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Fraudster who bilked elderly Okanagan couple out of $12,000 in roofing scam out of jail soon
A 65-year-old man with multiple convictions for fraud spanning back three decades appeared at the…
Former CBSA officer suing for being frisked has case thrown out
A former Canadian Border Services Agency officer who claimed that being frisked before an interview…
B.C. seniors get criminal record for racist tantrum at coffee shop
LANGUAGE ADVISORY A pair of B.C. seniors who poured their coffee on the floor of…
Vernon man charged with murder loses appeal over psychiatric detention report
A Vernon man who was deemed unfit to stand trial after being charged with the…
Man could be jailed for 8 years for drug trafficking at luxury lakeside Vernon condo
A 28-year-old Vancouver Island man found to have had a kilogram of cocaine in his…
Former Vernon hockey coach gets 23 months jail for sexually assaulting teen player
Former Vernon hockey coach and well-known businessman Keith Chase has been sentenced to 23 months…
B.C. woman thrown in jail after escalating strata dispute
A Vancouver woman who ignored a court order imposed after she got into a lengthy…
Kelowna ski patroller injured in 2014 lift crash continues legal fight for compensation
A Kelowna man is continuing with legal action more than eight years after a ski…
Vernon man was driving around with illegal handgun, shotgun
A 36-year-old Vernon man who had multiple weapons lying around his home when it was…
Vernon mom says son sabotaged own court process
The mother of a Vernon man released into the community earlier this week because he…
Boyfriend of Ashley Simpson ordered to stand trial for murder
The boyfriend accused of killing missing Ontario woman Ashley Simpson will likely stand trial next…
Vernon man who texted pic of his genitals to teen guilty of child luring
A 35-year-old North Okanagan man that sent a picture of his genitals to someone he…
Violent Vernon man too incapacitated to be sent to prison gets released
A 21-year-old Vernon man convicted of a violent armed robbery will spend another couple of…
B.C. teacher banned for life after child sex abuse conviction
A B.C. teacher who was sentenced to 20 months in jail for child sex abuse…
Man charged for drunk driving in death of Kamloops father
An Alberta man has been charged with drunk driving causing death for a crash that…
Vernon man punched by police while in throes of mental health crisis
Thomas was in bed at his mother's house in the throes of a mental health…
Shuswap man gets four years in prison for crash that killed mom of four
A Shuswap man whose reckless driving resulted in the death of a 28-year-old mother of…
Animal rights protesters from Kelowna get jail for hog farm ‘occupation’
Two animal rights activists who, along with around 200 other people broke into an Abbotsford…
Kelowna woman who started North Okanagan fires released
A Kelowna woman who started fires in Enderby earlier this year had walked 90 kilometres…
Manitoba man who harassed total stranger in Vernon gets jail
A Manitoba man who skipped bail and ended up in B.C. only to then follow…
Merritt teen lucky she wasn’t charged with murder: Judge
A B.C. Provincial Court Judge told a Merritt teen that she's lucky she was not…
Kamloops contractor installed cameras in office bathroom renovations
A 37-year-old Kamloops man was arrested for voyeurism promptly after his release in Ontario from…
Anti-vaxxer loses legal case against employer over vaccine policy
A B.C. woman who was placed on unpaid leave because she refused to get vaccinated…
Vernon woman’s ‘mid-level’ fentanyl dealing nets her 3 years jail
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton said he "admired and respected" the steps that Selina…