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Kelowna RCMP close downtown city block to arrest man pointing fake gun
Police closed off a whole block in downtown Kelowna this afternoon responding to a call…
Woman firing gun busted at Kelowna farm following large-scale RCMP response
A woman shooting a firearm at a rural Kelowna property was arrested early this morning…
UPDATE: Penticton murder suspect identified
PENTICTON – The man who shot and killed four people in Penticton yesterday, April 15,…
Kamloops cops troubled by level of violence, weapons in drug trade
KAMLOOPS — As Kamloops Mounties continue to deal with a local drug trade that has…
Charges laid in traumatic 2017 Vernon robbery where suspect crashed through ceiling
"IT WAS A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TYPE OF ROBBERY" VERNON – It was a morning just…
Convicted killer sentenced for additional gun charges in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A convicted killer was sentenced to more than four more years in jail…
Report of a fight involving a gun brought Kelowna police out in force
KELOWNA – A false report of a gun being involved in an altercation yesterday brought…
Gun, drugs and a score sheet found in fire-gutted Vernon townhouse
VERNON – There was more going on at a Vernon condo than just arson. One…
Deaths in Enderby were murder-suicide: RCMP
ENDERBY – Police have deemed the deaths of a man and woman living on the…
Armed robbery at Vernon Cash Store
VERNON – Police are asking for help from the public in identifying a suspect who…
B.C. RCMP want your help in ending gun and gang violence
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – RCMP detachments across the province are asking people to turn over unwanted and…
West Kelowna shooter charged with attempted murder
WEST KELOWNA – The man accused of shooting a driver multiple times in West Kelowna…
Backcountry messes targeted by Kelowna shooters
KELOWNA LIKELY ISN'T ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WILL THIS SOLUTION SPREAD? KELOWNA – A group…
Firearms charge laid against Vernon teen
VERNON – A Vernon boy suspected of involvement in a recent escalation of violence in…
School board hoping to learn from lockdown incident involving Airsoft gun
VERNON – Administration is taking an incident involving a student who brought an Airsoft gun…
Vernon RCMP not pursuing charges against student who brought Airsoft gun to school
VERNON – Police will not be pursuing criminal charges against a student who brought an…
Suspects in Merritt car-jacking face assault charges in court
MERRITT - Two suspects arrested after an alleged car-jacking turned into a police standoff at a Merritt hotel are in court today. Samantha Kathleen Vleeming, born 1990, and Cory Claudio Battilana, born 1984, were arrested Nov. 25 after police followed up on a report of an attempted car-jacking at gunpoint. A man allegedly offered two...
Police in Vernon investigate another incident involving gunshots
COLDSTREAM - Mounties are investigating a confrontation in Coldstream which allegedly led to gunshots being fired in a front yard. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police were called out to a barn in the 6400-block of Highway 6 in Coldstream about 1:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 3 for a report of multiple shots fired in a...
Police seek information in bizarre Kelowna handgun incident
KELOWNA - Police are looking for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a pair of Okanagan residents and then offered to help them change a tire. The strange incident happened Nov. 4 around 12:30 a.m. at the Willow Park Church parking lot at 439 Highway 33, states a release from the Kelowna RCMP....
Tearful testimony from cops who thought they were going to die
KELOWNA – Two RCMP constables, testifying in the Kelowna Supreme Court trial of accused Westside Road shooter Michael Ellis Thursday afternoon, relived a day they will never forget. Const. Tara Schneider was working general duty in Vernon the afternoon of July 31, 2012 when a call that police were in pursuit of a suspect who...
Westside shooter threatened man and his young son
KELOWNA – The encounter lasted only a few minutes but left a strong impression on Mark Langmead and his 11-year-old son. “It was very disturbing,” he told Justic Ian Josephson in the B.C. Supreme Court trial of accused Westside shooter Michael Ellis Tuesday. “(My son) was very upset. He was extremely quiet and refused to...
High-risk traffic stop intercepts dangerous driver
VERNON - Police conducted a high-risk traffic stop near the Vernon Army Camp Monday to intercept a group of individuals seen leaving a Lake Country pub with a gun in the car. Vernon RCMP were alerted around 7:30 p.m. to keep an eye out for a blue Ford Taurus. Reports said the vehicle was spotted...