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Sexual assault against autistic step daughter nets Merritt man 30 months jail
A Merritt man left his step daughter scarred after he sexually assaulted the eight-year-old in…
Child approached by suspicious man near Vernon elementary school
Vernon RCMP are investigating after a man in a brown vehicle approached a child walking…
Former Interior Health top doc going to prison for sex crimes against child
Interior Health's former top doctor will spend five-and-a-half years in prison for molesting a young…
Fundraising campaign launched after child dies in Okanagan park
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the family of a three-year-old child who died…
Two people charged in death of North Okanagan child
After an investigation into the death of a child in the North Okanagan, RCMP Southeast…
Peachland mother and son lost everything in house fire
Last week, on Nov. 28, Hailey Hamilton lost her home in Peachland to a devastating…
UPDATE: 14-year-old boy missing from Enderby found
ENDERBY – A missing 14-year-old boy from Enderby yesterday has been found. All personal information…
Man arrested after allegedly grabbing child at Kelowna park, fleeing into Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA – A man is in custody after allegedly grabbing a child and fleeing police…
Kelowna RCMP looking for witnesses to possible child abduction
KELOWNA – Kelowna RCMP received a report this morning of a set of suspicious circumstances…
Six-year-old child dies in Vernon boating accident
VERNON – A child was killed today in a boating accident on Kalamalka Lake. Police…
Police investigating after 9-year-old cyclist dies in Clearwater
CLEARWATER – Police are investigating a tragic traffic collision that resulted in the death of…
Kelowna man repeatedly molested eight-year-old, judge hears
KELOWNA – A local man in the process of changing his gender admitted in Kelowna…
Police ask for public assistance after another report of possible child-luring in Armstrong
ARMSTRONG – Police are investigating a possible child-luring incident in Armstrong following several similar incidents…
Possible child luring incident reported in Kelowna
KELOWNA – RCMP say a woman may have tried to lure a nine-year-old boy into…
West Kelowna police searching for jet skiers who swamped a boat carrying two-year-old child
WEST KELOWNA – Rented personal watercraft were used to endanger the lives of several people…
RCMP want to speak with man who offered North Okanagan child a ride
ARMSTRONG – Police are investigating a suspicious occurrence in the North Okanagan last week in…
Newborn dies after going into suspected cardiac arrest on Coquihalla
MERRITT – An Interior family has lost their newborn baby after the two-week old suffered…
Police investigating death of two-year-old in North Okanagan
ENDERBY – Authorities are investigating the death of a two-year-old child in Enderby. On March…
Vernon firefighters come to the rescue after child’s head gets stuck in couch
VERNON – When someone’s head gets stuck in a couch, who do you call? One…
Sentence reduced due to errors in Vernon child sex assault case
CONTINUES TO SHOW NO GUILT OR REMORSE VERNON – A man convicted of raping his…
Armstrong man gets four years jail for ten years of constant sexual abuse
"ABHORRENT ACTS PERFORMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN" KELOWNA – An Armstrong man who molested two…
No car seat, no ride for Armstrong mom and baby trying to board the bus
VERNON - A North Okanagan woman is sharing her experience after being told she couldn’t board a public transit bus without a car seat for her baby. Chelsey Dyer planned to take the Route 60 bus into Vernon from her Armstrong home last week to pick up her car, but wasn’t allowed on. “The driver...
Friend of cop charged with child porn says accuser-wife showed pornography after child’s birthday party
"IT WAS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC." KELOWNA – A friend of a former Vernon cop and his ex-wife Valerie Little, who accuses him of downloading child pornography, says she believes Little was trying to get pregnant to have a better chance at taking sole custody of their kids. She also testified Little accidentally played a pornographic video...
Six-year-old Shuswap student’s letter about friendship will melt your heart
SHUSWAP - Here is your dose of adorable for the day. Hillcrest Elementary School student Brody S. wants to create Friendship Day, and he’s looking for support from Salmon Arm City Hall, specifically the mayor herself. In what must have been the best letter the mayor received that day, six-year-old Brody S. outlines his vision...