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Man ejected from truck in Vernon crash dies of injuries
VERNON – Police are investigating a car crash in Vernon that left one man dead…
Chainsaws, scuba gear required to pull sunken truck out of North Okanagan lake
VERNON – The removal of a sunken truck from Swan Lake created quite the spectacle…
Identity of Vernon man killed while working at automotive shop released
VERNON – The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a Vernon man who…
Kelowna driver crashes head-on into power pole
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man, possibly impaired, crashed his truck into a power pole in…
Woman hit in downtown Kelowna crosswalk
KELOWNA – A pedestrian was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a…
Suspected car thief on the loose in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An abandoned and suspected stolen truck was found in Kelowna yesterday after the…
Recommendations made after Kamloops truck driver crushed to death
VERNON – A Kamloops truck driver was in the most dangerous area possible when a…
Woman jumps from moving vehicle in attempt to evade Vernon police officer
VERNON - A woman with several outstanding warrants made a dramatic, yet unsuccessful, attempt to flee from police in Vernon. An officer patrolling the area of 30 Avenue noticed a white Chevrolet truck speeding around 3 a.m. Dec. 31 and attempted to pull over the driver. Instead of stopping, the driver fled south on 35...
Submerged, frozen and, yes, probably covered by insurance
VERNON - It’s been cool and snowy in the Okanagan lately, but not cold enough to stop a truck from plunging through the ice on Swan Lake in Vernon. The lake is a popular ice-fishing destination, and it’s not uncommon to see vehicles out on the ice during the winter. But as one driver found...
Woman pursues driver suspected of vehicle theft in Vernon
VERNON - A member of the public went above and beyond by tailing a driver who allegedly stole a truck earlier this week. Vernon RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police got a heads up around 7:20 p.m. Nov. 22 that a community member was following a 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup truck she’d just witnessed stolen...
VIDEO: Spring car cruise attracts automotive fans from across B.C.
OKANAGAN – An annual car cruise which started a few years ago as a way for friends and car enthusiasts to show off their rides, has grown to include hundreds of 'tuners' from across the province. Tyson Noel organized the first Kelowna Spring Cruise and has seen it go from fewer than 50 cars to...
‘All of a sudden, a friggin’ moose comes out of nowhere and lands on the front of the truck’
KELOWNA - Doug Adams remembers the moose slamming into the hood, then sliding up the windshield, six inches from his face. The impact brought the one-ton diesel truck to an instant standstill. Adams, 56, of Vernon, was the passenger in a truck that collided with an estimated 800 pound moose last Friday, May 1, in...
Commercial vehicles collide on Highway 97 near Winfield
KELOWNA – An accident between two commercial vehicles on Highway 97 near Winfield Thursday morning resulted in one of the drivers going to hospital and another issued a traffic violation. Cpl. Joe Duncan of the Kelowna RCMP says the accident happened just north of Ellison Lake when one of the drivers merged his vehicle into...
Food Truck Rally rolls back into Kelowna
KELOWNA – For the second year in a row, the parking lot of Prospera Place will be flooded with hundreds of hungry diners and around half a dozen trucks representing cuisine from around the world. Craig Campbell is the Communications Manager for Prospera Place and the organizer of the second annual Kelowna Food Truck Rally....