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Teen sought help for mental illness before he died, Kamloops inquest hears
KAMLOOPS – Family members say the 18-year-old subject of a coroner's inquest showed signs of…
Premier says no plans to track deadly surge in B.C. drug overdoses
OVERDOSE DEATHS UP 40 PER CENT IN KELOWNA, 50 PER CENT IN VERNON LAST YEAR…
Man killed in Shuswap avalanche identified
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identity of a man who died…
Remains of Vernon man missing for years were examined in Bosnia
VERNON – Human remains discovered in Vernon last summer travelled to the other side of…
Man who drowned in West Kelowna identified
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroner’s Service has identified the man who drowned in Okanagan Lake…
A Kelowna safe injection site would have its challenges
LOCAL LEADERS NEED DATA; HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES KELOWNA – Safe injection and intravenous drug use…
Coroner’s inquest set to examine teen’s death at Kamloops hospital
KAMLOOPS – An inquest will look into the events that led up to death of…
RCMP investigating death of UBC Okanagan student
KELOWNA – Both the RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are looking into the death…
Coroner identifies Penticton senior killed in red light crash
PENTICTON – The elderly victim of a fatal car crash last week in downtown Penticton…
Young Kamloops man who died at work identified
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died while working at Inland Glass and Aluminum earlier this week. He was Reegan Joachim Winofsky, 23, of Kamloops. Regional coroner Larry Marzinzik says Winofsky experienced a medical event which left him unresponsive around 7:30 a.m., Jan. 11. Co-workers witnessed the incident, Marzinzik says...
Investigation underway into death at Kamloops business
KAMLOOPS – A lot of questions remain unanswered following the death of a person at a Kamloops business this morning. RCMP were called to a sudden death at Inland Glass and Aluminum on Kryczka Place just after 8 a.m., Jan. 11. Police say in a media release the death is not suspicious and they have...
Coroner identifies Sorrento man killed in crash
SORRENTO - A Sorrento man was killed after his pickup crashed into a tree near the small community along Shuswap Lake last week. Andrej Schmiegel, 60, died in the crash, the B.C. Coroners Service says in a media release. Schmiegel was the driver and sole occupant of the pickup truck, which left the road and...
Salmon Arm teen who died in snowmobile accident identified
ENDERBY - The teen who died in a snowmobiling accident near Enderby over the weekend was Brandon Edward Oullette, 16, from Salmon Arm. According to a release from the B.C. Coroners Service, Oullette was snowmobiling with his father and others at Hunters Range, just north east of Enderby, around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when his...
Coroners wanted: Eight vacancies including Kamloops and Vernon
VICTORIA - The hunt is on for people to fill vacancies at the B.C. Coroners Service. The government has job postings up for eight community coroners in communities throughout B.C. including Kamloops and Vernon. The $25 an hour job isn’t for the faint of heart as coroners are responsible for determining the circumstances of sudden,...
Penticton man identified as victim in fatal Okanagan Connector crash
KELOWNA – The first big winter storm on the Okanagan Connector and Coquihalla highways proved deadly early this month. A car crash claimed the life of a Penticton man on Highway 97C around 1:30 p.m., Nov. 16, according to a media release from the B.C. Coroners Service. Martin Lewis Schultz, 44, was the driver and...