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A Hoopla.com team competes in the fourth annual Valley First Plane Pull Challenge Friday at Kelowna Flightcraft. Thirty teams of 12 tried to pull a Convair 580 cargo plane weighing 33,500 pounds 20 feet across the tarmac as quickly as possible. The event was a fundraiser for the United Way. Kelowna Flightcraft Headband of Brothers won with a time of 9.91 seconds. Hoopla.com came second with a time of 10.9 seconds.

When it comes to job creation in the Okanagan, the Liberals feel they are doing a good job, the NDP says the Liberals aren't and the Conservatives say the other two parties are missing the point.

The risk of localized flooding in central Kelowna would be lessened by proposed improvements to a spillway that channels water from Mill Creek to Mission Creek.

At 8:45 a.m. today, emergency personnel were called to Fulton Road for a report of an ultralight airplane crash landing into the trees along Vernon Creek next to Ellison School.
There were two people on board, police said — the pilot from Kelowna and a relative.
The aircraft had just taken off from the Vernon Airport and appeared to be returning for an approach back to the airport when it got into trouble and crashed into the trees. The pilot and one passenger were taken to Vernon hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The aircraft is an experimental type aircraft called the Maverick; it is a car with an aircraft engine on the back that has a fabric wing like a paraglider that allows it to fly.
There were no children on the school grounds at the time of the crash. The Transportation Safety Board will be attending to investigate.

A Bonnie and Clyde were fleeing from a break-in in a stolen truck when police stopped them for a burned-out headlight, say RCMP.

The Canadian Red Cross wants to be ready in case of a disaster in the Southern Interior.

Two Vernon crooks forgot a time-honoured truism - if you're wanted by police, don't draw attention to yourself.

Beer and wine could be sold in supermarkets and mom-and-pop convenience stores under a BC Conservative government.

A peeping tom caught spying on a mom and her young daughters in a change room says he's not a deviant, court heard Tuesday.