Halloween

The Haunting of Falkland broke records in attendance and funds raised for 2022. (Contributed)

Falkland scares up record Haunting with double donations

More than 3,600 people attended Haunting of Falkland, local groups benefit from funds

 

A child prepares to hurl his pumpkin from the top of the Vernon fire department tower at Vernon Fire Rescue Services’ first pumpkin drop event Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

VIDEO: Pumpkins go splat at Vernon fire department

Vernon Fire Rescue Services held its first pumpkin drop event Saturday

 

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. RCMP are investigating after receiving two complaints that pins were found in children’s Halloween candy in Iqaluit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Iqaluit RCMP investigating reports of pins found in Halloween candy

Two seperate complaints made on consecutive days

 

The Hutchinsons portrayed three roles of actor Jim Carrey as they walked along the Downtown Vernon Association’s Halloween Treat Trail.
(Roger Knox - Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Trail a Halloween treat for Vernon families

More than 1,500 people enjoyed the return of the Downtown Vernon Association’s Halloween Treat Trail

The Hutchinsons portrayed three roles of actor Jim Carrey as they walked along the Downtown Vernon Association’s Halloween Treat Trail.
(Roger Knox - Morning Star)
A screenshot from a police-provided video taken near South Delta Secondary School on Oct. 31, 2022 shows fireworks being shot by a large gathering of youths. Delta police are investigating possible assaults and property damage from the night. (Screenshot/Delta Police Department)

VIDEO: Delta police investigating fireworks-involved assaults after Halloween gathering

Police say hundreds of youth gathered on Oct. 31, causing property damage and targeting pedestrians

A screenshot from a police-provided video taken near South Delta Secondary School on Oct. 31, 2022 shows fireworks being shot by a large gathering of youths. Delta police are investigating possible assaults and property damage from the night. (Screenshot/Delta Police Department)
Example of THC products that look like candy but include psychoactive cannabis ingredients. (Richmond RCMP handout)

Child accidentally eats THC candy in Halloween bag, prompting warning from Richmond RCMP

The child was transported to a local area hospital by her parents after she became sick

Example of THC products that look like candy but include psychoactive cannabis ingredients. (Richmond RCMP handout)
Vernon firefighters want your pumpkins, and donations for the first Pumpkin Drop from the firehall tower Nov. 5. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Pumpkins make a smash for Vernon firefighters

Crews calling residents to come drop their Halloween creations from the tower

Vernon firefighters want your pumpkins, and donations for the first Pumpkin Drop from the firehall tower Nov. 5. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
Some Vernon homes are sticking with traditions and setting up decorations for a spooktacular Halloween, despite all the horror of 2020. (Contributed)

Halloween safety urged by North Okanagan RCMP

Tips offered for trick or treaters, drivers and parents

Some Vernon homes are sticking with traditions and setting up decorations for a spooktacular Halloween, despite all the horror of 2020. (Contributed)
A screenshot from ‘My Neighborhood is Haunted’ by Devon Spittle on YouTube. Using a drone, Spittle is haunting the Kelowna community of Wilden on Halloween 2022. (screenshot)

Ghosts and goblins haunting Kelowna community

Devon Spittle brining the fear factor for another Halloween

  • Oct 31, 2022
A screenshot from ‘My Neighborhood is Haunted’ by Devon Spittle on YouTube. Using a drone, Spittle is haunting the Kelowna community of Wilden on Halloween 2022. (screenshot)
Two-year-old bulldozer Declan Cockburn gets some candy from Carlee Cleaveland of Cottons Chocolates during the Downtown Vernon Treat Trail Tuesday afternoon. For more photos and videos visit vernonmorningstar.com. (Jennifer Smith/Morning Star)
Two-year-old bulldozer Declan Cockburn gets some candy from Carlee Cleaveland of Cottons Chocolates during the Downtown Vernon Treat Trail Tuesday afternoon. For more photos and videos visit vernonmorningstar.com. (Jennifer Smith/Morning Star)
Do you know the correct name for these carved pumpkins? (Pixaby)

QUIZ: How much do you really know about Halloween?

Oct 31 is a time for candy, costumes and scary movies

Do you know the correct name for these carved pumpkins? (Pixaby)
RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler's 2022 Pumpkin Fest event raised $1,438 for the Vernon and District Animal Care Society. (Submitted photo)

Pumpkin Fest raises funds for Vernon Animal Care Society

RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler raised More than $1,400 for the society

RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler's 2022 Pumpkin Fest event raised $1,438 for the Vernon and District Animal Care Society. (Submitted photo)
Police officers inspect the scene where people died and were injured in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, after a mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

World leaders grieve deadly Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

At least 151 people were killed Saturday night

Police officers inspect the scene where people died and were injured in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, after a mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Most North Okanagan communities are putting on a Halloween fireworks show Monday night, Oct. 31, 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Most North Okanagan communities are putting on a Halloween fireworks show Monday night, Oct. 31, 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
It’s a busy Halloween weekend in Armstrong. (Contributed)

Armstrong has Halloween treats up sleeve

Busy weekend of activities, fun and frights for all ages

It’s a busy Halloween weekend in Armstrong. (Contributed)
The Haunting of Falkland saw record crowds at its opening weekend Oct. 21-22, 2022. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Record attendance at Haunting of Falkland

The event’s final weekend is this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29

The Haunting of Falkland saw record crowds at its opening weekend Oct. 21-22, 2022. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
George Burnside shows off his own personalized hell on wheels, a 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe. For the soft-spoken chef, the vehicle has become a tool to overcome his alcoholism. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

B.C. man drives scary clown car to his own personal redemption story

George Burnside’s vintage vehicle brings out the joy of Halloween, anchors his battle with alcoholism

George Burnside shows off his own personalized hell on wheels, a 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe. For the soft-spoken chef, the vehicle has become a tool to overcome his alcoholism. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
A group of young men shoot off fireworks on Halloween in Vancouver, on Saturday, October 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

British-Chinese cultural mash-up may explain B.C.’s fondness for Halloween fireworks

While fireworks remain a noisy Halloween fixture, they are now often subject to regulation or bans

A group of young men shoot off fireworks on Halloween in Vancouver, on Saturday, October 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Consumer fireworks and sky lanterns are prohibited within the City of Vernon. (File photo)

Fireworks, sky lanterns grounded in Vernon

Vernon Fire Rescue Services offers safe alternatives to Halloween fireworks

Consumer fireworks and sky lanterns are prohibited within the City of Vernon. (File photo)
Kelowna Fruits n Veggies (Brittany Webster- Capital News)

Solve Kelowna’s largest corn maze this Halloween

Kelowna Fruit n Veggies offers corn maze games, fresh produce and an air cannon shooting range

Kelowna Fruits n Veggies (Brittany Webster- Capital News)