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Body of 21-year-old male found in north end of Okanagan Lake
Vernon RCMP, along with the B.C. Coroners Service, are investigating after the body of a…
UPDATE: Coroner investigating after deaths of snowboarder and skier in Kootenays
RCMP and B.C. Coroners Service are investigating after a snowboarder and a skier died in…
Homeless deaths spiked in Kelowna, Kamloops in 2016
KELOWNA – A new report from the B.C. Coroners Service shows homeless deaths in Kelowna…
Body of missing Armstrong man found
VERNON – Police have found the body of an Armstrong man who had been missing…
April worst month so far for 2017 drug overdose deaths in B.C.
The number of suspected drug overdose deaths in April measures out to roughly four lives…
HELSTON: Why is no one fully tracking homeless deaths in B.C.?
OPINION We have stats to tell us about imports and exports, what the employment rate…
After three senior deaths and three years, Interior Health no closer to preventing another, families say
“WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEET HELD TO THE FIRE FOR CHANGE BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING…
Man killed in Schubert Drive crash in Kamloops identified
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who died after losing control of the SUV he was…
Human remains identified as those of Vernon man presumed drowned five years ago
CHERRYVILLE – The remains of a Vernon man presumed drowned five years ago have finally…
Hiker finds dead body in rural Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A body was found in the rural area of the Kamloops Indian Reserve…
Kamloops man dies from injuries caused in December crash
KAMLOOPS – A driver injured in a six-car crash on the Yellowhead Highway just after…
Inquest postponed as RCMP investigates death of Kamloops inmate
KAMLOOPS - An inquest for an inmate who died at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre in November of last year has been pushed back pending further investigation from the Kamloops RCMP. Dylan Levi Judd, 20, was found unresponsive during a morning check at the jail Nov. 10, 2014. After an investigation by the RCMP and the...
Man killed in Merritt crash named
MERRITT - A 32-year-old man from Surrey died when the vehicle he was in hit a rock bluff near Merritt last week. Jesse Dan Dietz was a passenger in a pickup truck that left the roadway and hit a rock bluff on Highway 5 near Merritt around 8 a.m. on Aug. 31, according to the...
Coroner identifies North Okanagan man killed in crash
SPALLUMCHEEN - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a North Okanagan man who died in a car accident last week. He was Matthew Jordon Maxime, 30, of Enderby, the Coroners Service says in a media release. Maxime was driving on Highway 97 near Eagle Rock Road in Spallumcheen, just south of Armstrong,...
Victim of fatal rock climbing accident near Vernon identified
VERNON - A teen who died in a rock climbing accident near Vernon this past weekend has been identified. He was Taylor Samuel Archer, 18, from New Westminster. Archer was hiking with friends near the King Edward Forest Service Road about 15 kilometres east of Vernon on April 11, states a release from the B.C....
Employee killed at Fountain Tire identified
KAMLOOPS - The name of a 36-year-old man who died in a work-related incident at Fountain Tire on Tuesday, Jan. 27 has been released. He was Nicklas Jay Kristen Taylor, of Kamloops, according to the B.C. Coroner's Service. The worker was fatally injured when he was unloading a trailer-load of tires and became trapped by a...
Name of Chase fire victim released by B.C. Coroners Service
CHASE - The B.C. Coroners Service has released the name of a woman who died in a mobile home fire in Chase. She was Sherry Leah Skjeie, 53, from Chase. Emergency services attended Skjeie's home in the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park in the early morning hours of Jan. 16. Skjeie was found deceased after...
Victim of fatal snowmobile crash near Sicamous identified
KELOWNA - The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in a snowmobile accident near Sicamous. He was David Mark Yule, 49, from Blind Bay, a small community on the southwest shore of Shuswap Lake. Yule was operating a snowmobile on Owl Head Mountain, about 25 km southeast of Sicamous at...
Snowmobile accident claims life of Salmon Arm teen
ENDERBY - A Salmon Arm teen is dead after a snowmobiling accident near Enderby. The 16-year-old Salmon Arm boy was snowmobiling with his father and others Dec. 28 in Hunters Range, but got separated from the group, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. He wasn’t separated for long, but when his father tried to contact him...