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B.C. couple wins fight with strata over ‘unacceptable’ repairs
A Lower Mainland strata corporation that held onto $2,000 to cover damages to a garage…
Poor advice about foreign buyers tax costs B.C. law firm $75K
A B.C. real estate law firm is on the hook for $75,000 after it gave…
Shuswap couple lose court battle with neighbours over water supply
A Shuswap couple has been left high and dry after a dispute with their neighbours…
Vernon man found guilty for basement meth and fentanyl lab
A Vernon man who moved his family into a motel for a week while he…
Judge blames Crown as B.C. truck driver has ticket thrown out
A B.C. commercial truck driver has had his ticket thrown out after a judge ruled…
OKIB member to sit on B.C.’s highest court
An Okanagan Indian Band member has been appointed to the province's top court. Already a…
No jail for former school principal guilty in North Okanagan child pornography case
A 78-year-old former school principal has avoided jail and will instead spend four months under…
UPDATE: 10 years in prison for Vernon woman involved in ‘brutal killing’
CONTENT ADVISORY Nearly four years after Willy Bartz was found murdered in his Vernon apartment…
‘Nasty’ Facebook comments cost B.C. woman $30K in defamation suit
A B.C. woman has won a defamation case and a sizable award in B.C. Supreme…
Canada Day killing trial in Kelowna on pause, continuation date unknown
The trial looking into the 2018 Canada Day killing of a Kelowna man may not…
Ashcroft senior narrowly wins $452K battle with insurance company
An "unfortunate misunderstanding" almost left a Thompson senior $452,000 out of pocket after her insurance…
Kamloops RCMP called after man ‘stabbed in the heart’
Kamloops RCMP were called to a Columbia Street motel Sunday afternoon following reports of a…
‘I did it, I deserve to be punished’ accused Kelowna killer told police
Noah Vaten told Mounties he remembered stabbing Esa Carriere against the backdrop of Kelowna’s 2018…
Court ruling quashes another part of cash-saving ICBC reform
A move by the provincial government to help curb the costs of ICBC by moving…
What is the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and why is it in court?
Its members are known for wearing pasta colanders on their heads and believing that the…
Billionaire-owned Douglas ranch near Merritt wins appeal barring public from accessing lakes
The wealthy U.S. owner of a B.C. Interior cattle ranch has won an appeal blocking…
Kruger-Allen gets five year jail term for Penticton beach attack
Thomas Kruger-Allen was sentenced to a five-year jail-term in Penticton Supreme Court today. Thomas Kruger-Allen,…
Accused in 1986 Vernon murder granted parole, possibly deported
A former Vernon resident extradited from the U.S. to face trial for the murder of…
Dangerous Vernon driver gets less jail time because of police mistakes
His dangerous driving has already left a Vernon nurse paralyzed from the neck down but…
B.C. conservation officer fired for refusing to kill bear cubs still fighting to get job back
A B.C. conservation officer who made international headlines in 2015 when he was fired for…
‘This is not a criminal trial:’ B.C. judge slams govt’s response to mental health issues
A B.C. judge has slammed the provincial and federal governments accusing them of hypocrisy by…
North Okanagan fisherman gets another 5-year fishing ban
A North Okanagan man previously banned from fishing for five years has been given another…
B.C. judge rules ‘Pastafarian’s’ treatment by ICBC not discrimination
A West Kootenay member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who was not…
Two Kelowna properties seized as part of international money laundering scheme
Two Kelowna properties seized as part of an international investigation into a multi-million dollar insider…