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Bear dies in four-car crash in Kelowna

KELOWNA – Darkness and the animal’s natural camouflage are listed by police as the reasons behind a four-car crash involving a bear in Kelowna Sunday night. At about 8:20 p.m. RCMP were called to the crash right by Duck Lake, RCMP say. Each of the four vehicles hit the bear, one after the other. Police...

Extraordinary animal tales of the North Okanagan

VERNON - Have you ever seen a hen raise a flock of ducklings? A dog adopt a piglet? What about a horse herding a bear? The North Okanagan has it all in terms of extraordinary animal encounters. There was Coldstream resident Val Buchanan, also known as Farmer Val, and the story that hatched when she...