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Graffiti
RCMP looking for suspect after ‘costly’ vandalism to storefront windows in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP are looking for information after receiving reports from businesses on Pandosy Street about…
Police looking for help identifying racist graffiti suspects in Kelowna
RCMP are asking the public for help identifying six teenagers thought to be involved in…
Offensive graffiti along Penticton river channel to be removed
It took a week and possibly the intervention of the media, but obscene graffiti is…
New version of old graffiti task force launching in Kamloops
Ronnie Bouvier is known in Kamloops for her work removing unsightly graffiti around the city…
Kamloops graffiti artist beautifying the city one dumpster at a time
Anyone who has rolled through Kamloops has no doubt seen the bright artwork of local…
It’s racist, it’s graffiti but here’s why the Enderby incident is likely not a crime
ENDERBY – Slurs about indigenous people spray-painted at a local skateboard park where a mural…
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna businesses using graffiti to stop graffiti
CONTENT ADVISORY KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna says there's been a rash of tagging…
Revamped West Kelowna welcome signs already need a bit more love
WEST KELOWNA – Despite a recent make-over, West Kelowna's welcome signs already need some touchups.…
West Kelowna police looking for ‘Gas Boy’ graffiti vandal
WEST KELOWNA – Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers are asking the public’s help as police investigate…
‘It’s one individual’: Salmon Arm says anti-Muslim graffiti not representative of wider community
SALMON ARM – Police believe a case of racist graffiti in Salmon Arm is an…
City ups the bounty for graffiti vandals
KELOWNA - Taggers beware! The City of Kelowna and Crimestoppers have just upped the bounty on spray-paint vandalism. Previously, a would-be whistle-blower could only count on a reward of up to $500. The new initiative promises the full $500 as soon as an arrest is made. “Cleaning up graffiti comes with a price tag and...
Profanity spray painted on North Glenmore Elementary
KELOWNA - Police are looking for possible witnesses after "profanity and vulgarity" was spray painted on a school in North Glenmore last month. The incident was reported Feb. 14, 2015 at 8 a.m. at North Glenmore Elementary school. An investigator on the case doesn't think the graffiti was created by an artist but believes it...
STAHN: Community needs to step up to stop tagging
There’s urban art, known as graffiti to many, and then there’s tagging—the ugly scribbles, words and obscene pictures that end up on our buildings, on murals and even in tot lots. This has been a growing issue throughout the region and in the past year has hit some pretty low lows. Penises drawn on playground...
Vandals spray paint car, garage door in Glenrosa
WEST KELOWNA - Someone is tagging personal property with spray paint in the Glenrosa neighbourhood of West Kelowna. The latest incident happened last night, Jan. 28, in the 3200-block of McMahon Road, a few blocks from Glenrosa Elementary School, according to a post on Facebook. A Subaru Forrester and garage door were spray painted with pink...