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UPDATE: Suspicious item that caused Pick n’ Pull evacuation was “magic crystals”

KELOWNA – The small device found in a car which caused the evacuation of a West Kelowna auto wrecker this afternoon was a personal health care product filled with crystals some claim have healing powers. Emergency crews, including police, fire rescue and ambulance, were called to Pick n' Pull on Stevens Rd. just after 1...

UPDATE: Downtown Kelowna street reopens; suspicious package empty

KELOWNA – RCMP have reopened a downtown Kelowna street after a “suspicious” package discovered earlier today turned out to be empty. Police closed Cawston Avenue from Ellis Street to St. Paul Street this morning, July 19, as officers and firefighters investigating a “suspicious” item. “Through the combined effort of the Kelowna RCMP, it's police dog...