COPS FOR KIDS | Eight North Okanagan RCMP members gearing up to support kids [A7]
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The Northern Lights dance across the sky above Silver Star Mountain Tuesday night. The bright dancing lights of the aurora borealis are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere, according to the Northern Lights Centre in the Yukon.
A 30-year-old North Okanagan man died from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle accident Friday morning in Spallumcheen. An off-duty officer discovered the accident at 4:20 a.m. at Highway 97A and Eagle Rock Road. “The investigators have determined the vehicle was northbound when it jumped the median, crossed the two southbound lanes of traffic and went into the ditch,” said RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk. “The vehicle rolled and landed on its roof.” The Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Department was called and used the Jaws of Life to extract the driver, the lone occupant of the vehicle. The man was transported to Vernon Jubilee Hospital by ambulance where he succumbed to his injuries. No name has been released.
Community watch aims to fight crime ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff
Extra ears and eyes to protect a community are always a good thing. The City of Enderby is planning to launch a community watch program in the fall to help combat minor crime issues in the community. “We’ve got some people that are in everybody’s faces, people drinking in public, some that think nothing of riding their bikes right on the highway,” said Enderby Mayor Greg McCune.
“The RCMP’s job is to help the community police itself.” — Cpl. Todd Bowden
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