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Repeat offender gets sentence reduced in Vernon
A Vernon man with dozens of convictions successfully got his jail sentenced reduced, despite his…
Okanagan migrant farmworker’s sexual assault allegations shine light on wider issue
A prominent Okanagan winemaker has been accused of sexually assaulting a foreign farmworker in his…
Gangster going to prison for three years in Williams Lake drive-by shooting
A central BC gangster will spend three years in prison for his role in a…
Unvaccinated doctor goes to court to get Kamloops hospital job back
A former Kamloops doctor who practiced at Royal Inland Hospital and refused to get a…
Convicted Kamloops gangland murderer appealing life sentence
A man serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder in Kamloops is appealing his…
Outlaw BC compassion club argues it merited Health Canada’s support
Vancouver-based compassion club that was buying unregulated drugs, testing and then distributing them to people…
Vernon shooter gets community leave while on parole
A Vernon man who has been in prison for the last nine years following a…
Kelowna mall stabber had ‘delusional fixation’ on store worker
Luc Joseph Borduas had a strange fascination with minerals and spirituality and that’s what led…
Dangerous Penticton offender hasn’t impressed parole board
A dangerous offender from Penticton, guilty of a horrific assault and sexual assault on a…
Rally outside Kamloops court denounces Curtis Sagmoen and violence against women
CONTENT ADVISORY This story contains details about Canada’s epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women,…
Inquest jury urges review detention policies after man died in Kamloops RCMP custody
CONTENT ADVISORY Regina Basil always did everything she could to protect her younger brother, Randy…
Suspect arrested and charged in hit-and-run death of Kelowna teenager
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of a…
Canada’s tobacco lawsuit could net a fraction of original claim
A Canada-wide lawsuit holding Big Tobacco accountable for the individual and public harms caused by…
Kelowna woman loses legal fight after misdiagnosis at Kelowna ER
A Kelowna woman who was misdiagnosed during a visit to the emergency room at Kelowna…
Indigenous justice consulting session comes to Kelowna
KELOWNA – An upcoming meeting in Kelowna will give everyone a chance to have their…
Kelowna RCMP had their eyes on the man charged in Chris Ausman’s death years earlier
KELOWNA – RCMP had their sights set on Steven Pirko long before he was arrested…
Accused Rutland killer was in withdrawal when police took him into custody
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko was dry heaving and suffering from withdrawal from heroin when he…
Man found with drugs in Kelowna acquitted of trafficking charges
KELOWNA – In January of last year, Thomas Dill borrowed a jacket and went for…
Man found guilty of beating Penticton psychiatrist successfully appeals conviction
PENTICTON – The Summerland man found guilty of badly beating a psychiatrist at Penticton Regional…
North Okanagan murderer loses appeal of sentence
VERNON – A Lumby man convicted of murdering his spouse in 2017 has lost an…
South Okanagan woman finally sentenced for 2015 drug conviction
KELOWNA – A South Okanagan woman tried to use the fact that she fled from…
Man who shot, wounded his own threatening tenant in West Kelowna facing lengthy jail term
KELOWNA – An aging West Kelowna man could spend more than four years in prison…
Former baseball hopeful developed addiction after sports surgery; convicted for drug trafficking in North Okanagan
VERNON – A former baseball player with a scholarship to a U.S. college was handed…
North Okanagan woman fined under cruelty act for tying elastic band around dog’s scrotum
SALMON ARM – The owner of a dog boarding and training facility in the North…