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Peachland widow wins legal fights after ICBC refuse to pay
November 23, 2024 - 12:30 PM
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A Peachland widow has won a legal fight with ICBC after the insurer refused to accept that her partner's death was the result of a motorcycle accident.
Impaired drivers beware, RCMP running roadchecks all summer in Southern Interior
June 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM

If you plan to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after a few drinks or tokes this summer, be advised police throughout the Southern BC Interior will be watching for you.
'Absolute insult': Lumby mayor suing ICBC after hitting deer with classic campervan
May 30, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Lumby Mayor Kevin Acton barely saw the wounded deer jump in front of him when driving on Highway 97 in Vernon last summer.
Former Penticton woman gets $1.8M for accident before ICBC's no fault insurance
May 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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A former Penticton woman struggling to recover from a horrific motorcycle crash has been awarded $1.8 million in damages.
What to do when the ICBC say you're at fault, but you aren't
February 19, 2024 - 1:00 PM
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You've been in a car accident and you've heard about the new no-fault insurance in BC but you have no idea what that means or how it will impact your claim.
More than 2,500 personalized licence plate requests rejected by ICBC in 2023
January 25, 2024 - 11:30 AM
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There are guidelines to what's permitted on a personalized licence plate and ICBC has revealed a list of slogans that did not meet them.
Top ten excuses BC RCMP officers get from driver's with no insurance
January 22, 2024 - 2:30 PM

After a massive string of fines for drivers without insurance in the Kootenays, the BC RCMP's Highway Patrol has compiled the top ten terrible excuses it gets from drivers without insurance.
Overwhelming majority of drivers in Southern Interior use winter tires: survey
January 15, 2024 - 11:41 AM
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Most drivers in Southern Interior use winter tires, according to an ICBC survey.
West Kelowna getting its own ICBC licencing office
December 14, 2023 - 11:05 AM

West Kelowna residents will no longer have to cross the bridge into Kelowna to access ICBC licencing services.
DON'T BE A STATISTIC: Counter attack road checks begin in Kamloops, Okanagan this weekend
November 30, 2023 - 1:34 PM

Police will be ramping up enforcement of impaired driving laws during the annual Counter Attack road checks throughout the province next month.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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