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Loud car stereo tips off Kelowna police to armed suspect
A Vernon man was found in the possession of loaded pistols, ammunition, bear spray and…
Kelowna police seek help locating man who threatened woman with gun
KELOWNA – A man and two women who got into an argument in East Kelowna…
Kelowna teens swarmed by RCMP after playing with replica guns
KELOWNA – Reports of a group of teens walking through Kelowna with a replica handgun…
West Kelowna eyes firearm, bow restrictions on private land
KELOWNA – It was a long time ago and only happened once, but Doug Findlater…
RCMP break up Vernon fentanyl trafficking group
VERNON – Police busted up a North Okanagan fentanyl drug trafficking group earlier this week,…
Assault rifle, silencer seized during Kamloops traffic stop
KAMLOOPS – Multiple people have been arrested and firearms have been seized after a traffic…
Shots fired in North Okanagan neighbourhood lead to massive gun seizure, arrests
ARMSTRONG – RCMP have seized a huge cache of firearms after responding to reports of…
Man at centre of North Okanagan standoff with police facing charges
COLDSTREAM – Police say a 33-year-old man is facing numerous charges in connection to a…
Case against Silver Creek man Curtis Sagmoen will go to Supreme Court
VERNON – A Silver Creek man accused of threatening a woman with a gun has…
Vernon man convicted of numerous gun and drug charges hopes to limit time behind bars
VERNON – Lawyers continue to spar in Vernon court over a fit sentence for a…
Polson Park shooter handed nine years in jail
VERNON – A Vernon man will spend the next several years in jail for his…
Harsh jail term sought against culprit in 2014 Vernon shootout
VERNON – A stiff jail sentence is being sought in relation to a 2014 Vernon…
UPDATE: Lengthy jail term sought for Vernon man to send message amid rising gun violence
UPDATE: DEFENCE CALLS FOR IMPROMPTU ADJOURNMENT VERNON – The Crown is sending a strong message…
More firearms surrendered in Kelowna during gun amnesty than anywhere else in B.C.
KELOWNA – The Kelowna gun amnesty program resulted in the most police service calls and…
Man arrested with multiple guns after highway accident near Merrritt
MERRITT – RCMP arrested a man with multiple guns last week after an accident on…
Penticton man pleads guilty to transporting illegal firearms through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Penticton man who paid two teenagers to drive him and a trunk full of guns to the Fraser Valley before being chased throughout Kamloops’ Aberdeen neighbourhood won’t be out of jail until late next year after receiving his sentence today, Dec. 7. Nicolas Stephen Galbraith, 29, was supposed to have his trial...
Penticton man sentenced to five years in prison for sex assault
PENTICTON - A local man was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual and aggravated assault. Darren MacDonald, 42, appeared in Penticton Supreme Court via video conference from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre where he has been in custody since Aug. 11, 2013. He pleaded guilty this...