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West Kelowna News
Backup power line coming to West Kelowna but not anytime soon
WEST KELOWNA – Residents and businesses in West Kelowna, Peachland and Westbank will be getting a backup power line but not for several more years, according to Premier Christy Clark. The announcement came at a press conference held four months after 22,000 B.C. Hydro customers were without power for nine hours following a fire atop...
Clark to make announcement about West Kelowna power needs
WEST KELOWNA – Premier Christy Clark will be in West Kelowna Thursday afternoon to make an announcement regarding the district's power supply. West Kelowna is one of the few areas supplied by a single transmission line, which runs from Merritt to Shannon Lake. In October a fire atop one of the poles left thousands without...
Unhappy hunters march to deliver message to Liberal government
WEST KELOWNA – Hundreds people took to the streets of West Kelowna Saturday, Jan. 31, to protest the provincial government’s proposed changes to the allocation of animals for hunting. The peaceful protesters marched from the old Zeller’s parking lot on Old Okanagan Highway to Premier Christy Clark’s office on Dobbin Road to deliver personalized letters...
Sheer volume of snow overwhelmed West Kelowna crews during January dump
WEST KELOWNA - With just a couple years experience managing their own snow removal, staff with District of West Kelowna said they did alright during the near-record breaking snowstorm in early January with local reports of snow as deep as 50 centimetres. “We’re still quite new at this but we heard from other communities that...
Why West Kelowna council balked at a $100,000 gift to community
WEST KELOWNA - They don’t mind having it, just not where B.C. Hydro wants to put it. That’s the reaction of West Kelowna council to the utility’s proposal to install a fast charging station for electric cars at the Mt. Boucherie complex. “They liked the idea just not where they want to put it,” communications...
Lions Hall arsonist sentenced to prison
KELOWNA - The man who burned down the Westbank Lions Hall was sentenced to federal prison today. Kerry Cooper, 30, will serve three and a half years behind bars for setting the fire. He did it to get revenge on the woman who was getting married there the next morning, Sept. 1, 2013. Amanda Nevdoff had...
Arsonist admits to burning down West Kelowna Lion’s Hall
KELOWNA – Kerry Robert Cooper pleaded guilty Thursday morning to burning down the West Kelowna Lion’s Hall. Cooper, 30, entered the plea from North Fraser Pre-Trial, declining legal representation. Crown prosecutor Dave Grabavac says Cooper admitted to the Sept. 1 arson after seeing video footage of him buying gas, walking in the direction of the...
Lions Hall likely torched for revenge against bride
'HE IS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.' WEST KELOWNA - The Westbank Lions Hall may have been burned down simply out of revenge against the bride set to be married there that morning. Kerry Cooper, 30, is now in custody and charged with arson in the Sept. 1, 2013 blaze. His former girlfriend was a bridesmaid in...
Community Hall won’t be torn down after all
WEST KELOWNA - The Westbank Lions’ Hall that was thought destroyed by a suspicious fire two months ago may not be torn down after all. According to Westbank Lions club president Wayne Atkinson, the heritage building, which was built in the 1930’s, will be completely repaired and continue to serve residents of West Kelowna for...
Arson investigation underway for Lions Community Hall fire
WEST KELOWNA - The fire that defaced West Kelowna's community hall Monday morning is now believed to be arson. The two storey 80-year-old building on Main Street caught fire just after 8:30 a.m. Monday, with 20 firefighters on scene to fight the flames. Police announced yesterday the incident was suspicious in nature, but now have...
Cause of West Kelowna community centre fire ‘suspicious’
INVESTIGATION TURNED OVER TO RCMP UPDATE: 10 a.m. Sept. 3, 2013 WEST KELOWNA - Evidence collected at the scene of the fire at the Westbank Lion's Community Centre indicates the cause is suspicious and the matter is now in the hands of the West Kelowna RCMP. The investigation will continue. Firefighters responded to a report...
Club, District evaluate options in wake of Westbank Lion’s Hall fire
“IT’S WHERE OUR COMMUNITY MEETS.” WEST KELOWNA - Still no word on the cause of the fire that destroyed the Westbank Lion’s Community Centre in downtown West Kelowna. Investigators have been on the scene of Sunday morning’s devastating fire. The historic landmark went up in flames as members of the community looked on in disbelief....