News Items tag as: DC-3 crash Dec.1950

'Season of miracles': How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950
December 25, 2022 - 6:00 PM

PENTICTON - This holiday season, as you brave the malls and grumble about shovelling snow, let's recall Christmas 66 years ago, when people from around the South Okanagan — and Naramata in particular — dropped all Christmas preparations to rescue 16 people stranded on Okanagan Mountain.
UPDATED: Hike with a purpose to find this 1950 plane crash site near Kelowna
April 24, 2019 - 5:30 PM

A plane crash that took place in Okanagan Mountain Park more than half a century ago offers a destination for hikers interested in off-trail excursions on the mountain.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

'Season of miracles': How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950