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Woman punched by stranger in downtown Kelowna
A woman walking along a downtown Kelowna street was punched by a strange man yesterday…
Vigilantes put Northern BC man in hospital because of ‘rumours’
One man is in hospital after a group of vigilantes targeted him in Northern BC.…
Charge dropped in shooting of Nanaimo vigilante at homeless camp
A homeless man accused of shooting a Vancouver Island vigilante had his charges dropped after…
BC massage therapist gets five-year ban for touching, assaulting patient
A BC massage therapist was banned from practicing for five years after he was criminally…
Kelowna retains its crime capital of Canada title
As predicted by Greater Kelowna’s chief of police, the area has the highest crime severity…
Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in…
RCMP officer saves chicken from mean teens in Coquitlam
A chicken was enduring kicks and strikes from three teens before a Coquitlam RCMP officer…
Suspected arsonist torches loader at Kamloops construction site
Somebody was seen lighting a fire at a Kamloops construction site in a residential neighbourhood…
Kamloops judge still ‘uncomfortable’ with proposed fraud sentence, delays it again
A Kamloops woman will have to wait even longer to hear her sentence as a…
Customers bear sprayed at downtown Kelowna restaurant
Customers were hit with bear spray when they refused to give out their food to…
UPDATE: Woman shot at Kamloops homeless encampment
A woman was shot and injured in a Kamloops riverside encampment yesterday afternoon. Kamloops RCMP…
Kamloops area road remains closed due to suspicious death
Police have blocked Paul Lake Road near Kamloops for hours after a man was found…
The City of Kamloops has a Porsche. Here’s where it came from
The City of Kamloops is trying to show that crime doesn't pay by displaying a…
Two charged with perjury in 2019 Kamloops manslaughter trial
Two people are facing perjury charges related to a 2019 manslaughter trial in Kamloops. James…
Community responds after general store near Kamloops hit with costly crime
A familiar and respected community store near Kamloops was broken into and vandalized last month…
Police on hunt for Kelowna public art vandals
RCMP are on the lookout for four suspects who investigators believe were involved in knocking…
Vernon RCMP release image of suspect in business assault
Police have released an image of a suspect they believe assaulted an employee at a…
More than $20,000 in e-bikes nabbed from Kamloops store during power outage
While emergency crews were tackling a fire in downtown Kamloops last night, thieves saw their…
Suspects identified in Kelowna public art vandalism case
RCMP have identified four suspects investigators believe were involved in vandalizing a bronze statue in…
Three arrested in connection with vehicles stolen in Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP have arrested three individuals after recovering three stolen vehicles in a property in…
One of three high-end e-bikes stolen from Kamloops business recovered
Three expensive e-bikes were stolen from a Kamloops bike shop earlier this week and one…
Police look for help identifying man who spat at employee at Kamloops business
An employee at a business in the Vallyview area of Kamloops was spat at late…
Suspect arrested after suspicious package found in Vernon
RCMP have a Falkland man in custody in connection to a suspicious package found in…
$10,000 of stolen wildfire gear recovered in Kamloops
Police in Kamloops have recovered $10,000 with of firefighting equipment and arrested a youth in…