News Items tag as: Drunk Driving

'I wish I could bring them back': Drunk driver apologizes for causing the deaths of two friends
April 27, 2018 - 2:42 PM

VERNON - Two lives were lost and many more changed forever as a result of a young man’s choice to drive drunk two years ago in the North Okanagan.
Fair warning: RCMP Counter Attack road checks are back
December 02, 2017 - 10:00 AM

RCMP officers will be setting up roadside checks throughout the Interior this month in the hopes of finding, and taking drunk drivers off the road.
Kelowna RCMP catch suspect after attempt to run from impaired driving check
February 20, 2017 - 2:49 PM

KELOWNA - An Alberta man is facing driving prohibitions, fines and possibly criminal charges after an incident allegedly involving drunk driving and an assaulted police officer yesterday.
Drunk driver hit highway median near UBC Okanagan
February 17, 2017 - 4:04 PM

KELOWNA - A 29-year-old Kelowna man was detained last night after crashing his car while impaired.
Suspected drunk driver rolls vehicle in Salmon Arm
December 14, 2016 - 3:09 PM

SALMON ARM – A Salmon Arm man is facing drunk driving charges after rolling his vehicle on Foothills Drive yesterday afternoon.
Police crack down on drunk drivers this holiday season
December 16, 2014 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Local RCMP members are out in full force to take drunk drivers off the road during the holiday party season.
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New downtown Kelowna developments finally show what CD-21 could have been
There once was a plan to transform the downtrodden south end of Kelowna’s downtown into a “beautiful vision” where every building was in just the right place. CD-21, a comprehensive development plan for the area, began mor

New Okanagan-produced fermented coffee drink hits the shelves
We have definitely become a drink culture with so many delicious options available now — with and without alcohol. Virgin bevvies have become better than ever with the arrival of kombucha and chilled coffee products swerving into the super

'I wish I could bring them back': Drunk driver apologizes for causing the deaths of two friends