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B.C. school district gets second try to fire teacher accused of having sex with student
A B.C. school district that was forced to rehire a teacher accused of having sex…
Naked truths from BC sex worker GoAskAlex
B.C. sex worker GoAskAlex likes to lure men to her online profiles with thirst traps…
Kootenay cop keeps job after having sex with accused’s ex-wife
A Kootenay Mountie who slept with a woman he met after being called to deal…
BC clinics supporting reproductive rights face closures
Options for Sexual Health says it will have to close most of its operations unless…
Vernon man spared prison sentence for having sex with minors
VERNON – A judge has thrown out a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in…
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…
Customers ‘didn’t want to see it:’ Vernon woman alleges boss discriminated against her over pregnancy
VERNON – A Vernon woman alleges she was discriminated against by her employer due to…
Kelowna woman jailed and fined for sex in stranger’s hot tub
$100 TO THE HOMEOWNER FOR "COSTS INCURRED FOR CHEMICALS AND CLEANING OF THE HOT TUB."…
Kelowna man police say had sex in stranger’s hot tub pleads guilty
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man has pleaded guilty to trespassing and mischief after security footage…
West Kelowna teacher’s aide jailed for kissing her student
KELOWNA – A 30-year-old West Kelowna woman was handed a minimum jail sentence yesterday for…
Pilot project could put baskets of free condoms in Okanagan schools
VERNON - Baskets of condoms could soon be coming to local high schools as way of putting protection in the hands of those who need it — no questions asked. About 14 schools in B.C.’s Interior have free condoms available, but students have to ask for them, Vernon School District health coordinator Christine Balfour says....
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...
Researchers gather in Kelowna to talk sex
KELOWNA - An annual conference that brings researchers from across the country will be in Kelowna this weekend for a three day exploration of a topic many still find taboo. The Canadian Sex Research Forum has been held in different cities across Canada for the last 42 years. Topics have changed a great deal over...
Jail for amateur boxer who had sex with Kelowna minor
KELOWNA – A 25-year-old Kelowna man was handed a minimum sentence of 90 days in jail for having consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl last summer. Alexander Schoenherr, 25, is an amateur boxer and self-described 'loner' with no prior criminal record. He pleaded guilty to one count of sexual touching of a person under 16....
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...