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Person wearing Cat in the Hat costume chased teen: West Kelowna RCMPWest Kelowna RCMP are investigating after a teenage girl who was out for a walk was reportedly chased by a person dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume.CanadaSep 9
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RCMP remind drivers to stop for school buses after two Kelowna students are struck by a vehicleBoth students were taken to hospital with what police describe as serious injuries. Arbor View Drive was closed for hours while police investigated.CanadaSep 25
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Alberta children who were subject of Amber Alert found safe in B.C."They were located on a rural property in West Kelowna," Staff/Sgt. Derrick Gladdish with the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit said on Friday.CrimeSep 18
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Bennett Bridge crash brings Central Okanagan traffic to a standstillThe latest closure has renewed calls from local politicians and residents for a second crossing of Okanagan Lake.CanadaSep 22
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Kelowna woman calls for action on public safety in wake of frightening attackRobertson says she fought back, kicking at her attacker before the two fell to the ground.CanadaNov 5
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Kelowna businesses raise safety concerns as mayoral candidates debate public safetyBusiness owner Gerald Goertsen says over the weekend security cameras captured someone ripping out lavender plants from the side of his commercial building.CrimeSep 28
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Chinese state-owned XCMG facing lawsuits alleging it defrauded Canadian equipment dealersAt Vancouver's law courts on Friday, veteran heavy equipment dealer Ryan Martin said they started with XCMG in 2017 and business was good up until about 2021.Oct 16
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Kelowna business owner calls for more action after a series of break-insWendy Munyanyi, owner of Mary-Claris Hair Extensions, says three wigs worth a combined $900 were stolen during the latest break-in Tuesday morning.CrimeSep 23
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Suspicious fire on Knox Mountain after witness snaps photo of shirtless man among flamesOn Friday, the B.C. Prosecution Service confirmed that Andrew James Dent has been charged with arson and resisting a peace officer in connection with the fire.FireAug 21
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Sask. First Nations leaders raise land rights, policing concerns at historic Ottawa meetingFederal government heard reasoning behind amending Indian status legislation and setting up First Nations policing from Saskatchewan chiefs.CanadaOct 26
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Kelowna businesses raise concerns over crime on Commerce AvenueOne of the most recent incidents happened just two weeks ago when the Goertsens found themselves temporarily locked inside their own office building.CanadaSep 14
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Kelowna asks Ottawa to help shut down the downtown’s supervised consumption siteMayor Tom Dyas has written to the federal health minister asking that the facility’s 2027 renewal be denied.CanadaSep 3
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Arson investigations launched for some B.C. fires as wildfires continue to burnThe Columbia Shuswap Regional District said RCMP are investigating three fires in a ditch on Squilax Anglemont Road that were reported around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.FireAug 7
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B.C. Conservative caucus is down to 30. Here’s how it lost 14 membersThe party's caucus has been thinned to 30, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direction under both its former leader and new leader Kerry-Lynne FindlayPoliticsAug 31
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Suspicious fires in West Kelowna leave residents shaken as RCMP investigateFour fires broke out over a four-hour period within a two-kilometre radius in the area of Old Okanagan Highway and Shannon Lake Road, prompting an RCMP investigation.CanadaJul 20
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Kelowna residents, business owners say Crime Severity Index not the full pictureNew data from Statistics Canada's Crime Severity Index show the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime in the Kelowna census metropolitan area fell 4.5 per cent in 2025.CanadaJul 23
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RCMP report a possible fatality from massive Summerland fireRCMP said officers continue to provide emergency response and assistance following the Bald Range fire that grew quickly and forced thousands to flee their homes.FireAug 8
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Amber Alert cancelled for missing 4-year-old in West KelownaThe Amber Alert for a missing four-year-old boy in the West Kelowna area has been cancelled RCMP confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.CrimeJul 22
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2 people drowned in separate B.C. Interior lakes over the weekendSicamous RCMP said they were called at 8:13 p.m. to Mara Lake, south of Sicamous, and officers, along with Search and Rescue, began searching the lake and shoreline.CanadaJul 14
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U.S. citizen drowns in kayaking accident on Okanagan LakeWest Kelowna RCMP said that at approximately 7:13 p.m. on June 19, they were called to the lake for a report that two kayakers had capsized.CanadaJun 23