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Interior Health’s former top doc guilty of sexually assaulting boy in Alberta
Interior Health's former top doctor has been found guilty of molesting a young boy in…
Liquor inspector acted ‘suspicious’ but store still fined $7K
A BC liquor store has been fined $7,000 for serving an underage girl because the…
Kelowna cannabis dispensary’s licence suspended for selling edibles to minor
A Kelowna dispensary has been caught selling cannabis products to a minor. Prime Cannabis on…
23-year-old Kelowna man pleads guilty to new charge of sexual interference of a minor
KELOWNA – A 23-year-old Kelowna man who was sentenced in 2013 for pushing the head…
Vernon man tells judge he didn’t know his girlfriends were 15
VERNON – A Vernon man in his early twenties who met two 15-year-old girls on…
Peachland man pleads guilty to molesting three kids
KELOWNA – A Peachland man pleaded guilty today to three counts of sexual interference of…
Charge dropped against 15-year-old Vernon boy accused of murder
VERNON – Only one of three people originally accused in a Vernon murder case is…
One-year prison sentence for Vernon man who sexually touched child is ‘cruel and unusual punishment’: judge
VERNON – A Supreme Court Judge says a Vernon man’s charter rights were violated by…
Vernon mom raising alarm after teenage son asked to consent to immunization
YOUTH HAD BAD REACTION TO VACCINATIONS AS A CHILD VERNON – You might not think…
Young Kelowna man sentenced for assaulting teenaged girl
Kelowna – A 21-year-old Kelowna man has been sentenced on a charge of assault for pushing the head of a 13-year-old girl towards his crotch. Zachary Xavier Heise, now 21, was with three friends - two girls, aged 13 and 14, and a boy, 16 - in Vernon in May 2013. Heise was significantly older...
Rockets new head coach has a winning history
KELOWNA – After nearly a month-long search, the Kelowna Rockets have a new head coach. Brad Ralph, the former head coach of the Idaho Steelheads, has been signed to a three-year contract, Rockets president and general manager Bruce Hamilton announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. Ralph, 34, was a finalist for East Coast Hockey League Coach of...
Subject of police warning pleads guilty to sexual assault of children
WEST KELOWNA – A man police have been investigating since 2012 has pleaded guilty to charges of sexually touching children. Jason Antonio White, 35, was the subject of a public warning issued in March. The warning said investigators have “reasonable grounds to believe White of West Kelowna is offending against children and that there may...
Retirement age begins in prison for this child molester
KELOWNA – A 64-year-old man is going to jail for molesting two of his own relatives almost 30 years ago. The man, who can't be named by court order, appeared in court Monday with his current wife and pleaded guilty to charges of indecent assault, gross indecency and sexual assault. He admitted to sexually abusing...