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Former Kamloops man guilty of sexually assaulting teen on Tinder date
A former Kamloops resident who pretended to be much younger on an internet dating site…
B.C. judge bars anti-vax Kelowna dad from discussing COVID vaccine with son
A B.C. judge has barred an anti-vax father from talking about the COVID vaccination with…
B.C. man awarded $1K for ‘mental distress’ in custody battle over dog
A B.C. man has been awarded $1,000 for the mental anguish he had to go…
150 attend vigil in U.K. for murdered Vernon teen
Roughly 150 people gathered in the the community to Chelmsford, honouring a Vernon teenager who was…
Kelowna gas station robbed; employee threatened with knife
Kelowna RCMP are investigating after a gas station was robbed earlier this morning. Police officers…
Murder trial stemming from 2020 Kamloops stabbing delayed until 2023
A Kamloops man charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in downtown Kamloops in September…
B.C. woman loses appeal after 71 cats seized from her motorhome
A B.C. woman who kept 71 cats has lost a legal appeal to have the…
B.C. realtor fined for forging dead client’s signature
A Vancouver realtor who forged the signature of her mother's late partner and pretended to…
North Okanagan senior who raped his granddaughter will wait to learn his fate
A North Okanagan senior who repeatedly sexually abused his granddaughter while she was a teenager…
B.C. babysitter convicted in drowning of baby wins chance at appeal
A B.C. babysitter who pleaded guilty after a 17-month-old baby in her care drowned in…
Cowboy struck by train trying to rescue horses sues employer, Tk’emlups
A ranch hand is suing Tk'emlups te Secwepemc for damages after he and his horse…
Kelowna cop charged with assault in wellness check to plead not guilty
A Kelowna cop charged in relation to a violent wellness check will plead not guilty…
Parents of Vernon nurse killed in drunk driving crash win civil case
The parents of a Kelowna nurse killed by a drunk driver in Vernon in 2014…
B.C. teacher who did jail time banned for life from teaching
A former B.C. teacher who was jailed for six months for sexually assaulting a six-year-old…
Modern interpretation of family sees B.C. strata lose legal case
A B.C. condo owner has won a legal challenge after a tribunal ruled the four…
Vernon couple lose legal fight with strata over blocked lake view
A Vernon couple that claimed their lakeside condo had depreciated by $180,000 because their neighbour's…
B.C. judge slams Prospera credit union over ‘unacceptable’ termination letter
A B.C. judge has punished Prospera Credit Union after a former staffer sued the financial…
Kelowna woman who sexually abused her daughter avoids jail
A 43-year-old Kelowna woman has been sentenced to house arrest for sexually assaulting her eight-year-old…
Kelowna Mountie suspended with pay in relation to civil case
A Kelowna RCMP officer has been suspended with pay for roughly a year in relation…
Why this B.C. fraudster only has to pay back half of what he took
A Surrey man who conned a childhood friend out of $500,000 and spent the money…
Vernon man found with 50,000 images of child sex abuse seeks house arrest
A Vernon man caught with 50,000 images of children being sexually abused has asked a…
Kelowna man accused of setting a fire this summer has arson charges stayed
A Kelowna man will spend the next eight-and-a-half months in jail for unrelated offences after…
Judge calls Vernon dentist’s decade-long custody battle ‘unprecedented’
A North Okanagan dentist involved in what is possibly the longest-running custody battle in the…
Kelowna’s new community court works but could do a lot more: Judge
After six months in operation, Kelowna’s new integrated court is proving the model works, says…