Shelley Jordan
Four water main breaks keep City of Vernon crews busy
UPDATE: 9:50 A.M. Nov. 25 Three out of four water main breaks were repaired Monday evening, and the fourth (on Tronson Road) is expected to be back up and running by 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Ten homes along Tronson Road were without water overnight. VERNON - Vernon crews have been busy taking care of multiple water...
Sinkhole opens up and swallows Vernon city dump truck wheel
VERNON - A Vernon City dumptruck became stuck today in a sinkhole that formed overnight on 31 Street between 33 Avenue and 34 Avenue. The sinkhole was caused by a water main break and water has been turned off. A detour was put in place, so no vehicles except those with the city are permitted...
Water main break cuts H2O to 40 homes
VERNON - The City of Vernon is busy repairing a water main break in front of 2202 39 Street. About 40 homes are without water and 39 Street is closed. Crews are isolating the break and working on repairs. The cause of the break is unknown, and the city will release further information or action...
Prime Minister Harper announces more money for small business
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government plans to make it a little easier for small business to access certain financing.
Next hurdle in rail corridor deal is securing funding
KELOWNA - It's been a week since a negotiated sales, purchase and gift agreement was signed with CN for the defunct rail line between Kelowna and Vernon, and now it's all about securing funding. The City of Kelowna will appear as the sole purchaser to satisfy a requirement from the Canadian Transportation Agency discontinuation process...
RCMP track phone and footprints to find alleged thief
KELOWNA - Police followed fresh footprints in the snow to find an alleged thief in the act of stealing an off-road vehicle from a Rutland garage Sunday afternoon. RCMP received a report of a break and enter in the 900 block of Old Vernon Road at 2:38 p.m. Jan. 18, 2015, according to a media...
Winfield 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint
LAKE COUNTRY - An armed convenience store robbery in Winfield overnight ended with a police chase and a suspect in custody. The 40-year-old man from New Westminster was allegedly wearing a mask when he entered the 7-Eleven at 9724 Highway 97 at 2:47 a.m. Jan. 21 with a rifle in hand. Police were told he...
Jury sees photos of grisly crime scene at B.C. home where man stabbed 73 times
KAMLOOPS - A retired RCMP sergeant who took photos of a crime scene says he encountered blood stains in several rooms of a Lytton, B.C., home where a man was stabbed 73 times. Steve Gehl said he photographed Albert Michell’s body and a number of items in his home on Aug. 17, 2008. Cory Bird,...
Atomic Scientists move doomsday clock 2 minutes closer to midnight over warming, nuclear arms
WASHINGTON – The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and nuclear weaponry.
Defrocked Arctic priest says he’s sorry for sex abuse of children
IQALUIT, Nunavut – A defrocked priest who abused a large number of Inuit children has told a judge that he's sorry for his crimes and won't commit any more.
Bank of Canada prescribes surprise interest rate drop to manage oil slump threat
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the economy has been suffering from the effects of an "oil shock," so he prescribed a remedy: an unexpected interest rate cut.
Mortgage rates to decline following central bank’s rate cut: economists
TORONTO – Canadian homeowners have likely gained a reprieve from an expected increase in mortgage rates this year.
Lab tests suggest some e-cigarette use may release high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde
Using certain electronic cigarettes at high temperature settings could potentially release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than smoking traditional cigarettes does, new lab tests suggest.
Kelowna man caught driving great big bright stolen Hummer
KELOWNA - Perhaps stealing a gold Hummer wasn't the best idea an alleged thief ever had. Mounties say that's the detail that led them to a 32-year-old Kelowna man who now faces potential charges of theft and possession of stolen property. He was arrested when they pulled over a gold 2003 Hummer on Asher Road...
What happened to a Lillooet woman last seen 30 years ago?
LILLOOET - RCMP are turning their focus once again to the strange disappearance of a Lillooet woman reported missing more than 30 years ago. Roxanne Fleming was 18 in 1982, described by those who knew her as a vibrant First Nations woman. On August 23 that year she broke her finger and went to the...