Rob Gibson – 04.09.2021 / 4:00 a.m. | History: 344821
Photo: Danielle Ostlund
A West Kelowna family is happy after having an experience of 1 in 25 million.
Danielle Ostlund says she was preparing breakfast for her parents’ 31st wedding anniversary dinner last week when one of her light Sussex chicken’s eggs was three yolks.
“It was quite a big surprise!”
Ostlund says she started raising chickens, in part because of COVID-19.
“We made the decision to homeschool our children, had chicks and started raising our own chickens,” says Ostlund.
Ostlund says raising chickens has been a great experience.
“We have a chicken that often lays two yolks, so we thought that was very, very cool, but when we looked we found that two yolks are a common thing.”
Three-yolk eggs are not common at all. According to the British Egg Information Service, once in 1,000 eggs there is double yolk and once in 25 million eggs there is a triple yolk.
Ostlund says her parents first thought, “We should buy a lottery ticket.”
No word on whether Guinness or any other recording organization is interested in checking the unique occurrence, but we know the eggs tasted fantastic.
“I mean, we ate it, so there’s no real evidence. It was delicious,” says Ostlund.
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The city of West Kelowna has issued a water quality recommendation for the Lakeview-Rose Valley service area due to the cloudiness in the Rose Valley Reservoir.
Several areas in West Kelowna Business Park, as well as the Shannon Lake area, that were previously under a boil water notice due to a water line interruption on Wednesday night, are now also receiving water quality advice after cloudy water was discovered in the reservoir.
Turbidity affects the performance of the chlorine disinfection process. Bacteria, protozoa, viruses and other microorganisms can attach themselves to suspended matter in cloudy water.
Children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems should only use water that has been brought to a boil for a minute or more, or use an alternative source of water for things like brushing teeth, drinking, making baby food and ice cream, or making food and beverages.
The bulk gas station on Shannon Lake and Asquith Road offers a clean, alternative source of drinking water from the Powers Creek Water Filtration Plant that uses various treatment tactics. The city is committed to replicating these processes in the Rose Valley processing plant, which is currently under construction.
During the consultation, affected residents can use the contactless petrol station free of charge. The faucet is on the Asquith Road side of the property. When the city is ready to lift the notice, residents will be informed via the e-news service. Click here to view the map to see if your property is affected.
Photo: Dave Ogilvie
A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and injured in West Kelowna on Friday evening.
For the incident, rescue workers were called to East Boundary Road and Vineyard Drive at 5:25 p.m.
A white SUV that appeared to be involved remained parked at the scene of the accident.
According to a witness, the pedestrian was loaded into an ambulance and treated.
Photo: Sandra Williams
The West Bank Walmart could remain closed for the long Labor Day weekend.
The shop has been closed since Wednesday at around 2 a.m. due to a fire in the loading ramps.
The original assumption was that the store would only be closed Wednesday and Thursday, but a search for opening times suggests the store may remain closed until Monday morning.
A brief statement from its Canadian headquarters only said that “it will reopen when the cleanup and repairs are complete”.
Lionel Bateman, assistant fire chief for West Kelowna, said the fire was suspicious at the time.
He pointed out that the fire was confined to a trailer and the exterior of the building, there was a significant amount of smoke inside.
Photo: Colin Dacre
Controlled wildfire burn at Mount Law over West Kelowna at 9:30 p.m. on August 20th
The Mount Law forest fire that once threatened the Glenrosa neighborhood of West Kelowna is now classified as “on hold” by the BC Wildfire Service.
The classification means the fire is not expected to grow beyond its current limit of 976 hectares.
Firefighters say the weather is expected to stay warm on Friday, but “fire behavior will not increase significantly”.
“As temperatures rise, smoke from an active fire may still be visible within the existing perimeter. These areas of activity within the perimeter are a normal occurrence as fuel continues to be consumed inside the fire, ”BCWS said on Friday.
The fire zone remains an active workplace and area restrictions apply. Especially at the start of the hunting season, BCWS reminds people to avoid the area to protect the crews.
The man-made fire broke out on August 15 in the valley between Mount Law and Mount Drought, overlooking the Okanagan Connector. It ran quickly up the hill and began threatening the Glenrosa neighborhood in West Kelowna, forcing evacuations.
The heroic efforts of firefighters from across the region that night – 25 fire engines and 80 firefighters from eight city fire departments – managed to prevent a disaster and limit the structural damage to just one house.
Photo: Dave Ogilvie
A car crashed off the street in West Kelowna on Thursday afternoon.
A witness says the car was driving south of Stevens Road when it left the road and hit a fence just before Bartley Road behind Bylands.
Traffic slowed while a tow truck removed the car. The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m.
There were no injuries.
Photo: Colin Dacre
Police are investigating worrying sexual assault by strangers in West Kelowna.
One woman told the RCMP that she was walking down Bartley Road towards Highway 97 between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on August 29 when she was approached by an unknown man.
The man pulled her into some bushes and sexually abused her before escaping the area on foot.
The suspect is described as a man wearing a blue shirt, hat and face mask.
“Investigators hope that someone in the area saw part of this incident that morning or saw the victim or suspect in the area,” says Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy of the Kelowna Regional RCMP.
“We ask anyone who has seen anything or who has surveillance video or dashcam footage to contact us.”
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call the West Kelowna RCMP at (250) 768-2880. If you want to remain completely anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or post a tip online on Crimestoppers.net
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The RCMP ERT team arrested a fugitive in West Kelowna on Wednesday
For a man from West Kelowna it was a little taste of freedom.
Michael Collins, 43, is back behind bars just eight days after his release.
West Kelowna RCMP and the RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team surrounded a house on Margaret Road Wednesday afternoon and arrested Collins.
It is not the first time the ERT has been involved in his arrest.
Collins was taken into custody in early August when the tactical team was deployed to a house on Cougar Road.
He was wanted on numerous charges, including prohibited driving, mischief, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and escaping from the police.
In a press release, Kelowna tells RCMP that Collins was released on August 24 under several severe conditions. Mounties was made aware on August 25 that the man was failing to comply with these terms and, until yesterday, numerous attempts to arrest him had remained unsuccessful.
Rob Gibson – 02.09.2021 / 11:02 a.m. | History: 344629
Photo: Shaun S
The BC Wildfire Service continues to fight the Mt. Law forest fire that burns outside of West Kelowna, which is still classified and classified as out of control on 976 acres.
BCWS spokeswoman Roslyn Johnson told Castanet conditions will remain cool for Wednesday with light winds and mostly cloudy skies.
“This slight onset of weather has continued to help crews make further progress in containing the Mt Law forest fire. The crews work with extinguishing measures right on the edge of the fire. This work will continue for years to come as the crews work inward from the edge of the fire. “Days.”
The weather is expected to get warmer as we approach the weekend, but the fire is unlikely to challenge the fire station.
“When temperatures rise, smoke from active fire can become visible within the existing perimeter. These areas of activity within the perimeter are a normal occurrence as fuel is still being consumed inside the fire, ”says Johnson.
An area restriction remains in place near the Mt. Law forest fire, reflecting the continued need to protect the public in areas where ongoing firefighting activities are taking place.
There is a travel advisory on Highway 97C near the fire zone. Drivers are asked not to stop on the motorway to take photos.
“Although the threat from much of the fire has subsided in mild weather conditions, areas are still not contained and crews are working to contain them during this mild period,” said Johnson.
BCWS has also issued a statement addressed to hunters advising them that hunting is not permitted within the area restriction.
Johnson says the notice at this point is precautionary: “We know the hunting season is coming and we want to make sure people are aware of it.”
67 ground personnel are deployed, including four heavy equipment and six helicopters.
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UPDATE 9:45 PM.
The City of West Kelowna now says the Boil Water Notice applies to the Shannon Lake neighborhood and part of West Kelowna Business Park south of Bartley Road and west of Highway 97.
ORIGINAL 8 p.m.
An interruption in the water supply caused the City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, to issue a Boil Water Notice for the Shannon Lake district and the West Kelowna Business Park within the Lakeview-Rose Valley Water Service Area.
Crews are on site to repair the water pipe interruption near the golf course.
According to the precautionary advice on boiling water, affected residents should find another source of water to drink, cook, brush their teeth, prepare meals, make ice cream, and prepare baby food, or use tap water that has been boiled for a minute or more.
There is a gas station on Shannon Lake and Asquith Roads that originates from the Powers Creek Water Filtration Plant. Customers can use it for free during the Boil Water Notice.
In accordance with COVID-19 guidelines, the faucet is touch-free and users should disinfect their hands before and after using the facility and keep a safe distance of two meters from others. The tap is on the Asquith Road side of the gas station.
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