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IHA issues warning to Kamloops drug users after five overdoses in 48 hours, including one fatality
KAMLOOPS – An overdose alert has been issued in Kamloops by the Interior Health Authority.…
Man found dead in Vernon Creek identified
VERNON – A man found dead in a North Okanagan creek has been identified. He…
Coroners report sheds light on Vernon care home death
VERNON – The B.C. Coroners Service has ruled a high profile care home death three…
Paramedics, retired nurse unable to revive woman pulled from Mabel Lake
MABEL LAKE – The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating after a woman died at Mabel…
Family questions coroner’s report labelling Vernon deaths as suicide pact
VERNON – The deaths of two people last summer, one of whom was found in…
Booze, drugs, speed led to deadly highway crash in Vernon: Coroner
VERNON – Speed, drugs and alcohol were factors in a car crash that claimed the…
Coroner identifies man killed in Peachland crash
PEACHLAND – The man who was killed when his Jeep Cherokee rolled on Highway 97…
Pair dead in Anglemont murder-suicide three years ago were teen and step mother
** CONTENT ADVISORY ** ANGLEMONT – The motive behind a murder-suicide three years ago in…
Identity of man who died in Vernon rock-climbing incident released
VERNON – The identity of a man who died in a rock climbing incident in…
Sudden death in Vernon not considered suspicious
VERNON – Police investigated a sudden death in Vernon today, but have now turned the…
Driver’s blocked view contributed to death of Vernon senior backed over by car
VERNON – A driver’s obstructed view due in part to a large cardboard box in…
No real time data on deadly drug overdoses but that could change
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With overdose deaths from illicit drugs becoming a more frequent occurrence across Canada,…
Man killed in Shuswap avalanche identified
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identity of a man who died…
Snowmobiler who died in Sicamous-area avalanche identified
SICAMOUS – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died in an avalanche…
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…
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…
Identity of Vernon motorcycle crash victim released
VERNON – A motorcyclist killed in a crash in Vernon over the weekend has been…
Vernon man identified following truck crash
VERNON – The man who died after his truck hit a light standard in Vernon…
Recommendations made after Kamloops truck driver crushed to death
VERNON – A Kamloops truck driver was in the most dangerous area possible when a…
Man who died in Osoyoos jet-ski incident identified
OSOYOOS - The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died in a jet-ski incident on Osoyoos Lake in June. He was Samen Pirzadeh-Tabaei-Zavareh, 34, from North Vancouver. The man and another passenger were riding the jet-ski on June 28 when it capsized due to strong winds and water currents. A passing boat rescued...
Coroner’s findings in death of Enderby senior
ENDERBY - Dementia is considered a contributing factor in the death of an Enderby woman. Barbara Nell Derenowski, 73, was found dead March 4 on a logging road near Douglas Lake after driving many kilometres from her home in Enderby. Her neighbours were shocked and saddened to hear of her passing. According to a coroner’s...
Kelowna women killed in Vernon car crash identified
VERNON - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the identities of two women who died in a head-on car accident in Vernon over the weekend. They were Chantal Diane Bazin, 22, and Kayla Elizabeth Cartwright, 26, both from Kelowna. According to a press release from the coroner Larry Marzinzik, Bazin was the driver, and Cartwright the...
Vancouver man dies in motorcycle crash south of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The man who died in a motorcycle crash south of Knutsford Thursday afternoon has been identified. The B.C. Coroners Service says Colin Leslie Mackay, 42, died in the crash. Mackay was operating the northbound motorcycle on Highway 5A around 1:20 p.m. yesterday, July 2, when he lost control on an uphill curve near...
Men who died in Vernon motorcycle crash identified
VERNON - The names of two men who died in a weekend motorcycle crash have been released by the B.C. Coroners Service. They were James Tyler Folden, 23, of Lumby, and Trinity James Dale Bright, 24, originally from Cherryville, but most recently residing in Canmore, Alberta. Folden was driving an offroad motorcycle with Bright as...