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Alberta radio host has truck window smashed in Kamloops; lashes out at B.C. Premier
An Alberta radio host took to social media to criticize B.C. Premier John Horgan when…
Alberta couple thinks red plates may be to blame for vandalism to van in Kamloops
A couple from Calgary have been in B.C. since the pandemic began, but think some…
Can Albertans travel to B.C.? Yes, but with some odd restrictions
While residents of the Okanagan and Kamloops face $575 fines if they travel into the…
Albertans free to visit Okanagan, Kamloops despite worst COVID rates in Canada
While new travel restrictions are aimed at keeping people living in COVID hotspots in the…
Kelowna MLA concerned for Alberta couple who had lug nuts tampered with
A Banff couple sent a “concerning” letter to a Kelowna MLA after finding someone had…
RCMP ask for help to find missing Alberta woman who may be in B.C.
RCMP are asking for help to find a 18-year-old missing woman from Alberta who may…
Decision to hand iconic Penticton Peach to Alberta-based company irreversible: city
No matter how many signatures are collected on a petition, the City of Penticton will…
One in four Albertans still want Alberta to become an independent country
One in four Albertans would like to see the province become its own independent country.…
One of 12 trucks stolen from Fort McMurray business recovered in West Kelowna
An Alberta man was arrested when he parked his stolen truck outside of a problem…
Expect extended closures of Trans-Canada in Kicking Horse Canyon this fall
The Trans-Canada Highway in Kicking Horse Canyon will be closed for a total of 17 days…
Alberta’s oil patch woes hit home at Central Okanagan food banks
KELOWNA - Plunging oil prices and substantial layoffs in Alberta’s oil patch are making their mark here in the Central Okanagan through a surge in food bank use. Public relations director Ami Catriona says the Central Okanagan Community Food Bank, which has branches in Kelowna and West Kelowna, noticed an unusual uptick in requests around...
UPDATE: Coroner identifies victim in Shuswap house boat accident
SICAMOUS - A young Alberta woman died in a house boat accident last Friday. The accident happened on Shuswap Lake near the Cinnemousun Narrows about 15 km north of Sicamous Friday, July 10. Andrea Mary Jacura, 22, of Edmonton, Alberta died Friday while swimming in Shuswap Lake in B.C.'s Southern Interior. The woman was behind...
More B.C. wildfire personnel headed to Alberta
KAMLOOPS - Forty-one B.C. wildfire personnel, including two unit crews and an agency representative, will join the 88 others deployed earlier this week to fight wildfires in Alberta. Crews will be stationed in Edmonton, but could be deployed elsewhere throughout that province based on fire activity and need. Along with 129 personnel, B.C. sent two...
Former Vernon Mountie facing child porn allegations arrested on unrelated charges in Alberta
VERNON - A former Vernon Mountie awaiting trial on child pornography charges was arrested in Alberta last week for impaired driving and possession of stolen property. RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Sharon Franks says Ryan Hampton, 37, was arrested Feb. 2 by police in Strathmore, Alta. After pulling him over, officers searched the vehicle and...
Serial bank robber taunts police with another robbery
VERNON – A man police allege is on a three-province robbery spree has likely hit his ninth bank just one day following an inter-provincial news blitz warning the public about him. According to a release from RCMP, the Dawson Creek RCMP responded to a hold-up alarm at a local financial institution Wednesday just before 4...