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Inquest jury recommends guard oversight after death in Kelowna cells
A B.C. Coroners Service jury has recommended more training and oversight for RCMP detachment cell…
Paragliding student dead during flight in North Okanagan
A 63-year-old man died this morning while taking paragliding lessons in the North Okanagan. Freedom…
BC Coroners Service contracting storage space as morgues fill up
Lower Mainland morgues are running out of space, so the province is looking for private…
Coroners inquest set for man who died in firefight with Kamloops RCMP
The BC Coroners Service will convene a jury next month to examine the death of…
Coroner confirms hypothermia in death of Kamloops homeless man
A Kamloops man found outside in the cold downtown died of hypothermia. He was homeless,…
Homeless Kelowna man died of drug overdose, hypothermia: coroner
A homeless man who was found on the streets of Kelowna in 2021 died from…
Four dead in semi truck collision near Nelson
A collision killed four people when a passenger truck crashed into a semi truck on…
12 fatal crashes in 5 days on southern Interior highways: BC chief coroner
Multiple fatal motor vehicle incidents occurred on British Columbia highways this week. From July 5…
Coroner’s inquest to be held into death of man in Kamloops RCMP custody
BC Coroners Service is holding an inquest into the death of a man in Kamloops…
Young Kamloops man who died at work identified
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died while working at Inland Glass and Aluminum earlier this week. He was Reegan Joachim Winofsky, 23, of Kamloops. Regional coroner Larry Marzinzik says Winofsky experienced a medical event which left him unresponsive around 7:30 a.m., Jan. 11. Co-workers witnessed the incident, Marzinzik says...
Investigation underway into death at Kamloops business
KAMLOOPS – A lot of questions remain unanswered following the death of a person at a Kamloops business this morning. RCMP were called to a sudden death at Inland Glass and Aluminum on Kryczka Place just after 8 a.m., Jan. 11. Police say in a media release the death is not suspicious and they have...
Coroner identifies Sorrento man killed in crash
SORRENTO - A Sorrento man was killed after his pickup crashed into a tree near the small community along Shuswap Lake last week. Andrej Schmiegel, 60, died in the crash, the B.C. Coroners Service says in a media release. Schmiegel was the driver and sole occupant of the pickup truck, which left the road and...
Salmon Arm teen who died in snowmobile accident identified
ENDERBY - The teen who died in a snowmobiling accident near Enderby over the weekend was Brandon Edward Oullette, 16, from Salmon Arm. According to a release from the B.C. Coroners Service, Oullette was snowmobiling with his father and others at Hunters Range, just north east of Enderby, around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when his...
Coroners wanted: Eight vacancies including Kamloops and Vernon
VICTORIA - The hunt is on for people to fill vacancies at the B.C. Coroners Service. The government has job postings up for eight community coroners in communities throughout B.C. including Kamloops and Vernon. The $25 an hour job isn’t for the faint of heart as coroners are responsible for determining the circumstances of sudden,...
Penticton man identified as victim in fatal Okanagan Connector crash
KELOWNA – The first big winter storm on the Okanagan Connector and Coquihalla highways proved deadly early this month. A car crash claimed the life of a Penticton man on Highway 97C around 1:30 p.m., Nov. 16, according to a media release from the B.C. Coroners Service. Martin Lewis Schultz, 44, was the driver and...