Lumby

Lumby high school students ‘shocked’ after finding forestry equipment vandalized

LUMBY - There are many perks to an outdoor classroom, but there are some downsides too, as a group of Lumby high school students have learned. A group of Charles Bloom Secondary students enrolled in the school’s unique forestry program headed up to their woodlot Dec. 8 to find their equipment vandalized and their picnic...

Thievery at scrap metal yard in Lumby

LUMBY - Thieves made off with a large haul of scrap metal in Lumby last week, and while not exactly gold, the material was quite valuable. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says the large quantity of scrap copper pipe stolen from a scrap metal yard on Trinity Valley Road the night of Oct. 13 was worth...

Motorhome destroyed by fire in Lumby

LUMBY – A fire destroyed a motorhome in rural Lumby yesterday afternoon, but firefighters, and someone with a garden hose, kept the flames from spreading. Black smoke billowed from the burning RV on a property near Dyfferin Road behind the industrial park just east of the village. The motorhome was fully engulfed in flames when...

Construction sign heist hits North Okanagan highway

LUMBY - Police are scratching their heads after numerous traffic signs went missing from a highway construction project in the North Okanagan. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says Controlling Traffic Limited has reported roughly 30 signs stolen from an area on Highway 6 between Lumby and Lavington where paving work is being done. The signs, which...

Lumby company’s hemp-base doggie chews to hit shelves by end of month

VERNON - Dog lovers are lapping up a new hemp-based pet product made by a North Okanagan company. True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. launched its nutritional dog-chews, which contain hemp, at a pet industry trade show in Toronto Sept. 20, and CEO Darcy Bomford said pre-orders are already bounding in. “The last two weeks have...

Marina proposal on Sugar Lake has locals asking questions

CHERRYVILLE - Concerns are brewing around a marina proposal and what it will mean for Sugar Lake. Sugar Lake Developments Ltd. has applied to the province for permission to replace an existing wooden dock with a new 30-slip marina on Sugar Lake, just north of Cherryville. The proposal has some locals fearing impacts on the...

Mail thefts in Lumby and Cherryville

LUMBY - Residents are being warned to regularly pick up their mail after several mail thefts were reported in Lumby and Cherryville over the past week. Canada Post has reported several incidents of theft from mailboxes throughout the two communities since Sept. 17 and Lumby RCMP is now asking residents to be diligent in picking...

Preliminary inquiry set for Lumby man accused of murder

VERNON – The 55-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a Vernon teacher in Lumby this past summer will be back before the judge in the New Year for a preliminary hearing. Howard Krewson, who is also known as Howard Everett, is accused of killing Linda Ross, 51, at...

Kelowna hunter rescued after taking tumble down Lumby ravine

LUMBY – A 51-year-old Kelowna man out hunting near Lumby is lucky he had cell service when he took a tumble into a snowy ravine Saturday afternoon. A B.C. Ambulance crew and Vernon Search and Rescue volunteers found the man lying on the ground about 8 kilometres up Harris Creek Road near Echo Lake just...