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Crime
Top ten dumb criminal stories of 2024 in Okanagan, Kamloops
Criminals in the Okanagan and Kamloops had some harebrained schemes this year, so here’s a…
Curtis Sagmoen charged with another probation breach
A North Okanagan man who has multiple convictions for violence against sex workers has been…
Crown want 19 years jail for violent North Okanagan grow-op robbery
Armed with shotguns and with their faces covered, Edward Scott Coghill and Stewart Wayne Tkachuk…
‘Not a toy’: Penticton prolific offender jailed for 3D-printed gun threat
A prolific offender who pointed a 3D-printed gun at a Penticton woman who had retrieved…
Grinch cuts, steals blue spruce off family property in Kamloops
Apparently people will do just about anything to get a real Christmas tree — even…
Disabled Kamloops man victim of $10,000 theft worth of tools, hunting equipment
Shattered, disheartened and full of rage are just a few words Heffley Creek resident Trent…
Suspects get away after early morning police chase through Kamloops
When police tried to pull over a truck and trailer early Friday morning in Kamloops…
Retired RCMP officer convicted of killing his wife in Penticton up for parole
The family of a woman brutally killed by a retired RCMP officer in Penticton is…
South Okanagan woman charged with attempted murder
A 28-year-old Oliver woman has been charged with attempted murder. Denise Ibeth Lalonde Velazquez failed…
RCMP crackdown on drug traffickers dealing to Kelowna’s homeless population
Several arrests have been made and a quantity of illegal drugs seized after RCMP targeted…
RCMP close Highway 5A in Kamloops during raid on home
RCMP closed a busy section of Highway 5A in Kamloops Wednesday afternoon due to an…
Former District of Summerland staffer guilty of fraud and breach of trust
In the summer of 2022 when 35-year-old Tracey Ann McEvoy left her job as an admin…
Kamloops high school locked down; replica guns recovered
Two youths were arrested and handed over to their parents after generating a large police…
30,000 kg of chemicals used to make meth seized in North Okanagan
RCMP officers raided a rural property in the North Okanagan almost a month ago seizing…
WEEKS OF MISERY: Wife of dead Kamloops man demands transparency from RCMP
Unsupported, uninformed and unheard. That's how a young mother in Kamloops feels after a three-week…
Driver high on cannabis nabbed by North Okanagan RCMP
One of three drivers caught driving while impaired last weekend in the North Okanagan was…
Keremeos senior, former Rotary Club president charged with attempted murder of wife
A Keremeos senior and former Rotary Club president has been charged with the attempted murder…
Racist graffiti discovered along lakeshore in Summerland: RCMP
Police are trying to track down the identities of a group of young people after…
UPDATE: Vernon home targeted by gunfire: RCMP
Police are releasing few details about what they call a targeted shooting in Vernon early…
Suspect arrested after smash-and-grab at Vernon convenience store
A 46-year-old Vernon man is cooling his heels behind bars after he was caught by…
Suspect arrested and charged in hit-and-run death of Kelowna teenager
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of a…
Video surveillance helps police recover stolen motorcycles in Kelowna
Surveillance footage played an instrumental role in finding a suspected motorcycle thief and lead police…
Salmon Arm victim, 90, had life forever altered after carjacking, assault
It was cold and there was snow on the ground last December when 90-year-old Salmon…
West Kelowna fraudster’s insurance scam nets her $15,000 — and jail time
A West Kelowna mom of two, with a lengthy history of ripping people off, will…