Category: Kelowna

Studious Raccoon Shuts Down South Kelowna, BC, Elementary School for the Day

Some students at South Kelowna Elementary School in British Columbia got a surprise day off after a raccoon broke in and got comfortable in the building’s ceiling. A statement from Central Okanagan Public Schools says staff discovered the animal and worried it could pose a risk if cornered, so families were asked to keep their children at…


Delicate BC Snowpack Leads to More Avalanches, Killing Two

Two people are dead and two more are hurt in separate avalanches in British Columbia’s backcountry. Heli-skiing operator CMH Nomads says two guests and a guide were caught in an avalanche near Revelstoke on Monday. CMH president Rob Rohn says in a statement that two of the three people were fully buried by the slide…


Former Kelowna, BC, Mayor Colin Basran Charged With Sexual Assault

Former Kelowna mayor Colin Basran has been charged with one count of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident in May while he was still in office. Basran is set to make his first appearance related to the charge in Kelowna provincial court on Jan. 24. A statement from the British Columbia Prosecution Service says…


Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., Charged With Assault in January 2020 Wellness Check

KELOWNA, B.C.—The British Columbia prosecution service says an RCMP officer in Kelowna has been charged with assault in connection with a wellness check last year. The prosecution service says in a statement that Const. Lacey Browning faces one count of assault after a wellness check in Kelowna on Jan. 20, 2020. A civil lawsuit was…


Four Dead, One Missing After Collapse of Crane in Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C.—The Mounties say four people were killed and a fifth person is missing after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C. Insp. Adam MacIntosh says four people at the site, all construction workers, were killed when the crane toppled off the 25-storey building on Monday. He says a fifth man who was working in an…