Highway 33
SUV takes out fire hydrant flooding Kelowna intersection
KELOWNA – No one was hurt when a SUV took out a fire hydrant in Kelowna just after midnight, sending water gushing and flooding an intersection. The driver of a Ford Escape hit the hydrant at Highway 33 and Gerstmar Road around 12:15 a.m., Dec. 20, according to Kelowna Fire Department Platoon Capt. John Kelly....
City of Kelowna changes plan of attack for ‘extraordinary snow events’
KELOWNA - With last January’s near-record snow storm on their minds, the city is going to institute something that’s been the norm on the Prairies for decades — snow routes. “One of the biggest challenges staff face during snow cleaning efforts is vehicles on local residential streets,” public works manager Darryl Astofooroff says in a...
Night construction could cause traffic delays in Kelowna next week
KELOWNA - A pair of roadwork projects on the city’s major highways will cause some delays next week. On both Highway 97 and Highway 33 road construction will reduce traffic to single-lane alternating traffic, according to information posted to the province’s Drive B.C. website. Work will take place east of Hollywood Road on Highway 33...
Passing drivers keep Joe Rich grass fire from spreading
KELOWNA – Firefighters quickly put out a fire in Joe Rich this afternoon thanks to the help from some passing motorists who held the flames at bay. The human-caused fire was reported at 2:07 p.m., Aug. 24, next to Highway 33 and Falcon Road. Joe Rich fire chief Ben Wasyliuk says some drivers with fire...
UPDATE: Woman hit on Highway 33 in Rutland
KELOWNA – RCMP investigators are on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a woman in her 70s on Highway 33 in Kelowna. Const. Steve Holmes says the woman was crossing Highway 33 near Roxby Road in front of Coopers Foods, June 1 just after 3 p.m. when she was hit by a...
Service planned for Fire Chief’s daughter killed in car wreck
KELOWNA – A memorial service for Alexandra Nyuli, the woman who died last week after her vehicle left the road in Joe Rich and tumbled 100 m down a bank will be held this weekend in Kelowna. Nyuli, who was 21, was one of three daughters of Joe Rich Fire Chief Curtis Nyuli. On Jan....
Speed likely a factor in Black Mountain roll over
KELOWNA - Speed is likely the reason a man driving to Big White to go snowboarding rolled his truck Monday morning. A witness to the accident says they were in the passing lane of Hwy 33 when a black pickup truck blew by them "going bonkers fast" in the slow lane shortly after 9 a.m....
Driver airlifted to Vancouver hospital after head-on crash in Joe Rich
KELOWNA – A head on collision in Joe Rich sent a 20-year-old Kelowna man to KGH and then Vancouver General Hospital Monday. According to police, the driver of a green Toyota coupe was travelling westbound on Hwy 33 near Goudie when he crossed the centre line into the path of a three-quarter ton pickup. "There...
Small children inside car that crashed on Hwy 33
KELOWNA - Two small children were riding in a car that crashed into a power pole on Highway 33 Friday afternoon. A 33-year-old woman and her two children, a four-year-old and a five-year-old were travelling east on Highway 33 when the vehicle veered right and off the road, hit a Fortis line and flipped over...