the family change room where he exposed and...

Kelowna police are searching for owners of tools valued in the thousands that were recovered following an investigation of stolen goods being sold online. The RCMP recovered an estimated $10,000 worth of tools in September. Jessica Anne Bryde was charged with Possession of Stolen Property Under $5,000 and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Property....

A large quantify of drugs and cash were seized by RCMP thanks to a tip and a traffic stop yesterday. A member of the Central Okanagan Traffic Services received the tip from another officer that a man who was prohibited from driving was heading north on Harvey Ave. When police saw the Ford F150 turning...

The Westbank First Nation recognized three West Kelowna RCMP officers with a special ceremony for their role in a July shooting. During the feather ceremony Nov. 26, Chief and Council presented blessed eagle feathers to Cpl. Brian Harris, Const. Mike Philion and Const. Mike Taylor in a traditional ceremony held in the Westbanks First Nation...

A landlord was stabbed this morning while attempting to evict a resident of an apartment on Rosemead Ave. RCMP say the 55-year-old Kelowna man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police received the report around 10:50 a.m.  The landlord and a Bailiff came to the apartment to hand the tenant an eviction notice....

A woman who was struck by a bus earlier this month at the corner of Springfield Dr. and Barlee Rd. has died. The RCMP released a statement saying the 73-year-old succumbed to her injuries Nov. 22. The accident occurred Nov. 4 shortly after 5 p.m. and emergency crews responded to a report of a pedestrian...

UPDATE: 8:50 a.m. Nov. 29 Police have arrested a 40-year-old man for uttering threats. RCMP spokesperson Const. Kris Clark says police found nothing at the scene, but charges were still warranted. "The man allegedly uttered a threat that led the ministry official to believe that the building and its occupants were in danger," Clark says....

A masked robber demanded cash from a West Kelowna bank before fleeing in a truck bearing stolen plates. West Kelowna RCMP say the robbery took place yesterday at 12:50 p.m. at the Scotiabank located at 2475 Dobbin Rd. and came on the heels of a report of a stolen, blue Mazda pickup truck taken from...

UPDATE: 3:45 p.m.Nov. 27 Four people have been arrested following a raid on what RCMP officials are calling one of the largest ecstacy labs ever discovered in British Columbia. "This is a great success story," said RCMP Sgt. Duncan Pound, Federal Media Relations officer.      Kelowna RCMP, assisted by Federal and Provincial RCMP units,...

Fred Kesler strolls through his neighbourhood on Peachland's San Clemente Ave., mere metres from the spot where 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt was stabbed by a friend and bled to death nearly 1 1/2 years before. A jury ruled Sunday that Hyatt died of a wound from a knife swung by a friend. Kesler couldn't help but...

UPDATE: 1:13 p.m. Nov. 23 Police have released a description of a man they suspect may have been the person responsible for stabbing 40-year-old Michael Meads at the Pandosy Food Basket yesterday. He is described as Causasian, 27-30 years old, 5'9", slim build, short dark hair, unshaven, dark hoodie, white shirt under hoodie, dark sweatpants,...

Two Kelowna RCMP officers will each received an award of valour this evening at B.C.'s 32nd Annual Police Honours night held in Victoria. Constables Jared Etsell and Jennifer Hunter were among 25 officers given the special honour for dedication to duty and using sound judgement to rescue a driver from a partially submerged vehicle in...

An abandoned 9-1-1 call last night led police to the recovery of a stolen SUV they attempted to track down earlier in the day. At around 10 a.m., Kelowna RCMP responded to a report of someone in a white Ford Explorer driving erratically on Water St. at Lawrence Ave. According to the caller the truck,...

A 76-year-old West Kelowna driver considers himself lucky after crashing his car into a home on Dobbin Road in West Kelowna. The accident happened around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. No one was hurt in the crash but the vehicle suffered major damage and the home may have had some structural damage. Police and fire rescue crews...

A 37-year-old man arrested for armed robbery last night in West Kelowna may also be responsible for a string of recent robberies in the Central Okanagan, said police. The robberies occurred over the the last week-and-a-half prompting a detailed police investigation. RCMP were able to identify a suspect and began tracking him. The West Kelowna...

A gift of $900,000 in support of cardiac care was a pleasant surprise for the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. Edith Graham who died April 28 at age 96, included the gift in her will, but notice of the endowment wasn't received from the estate lawyer until today. Having many family members with cardiac problems led Graham...