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Drunk Driving
Charges laid in Vernon car crash that killed two young women
VERNON – Drunk driving charges have been laid against a North Okanagan man in connection…
Drunk driving believed to be a factor in crash north of Enderby
ENDERBY – Police believe alcohol was a factor in a serious crash yesterday morning near…
MCDONALD: Time to send the Knox Mountain Hill Climb to the scrapyard
OPINION Last weekend’s sudden weather reprieve gave the organizers of the 60th Knox Mountain Hill…
UPDATE: “I despise myself:” Drunk driver sentenced for fatal Vernon car crash
VERNON – Lori Victoria Vance drank four shots of tequila, plus beer, before getting behind…
Kelowna RCMP catch suspect after attempt to run from impaired driving check
KELOWNA – An Alberta man is facing driving prohibitions, fines and possibly criminal charges after…
Drunk driver hit highway median near UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – A 29-year-old Kelowna man was detained last night after crashing his car while…
Impaired driving guilty plea expected from Vernon woman in 2014 fatal crash
VERNON – A woman accused of impaired driving causing death is expected to plead guilty…
Drunk driver arrested in West Kelowna on Christmas morning
WEST KELOWNA – A report of an erratic driver led police to the arrest of…
Police suspect drunk driving in West Kelowna pickup crash
WEST KELOWNA – RCMP are waiting for lab results to confirm whether or not alcohol…
Drunk driving suspected in Kelowna rear-end crash
KELOWNA – A West Kelowna woman is facing impaired driving charges after a Jeep rear-ended…
10 weekends in jail for Kelowna drunk driver who hit woman and kept on going
KELOWNA – A 72-year-old Kelowna man will spend the next 10 weekends in jail for…
Alleged drunk driver will stand trial for Vernon crash that killed one nurse and injured another
VERNON – A woman charged in connection with a tragic crash involving two local nurses…
Now that’s service: Vernon mayor offers rides to holiday party-goers
VERNON - It’s not every day your designated driver is also your mayor. But that was the case in Vernon Saturday night after Mayor Akbal Mund posted an offer on his Facebook page inviting anyone who needed a safe, sober ride home to give him a call. %%Image2%% The generous offer has earned the mayor...
Drunk driver caught in Kelowna drive-thru
KELOWNA – A Kelowna woman spent the night in the care of the RCMP and is facing impaired driving charges after she was arrested in a McDonald’s drive-thru early this morning. An officer on patrol spotted a Ford F150 pickup careening along Clement Avenue near Clifton Road around 2:40 a.m., Nov. 28, according to a...
‘Two full open cans of beer (dropped) at the officer’s feet’
HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK SINCE LAST NIGHT, OFFICER LUMBY - It was more a question of what laws a Lumby man wasn't breaking when he was pulled over on Victoria Day. A cop parked at the Lumby RCMP detachment noticed him drive by without a seat belt on and using his cell phone on...
Dad suspected of drunk driving crashed car with 8-year-old daughter as passenger
ARMSTRONG – A Kelowna man is facing an impaired charge after driving his car off the road just outside Armstrong on the weekend. His 8-year-old daughter was a passenger. RCMP were called to the car crash at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 near the intersection of Swanson Mountain Road and Salmon River Road,...