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‘This is not a criminal trial:’ B.C. judge slams govt’s response to mental health issues
A B.C. judge has slammed the provincial and federal governments accusing them of hypocrisy by…
Gunshots near Penticton result in 4 arrests
RCMP arrested four people after responding to reports of gunshots near Penticton on Sunday. Witnesses…
UPDATE: Suspect in custody following armed standoff on Westside Road: Vernon RCMP
RCMP have a suspect in custody following an armed standoff on Westside Road near Vernon…
Vernon tells feds to back off on fobbing gun control off on them
In February, the federal government introduced gun control legislation that, in part, said local governments…
Stolen property, drugs and guns seized in Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP were called to an apartment on Tranquille Road to remove alleged squatters Tuesday…
Police catch suspected Kelowna thief with handguns, 20K in audio equipment
A 45-year-old Kelowna man was arrested on Nov. 18 when police searched his residence in…
Guilty plea on weapons charges from Merritt man involved in armed standoff
A Merritt man who was involved in an armed standoff with the RCMP last year…
Realistic-looking guns seized near Kamloops motel
Mounties seized more than half a dozen replica firearms last night after multiple officers to…
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…
iN VIDEO: Shots fired in Merritt armed standoff
Merritt RCMP were involved in a standoff in a residential area last night after a…
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...
Federal prison for three of four convicted in Cherry Creek break and enter
KAMLOOPS - Four men who stole firearms and cash from a home before running from police in a high speed car chase which prompted an emergency mine closure were sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court today, May 20. Ellwood Bradbury, 24; Gopal Figueredo, 22; and Anees Mohammed, 23 were sentenced to three years in federal prison...
Alleged thief’s guns were within reach during RCMP chase
OSOYOOS - RCMP arrested the armed driver of a 'getaway' vehicle that made it to Osoyoos following an alleged break and enter in Midway, B.C., January 23. In a media release, Mounties say the 2003 Dodge Dakota was stolen from Grand Forks. It was then driven to Midway where Daniel Wayne Miller, 43, of Cranbrook...
Intoxicated Vernon teen caught with drugs, revolver and bullets
VERNON - A Vernon teenager spent Christmas with RCMP after getting caught with a 375 Magnum revolver and various drugs. It was roughly 9:10 p.m. Dec. 25 and the intoxicated 16-year-old was creating quite a scene in the area of Highway 6 and Pottery Road. “The man was walking in and out of traffic on...
Search for firearms leads mounties to Lumby grow-op
LUMBY - Police went looking for illegal firearms at a Lumby residence earlier this month and turned up what they call a dangerous, albeit legally licensed marijuana grow-op instead. Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce said police executed a search warrant Dec. 12 at a residence in the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue looking for firearms. The...