News Items tag as: plane crash 2016

Investigators say no distress call made in fatal Cessna crash
October 16, 2016 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA - The Cessna Citation crash that claimed the life of four people including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, Dr. Ken Gellatly, pilot Jim Kruk, and one passenger not yet named by Canadian Press, is now in the field phase of the investigation.
UPDATE: Former Alberta premier dead in plane crash near Kelowna
October 14, 2016 - 4:28 PM

KELOWNA - An aircraft carrying former Alberta premier Jim Prentice and three other people crashed into a heavily wooded area near Lake Country shortly after takeoff last night, killing everyone on board.
One dead, one injured in Clinton plane crash
June 16, 2016 - 10:21 PM

CLINTON - Police say one man is dead and another injured in a small craft plane crash this afternoon.
'Fuel starvation' likely reason plane forced to land near Beaverdell
June 03, 2016 - 5:09 PM

KELOWNA - Fuel starvation or exhaustion is the likely cause of a forced landing by a light plane into a tree farm east of Kelowna on Tuesday night, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Pilot seriously injured after ultralight crash in Kamloops
February 05, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — A local man is recovering from serious injuries after the ultralight plane he was flying crashed on a frozen lake earlier this week.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

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

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Investigators say no distress call made in fatal Cessna crash