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Salmon Arm store breaches employee contract, but sues over $4,000 in training costs
October 27, 2024 - 12:00 PM

A Shuswap hardware store has failed to recoup $4,000 it spent training a staff member after it got them doing yard work instead of driving trucks.
Crew in unsafe hole nets North Okanagan firm $19,000 fine
August 06, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A North Okanagan contractor has been fined $19,000 after crews were found to have been working on a water pipe in a six-foot excavation that didn't meet legal standards.
'Dangerous defect': Construction firm in deadly Kelowna crane collapse suing manufacturer
July 11, 2023 - 4:30 PM

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Wife of Kelowna crane collapse victim sues for damages
June 16, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A woman whose husband was killed in a tragic downtown Kelowna crane collapse is taking three companies and five people to court.
CRANE COLLAPSE: RCMP win fight against Stemmer Construction over seized data
August 24, 2022 - 3:30 PM

The RCMP is allowed to keep three laptops and the data they contain about the July 12, 2021, crane collapse in Kelowna that killed five workers.
Video footage of Kelowna crane collapse appears to show obvious safety violations
July 15, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Two videos posted on social media that show what appears to be the first section of the crane that collapsed in Kelowna being removed have riled a union representative concerned about worker safety.
Kelowna tower crane collapse one of the deadliest in recent memory
July 15, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Frank Carr has been a union rep in the B.C. crane industry for 21 years and cannot recall a single fatality from tower crane accidents in B.C. until five people died in a crane collapse in Kelowna on Monday.
Donations for families of workers killed in Kelowna crane collapse climb to almost $200K
July 14, 2021 - 5:41 PM

Workers at the Site C construction site near Fort St. John are feeling the pain suffered by the families of the five men killed when a construction crane collapsed in Kelowna on Monday.
Online fundraisers underway for families of men killed in Kelowna crane collapse
July 13, 2021 - 3:47 PM

Online fundraisers have been set up for the families of some of the workers killed in a crane collapse in Kelowna yesterday.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Marijuana legalization fails in Florida as numerous states approve citizen voting amendments
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Big jump for Central Okanagan real estate listings, but sales still way down
Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan have started to pick up with the September to October increase in listings the largest in more than 20 years. However, while nearly 60% more property sold last month than in October 2023 sales remai

Local News Kelowna and Area

Salmon Arm store breaches employee contract, but sues over $4,000 in training costs

Crew in unsafe hole nets North Okanagan firm $19,000 fine

'Dangerous defect': Construction firm in deadly Kelowna crane collapse suing manufacturer

Wife of Kelowna crane collapse victim sues for damages

CRANE COLLAPSE: RCMP win fight against Stemmer Construction over seized data

Video footage of Kelowna crane collapse appears to show obvious safety violations

Kelowna tower crane collapse one of the deadliest in recent memory

Donations for families of workers killed in Kelowna crane collapse climb to almost $200K

Online fundraisers underway for families of men killed in Kelowna crane collapse

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