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Since its establishment in 2012, iNFOnews (InfoTel News Ltd) has been dedicated to delivering crucial local news to online audiences in our communities. Vernon, Penticton, Kamloops, and Kelowna each have their own unique identities, challenges, and achievements, which is why we maintain separate sections for each city. Our team of reporters and photographers is actively engaged in covering breaking news, weather updates, local trends, political happenings, crime stories, and even some lighthearted content. With over 30 years of combined experience, our reporters and editors adhere to top-notch journalism standards. In addition to local news, we also provide access to leading provincial, national, and international news, along with sports, business, entertainment, and lifestyle updates. We value your input and want to hear from you! If you have feedback, want to report a correction, notice a typo, or have a story idea, please reach out to our editor, Marshall Jones, at mjones(at)infonews.ca.

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May real estate sales in Central Okanagan most active in 2 years

17 hours ago | infotel.ca | Ben Bulmer

The Central Okanagan real estate market saw more sales last month than it had done in two years, but it still lags way behind compared to the 10-year average. According to Rennie Intelligence, the growth in sales in the Central Okanagan came from single-family homes which increased 26% compared to May 2024. Overall sales in the Central Okanagan real estate market grew by 5% with condos taking the biggest hit seeing sales slump 25%.
Court orders curfew for Vernon teen guilty of two violent assaults

19 hours ago | infotel.ca | Ben Bulmer

A few months before a 14-year-old Vernon girl jumped a one-time friend outside a house party, she turned up at Clarence Fulton Secondary School looking to fight another friend she had a beef with. The 14-year-old tracked her friend down to the bathroom and once inside the busy washroom confronted her. After a minute of talking face-to-face, the 14-year-old lunged forward punching her one-time friend hard in the face.
Councillor Sarai breached oath by recording Kamloops mayor and covering it up

23 hours ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

An investigator has found a Kamloops city councillor acted without integrity as he continually misled the mayor about a secret recording until he had no way out. Councillor Bill Sarai breached council's code of conduct and his oath of office with a "pattern of misdirection" meant to conceal that he made and kept the recording, according to a recently published report. "This conduct lacked the integrity, respect and leadership that Coun.
Kelowna daycare that shorted staffer $9,000 in wages loses another appeal

1 day ago | infotel.ca | Ben Bulmer

A Kelowna daycare on the hook $10,000 for failing to pay a former early educator, has failed in its latest attempt to overturn the ruling. According to a recently published April 9 Employment Standards Tribunal decision, Creative Advantage Childcare owner Jennifer Edge said it was "absolutely outrageous" that she'd been ordered to pay the money and wanted a three-month extension to file a second appeal.
Kamloops man accused in stabbing spree led police to hidden knives

1 day ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

A man accused in a 2020 stabbing spree stowed away two knives before he returned to the scene. A Kamloops jury was shown video footage Thursday of the accused, Michael Wayne Palmer, as he was taken from the police station to McArthur Island Park. He hid the knives near the riverbank and led police there on a cloudy March day in 2020. Homicide investigator Cpl. Dave Marshall took Palmer to the park in a police vehicle with Palmer.
Kelowna RCMP didn't have warrant to deliver parcel to alleged gun smuggler

1 day ago | infotel.ca | Ben Bulmer

A BC judge has ruled that the RCMP conducted a warrantless search when an officer posed as a mail carrier and delivered a package to a convicted West Kelowna drug dealer. The judge's move will likely see some of the evidence against Thomas Troy Gill tossed after he was charged with smuggling goods into Canada. Justice Edlyn Laurie ruled that Gill had a "reasonable expectation of privacy in his doorway" and police didn't have a search warrant for this purpose.
Kamloops mayor says his recent code of conduct complaints against councillors dismissed

2 days ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson filed the three most recent council code of conduct complaints, and all three have been dismissed. He said he was recently contacted by the investigator contracted for the job, who told him all three complaints would be tossed. "I just got this and I'm not supposed to say nothing about it, but I'm saying lots about it," the mayor said. Hamer-Jackson filed three complaints against different councillors in April.
Kamloops mom ousted from BC legislature for bottle feeding baby

2 days ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

Legislative staff in Victoria incorrectly applied in-house rules when a Kamloops woman and her baby were ousted from the gallery last week. They were watching question period among BC MLAs and the mother was bottle feeding her baby when staff said they had to leave, apparently violating the no food or drink rule.
Accused in Kamloops stabbing told police during 2020 arrest, 'I killed them'

2 days ago | infotel.ca | Levi Landry

A Kamloops man accused of stabbing four people in 2020 told police when he was being arrested that he was trying to protect his fiancé. That's according to audio evidence presented to a Kamloops jury in which Michael Wayne Palmer is heard candidly claiming to police he was trying to save his fiancé or himself that night and about his frustrations with crime at his apartment. Crown prosecutor Laura Drake, during her opening statement to the jury, described it as a strange, rambling account.
'No food and no water:' Vernon woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty

2 days ago | infotel.ca | Ben Bulmer

A Vernon woman who took in unwanted dogs, but then left them living in squalor without food or water, has managed to avoid getting a criminal record after pleading guilty to animal abuse. Today, June 4, at the Vernon courthouse, Sarah Kelly Hoard sat in tears as the court heard the condition her five dogs were in when the BC SPCA rescued them.