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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…
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…
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…
Peachland man pleads guilty to molesting three kids
KELOWNA – A Peachland man pleaded guilty today to three counts of sexual interference of…
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…
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…
Sex assault decision now up to the judge
A change PENTICTON – A decision is still pending after crown and defence wrapped up…
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…
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...
Repeat sex offender sent back to jail
PENTICTON - A Keremeos man and repeat sex offender will spend five years in jail after pleading guilty to sexually touching a minor. Helge E. Wilson, 61, pleaded guilty to charges of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching by a minor after a series of incidents that took place between April and May 2013....
Repeat sex offender sent back to jail
PENTICTON - A Keremeos man and repeat sex offender will spend five years in jail after pleading guilty to sexually touching a minor. Helge E. Wilson, 61, pleaded guilty to charges of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching by a minor after a series of incidents that took place between April and May 2013....
Keremeos sex offender to be sentenced in December
PENTICTON - Sexual offender Roy Charles O’Donaghey should learn his fate this December... if he shows up, that is. O’Donaghey was scheduled to be sentenced October 8, 2014 but didn’t show. A warrant was issued for his arrest and he turned himself in to RCMP in Chilliwack a few days later. Instead of keeping him...