Jacqueline Gelineau

RCMP cruisers block Water Street downtown Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)

Nothing found: Kelowna Law Courts reopens after bomb threat

Water Street is blocked off while police are on scene

RCMP cruisers block Water Street downtown Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)
Screenshot of YouTube video of gender reveal blaze being extinguished, uploaded by Rob Iezzi. (Rob Iezzi/Youtube)

Gender reveal party ‘explodes’ into wildfire near Oliver

Good Samaritans jumped into action to put out the growing blaze on Mount Baldy

Screenshot of YouTube video of gender reveal blaze being extinguished, uploaded by Rob Iezzi. (Rob Iezzi/Youtube)
(Katie Spencer/Submitted)

Evacuation Order now downgraded to Alert on Kelowna’s Knox Mountain

Fire is likely human caused, now 6.5 ha with 448 homes evacuated

(Katie Spencer/Submitted)
Tai August fitting a young person with a breast binder in Salmon Arm. (Tai August/Submitted)

Gender-affirming care for youth is lifesaving, say B.C. experts

Transgender youth are at increased risk of mental distress without access to gender affirming care

Tai August fitting a young person with a breast binder in Salmon Arm. (Tai August/Submitted)
Mayhem the camel and his friends at the Bartlett farm. (Alysha Bartlett/ Submitted)

Okanagan camel is just a baby ‘growing like a weed’

Mayhem the camel lives in Lavington, B.C.

Mayhem the camel and his friends at the Bartlett farm. (Alysha Bartlett/ Submitted)
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran. (Contributed)

Former Kelowna mayor Basran reacts after sexual assault charges stayed

The sexual assault trial for Colin Basran has been stopped in light of new information

Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran. (Contributed)
Kelowna’s West Coast Marine Safety team is ready to keep boaters safe this summer. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

VIDEO: Kelowna RCMP boost presence on Okanagan Lake

The West Coast Marine Service will be checking boats around Kelowna for required gear this summer

Kelowna’s West Coast Marine Safety team is ready to keep boaters safe this summer. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
A memorial for the five victims of the July 2021 fatal crane collapse stands in front of the Bernard Block construction site in downtown Kelowna in October of 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Widow files civil suit claiming 2021 Kelowna crane collapse result of ‘negligence’

The investigation into the collapse that killed 5 is ongoing

A memorial for the five victims of the July 2021 fatal crane collapse stands in front of the Bernard Block construction site in downtown Kelowna in October of 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)

Kelowna Court hears that man died by overdose while in custody

Edward James Waddell was found dead in Kelowna jail on April 1, 2017

Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)
Loyal Wooldridge. (Contributed)

People of privilege called on to support queer community after ‘hate crime’ in Kelowna

City Councillor Ron Cannon said all people should be respected after a surge homophobia

Loyal Wooldridge. (Contributed)
Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Submitted)

Kelowna Mountie to be sentenced for assault stemming from UBCO wellness check

Lacy Browning was charged with assault after a 2020 arrest on UBC Okanagan campus

Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Submitted)
(Black Press File photo)

‘It takes a village’: Premier, RCMP, mayor, school speak out on possible hate crime in Kelowna

From Kelowna City Council to the B.C. Premier, people came together to speak out

(Black Press File photo)
Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)

Inquest begins into case of man who died in Kelowna police custody

Edward James Waddell was found dead on April 1, after being arrested for a car crash the day before

Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)
A police bike has been damaged. (Brittany Webster Photo)

2 motorbike crashes during Kelowna Ride for Dad sends 2 to hospital, including RCMP

The convoy took place along Highway 97 on June 11

A police bike has been damaged. (Brittany Webster Photo)
Carola Zabawa took this fire while travelling on Highway 97C, June 5, of the Pigeon Creek wildfire.

UPDATE: Out-of-control blaze off Highway 97C near Peachland grows to 33 hectares

The cause of the Pigeon Creek wildfire near Peachland is still under investigation

Carola Zabawa took this fire while travelling on Highway 97C, June 5, of the Pigeon Creek wildfire.
The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)

The sneaky Duck Divas have been hiding tiny fowl across B.C.’s Interior

Tiny, colourful ducks have been found in Abbotsford, Merritt and Kamloops

The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)
(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

Conservative Leader Poilievre elaborates on controversial Kelowna tent city tweet

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spoke with Capital News about homelessness in Kelowna

(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
People who experience homelessness in Kelowna often sleep in doorways of businesses on the city’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. (David Venn - Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna’s tent city garners national attention after Poilievre tweet

Pierre Poilievre tweeted a video of a designated homeless encampment in Kelowna

People who experience homelessness in Kelowna often sleep in doorways of businesses on the city’s main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. (David Venn - Kelowna Capital News)
Western painted turtles get their name from their western distribution and their finely detailed red, yellow and green markings. (John G. Woods photo)

Man caught snatching endangered turtles from Kelowna pond

Conservation Officers caught the man and want to remind the public that wildlife must stay wild

Western painted turtles get their name from their western distribution and their finely detailed red, yellow and green markings. (John G. Woods photo)
An RCMP cruiser parked outside the Bennett’s home in October 2021. (Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna woman pleads guilty to killing husband, sentenced to 14 years

Billie-Jo Bennett entered a guilty plea to manslaughter

An RCMP cruiser parked outside the Bennett’s home in October 2021. (Kelowna Capital News)