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Toxic heroin a dangerous new trend in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The Fentanyl-laced heroin that killed two people in Vernon this week is also…
UPDATE: Teenage girl found safe and sound
UPDATE: Hayley Haines has been found and is safe and sound, according to an RCMP media release. KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for public assistance to help them locate a missing teenage girl. Hayley Haines was last heard from January 4, but has been away from home for a couple weeks. Though this is...
Man will face the judge for what RCMP say he did during Smith Creek fire
WEST KELOWNA - The man who RCMP believe took advantage of the West Kelowna fire evacuation notice last July to break into an empty home to steal has been charged. On July 2014, West Kelowna RCMP received a report of break and enter and theft from a home in the 2500 block of Cobblestone Road....
UPDATE: Kelowna woman found safe and sound
UPDATE: RCMP say 54-year-old Valerie Fast has been located and she is safe and sound. KELOWNA - RCMP are looking for public assistance to help them find a missing Kelowna woman. Valerie Fast was last seen November 28, according to an RCMP media release. Police, friends and family are very worried about her well-being because...
Stolen hard drive contains 3 years of irreplaceable UBCO research
KELOWNA - A woman didn't just lose her physical property in a recent theft, she lost three years of research for UBC Okanagan and now police are asking the public to help get it back. Mounties were told of the theft in the 1100 block of Research Road at the UBC Okanagan Campus Nov. 28,...
Police hunt for Kelowna bank robbery suspect
KELOWNA - Police need help identifying a suspected robber who was caught on a surveillance camera yesterday shortly before a heist at the Bank of Montreal in the Capri Mall. The lone male suspect entered the Harvey Avenue mall at 3:35 p.m. armed with a knife, according to an RCMP media release. He then secured...
Mounties looking for owners of rare gold-plated coins
KELOWNA - RCMP are looking for the owner of a set of commemorative gold coins turned in to police Wednesday morning. The limited edition coins are struck in gold-plated nickel by the Royal Canadian Mint. They memorialize the 1984 Papal visit of Pope John Paul II and were presented by the Canadian Conference of Catholic...
Passenger during Westside Road police shootout says he was in charge
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – Michael Ellis, accused ringleader of a 2012 high speed shootout with police, was just doing what he was told. At least that’s what his only defence witness says. Shawn Wysynski, who is also a lifelong friend of Ellis, told Kelowna Supreme Court Justice Ian Josephson that the only reason his friends were...
UPDATE: Bank robbery suspect turns himself in to Kelowna RCMP
KELOWNA – A man wanted in connection with a Kelowna bank robbery turned himself into police Thursday night. Rory Richard Feeney, 31, was identified as the man who allegedly demanded money from a teller at the downtown branch of the TD Bank on Tuesday, according to RCMP. Police say no weapon was used, no one...
RCMP Cpl. Michaud continues recovery, may be home for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - After enduring two surgeries and awaking from an induced coma, Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital where he continues to recover. "Our prayers are that he may be able to spend Christmas with his family," Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson with...
Crash on Highway 97 in Lake Country sends two to hospital
LAKE COUNTRY – Amazingly, no one was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash on the new section of Highway 97 in Lake Country Monday morning. RCMP Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says just before 7:30 a.m. the driver of a sedan rear-ended a SUV while both were travelling in the southbound slow lane north of Oyama....
UPDATE: Body found in burning truck
KELOWNA - The RCMP and the coroner are investigating after a man's body was discovered in a burning truck in Kelowna, though police don't suspect foul play. Fire crews were called Saturday at around 6:07 p.m. to the truck, which was found engulfed in flames Casorso Road at Barrera Road near Casorso Elementary School in...
$400,000 worth helicopter parts stolen in West Kelowna worthless to thief: police
WEST KELOWNA - Someone has made off with $400,000 worth of helicopter parts from the back of a van in West Kelowna but police say they're worthless to the thief. Alpine Helicopters reported the theft to the RCMP on Saturday, saying 31 helicopter parts in several boxes were taken. Jill Seaton, the company's chief financial...
Kelowna cops capture copious crooks
KELOWNA – They called it The Warrant Team Project; a dedicated team of RCMP officers whose only job was to execute warrants and put bad guys behind bars. Almost 200 are cooling their heels or making their way through the justice system as a result. RCMP say during a 6-week period from mid-October to the...
Knutson arrest opens ‘old wounds’ for family of previous shooting victim
COQUITLAM – Family members of a young Coquitlam man who died from a gunshot wound in 2002 are shaken by news the man who killed him is now implicated in the attempted murder of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud. “My whole family is upset... it will always hurt us,” Will Lesniak says. “It’s a very...
Kelowna man crashes and dies near Kamloops
KELOWNA - A Kelowna man was killed when he crashed with a tractor-trailer just south of Duck Range Road near Kamloops Saturday. Jairo Alexis Vicioso David, 34, of Kelowna was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle when the accident happened at roughly 5 p.m. Nov. 28, according to an RCMP media release. David...
Teens learn hard way yellow light means stop not hit the gas
KELOWNA - Two teens involved in a serious collision at a Kelowna intersection managed to escape with only minor injuries Sunday night. Kelowna RCMP say an officer came upon the accident at Harvey Avenue and Spall Road at 8:09 p.m. Nov. 30. Witnesses say a black Chevy Impala traveling west on Harvey was moving fast,...
Woman found in Kelowna alley dies from injuries
KELOWNA – An 83-year-old woman found with serious injuries in an alley in downtown Kelowna early Sunday morning has died in hospital. RCMP say the woman was found alone in the lane between the Kelowna Daily Courier building and the McWilliams Centre at 580 Doyle Ave. at about 1:13 a.m. She was rushed to Kelowna...
Kelowna lawyer fined $10,000 for these two words
LAWYER AND COP SQUARED OFF IN COURTHOUSE Language advisory KELOWNA - A local lawyer is paying a hefty price for a heated exchange with a police officer while trying to resolve a case in the Kelowna Law Courts in 2011. Marty Johnson, who practices criminal defence and personal injury law, was suspended from practicing law...
Local bus drivers plan moment of silence for murdered passenger
KELOWNA – The moment the funeral for the man stabbed to death on a Kelowna bus last week begins in Vancouver, close to 30 local transit buses will pull to the side of the road for a minute of silence honouring the man who so faithfully used their service over the past two years. Caesar...
Murder victim was a popular employee of Kelowna Flightcraft
KELOWNA - The man killed in what police are calling an unprovoked attack on a city bus last week is being remembered by coworkers as a popular, unique man dedicated to his job. Before he was murdered on a bus on Baron Road last Thursday, Caesar Rosales, 55, was a business systems analyst for Kelowna...
UPDATE: More than a dozen people witnessed murder on Kelowna city bus
BUS PASSANGERS WARY AFTER MURDER KELOWNA – Passengers on the number eight bus in Kelowna are eyeing each other with more suspicion Friday, after a man was murdered in an apparently random knife attack at a stop on Baron Road Thursday night. Taran Mundie, 23, is a UBCO student who takes the bus almost every...
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna teen found
KELOWNA – A 15-year-old Kelowna girl missing for over four days has been found. In a media release Friday, RCMP say "the 15-year-old girl reported missing has been located, and she is safe and sound. Thanks to the media and public for your assistance." Jasmine Jobin had been last seen on Oct. 26. Investigators had...
It’s all about safety on Halloween
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The first thing that comes to mind on Halloween is safety, at least for parents. Kids are only thinking about the candy and costumes, but there are ways to help keep them safe on Halloween night, even if it’s the last thing on their minds. Always make sure young children are accompanied by...