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Industrial Accident

Kelowna man killed in industrial accident

KELOWNA - A man who died in an industrial accident north of Fort St. John earlier this week has been identified as a 28-year-old Kelowna man. Jack Shawn Eyles of Kelowna was working at the Progress Gas Plant near Mile 126 of the Alaska Highway when he was killed shortly after midnight on March 11....

Two hospital workers injured in chemical spill

KELOWNA – A chemical spill at Kelowna General Hospital Monday morning has landed two hospital workers in the emergency room. The fire department’s HAZMAT team is cleaning up a spill of chlorine and muriatic acid which when mixed together produces mustard gas, according to Global Okanagan. The call came in about 9 a.m. The workers...