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A Kelowna resident was honoured along with 44 others with the BC Community Achievement Award.
Trevor Day was recognized as the longest-serving volunteer of the Kelowna Branch of St. John Ambulance.
He has served 25 years as a member of its medical first response team.
Premier Gord Campbell presented the award.
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Not sure if it was the nice weather or spring break...but Police busted 3 drunk drivers on Saturday afternoon alone. Between 3:30 and 6...3 drivers were caught...with 3 more pulled over later that evening. Most of the drivers blew at least twice the legal limit...while a couple of them refused to give a breath sample.
All 6 drivers face charges of impaired driving and have court appearances in the future.
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The Vernon/North Okanagan area is a lot less green today thanks to a round up by the 'green-team'.
RCMP busted 6 different residents and brought in 1621 plants and 33 lbs of dried bud. RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk says there are getting a lot of calls from residents.
Molendyk says 8 people in total have been arrested and they are looking for more.
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An elderly male is being treated for apparent non life threatening injuries after he, and his scooter, were knocked down by a vehicle.
The incident happened at just after 1:30 p.m. Monday. The gentleman was riding his scooter on the west sidewalk of Richter Ave, and was traveling towards KLO Rd.
A 63 year old Kelowna woman, who was making a right turn from the Mission Park Mall onto Richter Ave. apparently did not see the scooter, and hit it, knocking the scooter over and spilling the elderly man onto the street.
The victim was treated by ambulance at the scene and was taken to Kelowna General Hospital.
His scooter was trapped under the front bumper of the car, which had to be lifted off.
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Speaking in reaction to the avalanche in Revelstoke over the weekend, The BC Minister of Public Safety, Kash Heed says he doesn't want to prohibit snowmobiles on provinical land.
Heed says they are working at extending existing rules around backcountry usage instead of cutting people off.Meantime. The wife of a man killed, wants to know why the extreme snowmobiling event her husband attended went ahead despite avalanche warnings.
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The wife of a man killed in a weekend avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., wants to know why the extreme snowmobiling event her husband attended went ahead despite avalanche warnings....
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