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Customers bear sprayed at downtown Kelowna restaurant
Customers were hit with bear spray when they refused to give out their food to…
Kamloops judge still ‘uncomfortable’ with proposed fraud sentence, delays it again
A Kamloops woman will have to wait even longer to hear her sentence as a…
Suspected arsonist torches loader at Kamloops construction site
Somebody was seen lighting a fire at a Kamloops construction site in a residential neighbourhood…
RCMP officer saves chicken from mean teens in Coquitlam
A chicken was enduring kicks and strikes from three teens before a Coquitlam RCMP officer…
Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in…
Kelowna retains its crime capital of Canada title
As predicted by Greater Kelowna’s chief of police, the area has the highest crime severity…
Charge dropped in shooting of Nanaimo vigilante at homeless camp
A homeless man accused of shooting a Vancouver Island vigilante had his charges dropped after…
BC massage therapist gets five-year ban for touching, assaulting patient
A BC massage therapist was banned from practicing for five years after he was criminally…
Vigilantes put Northern BC man in hospital because of ‘rumours’
One man is in hospital after a group of vigilantes targeted him in Northern BC.…
Woman punched by stranger in downtown Kelowna
A woman walking along a downtown Kelowna street was punched by a strange man yesterday…
2.5 year sentence for Kamloops robbery, reported shooting
A 32-year-old man will spend more than a year in jail after helping in an…
RCMP investigating random sexual assault at Kamloops park
A woman walking through a Kamloops park reported she was sexually assaulted Sunday evening. The…
No charges for 100 Mile House Mountie after violent arrest
The BC Prosecution Service won't be charging a 100 Mile House police officer after he…
Kelowna cops stop $100,000 in fraudulent flooring purchases
Kelowna RCMP intercepted $100,000 in flooring purchased with stolen credit cards earlier this week before…
Time served for theft and crash of Kamloops cab
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a cab in Kamloops will spend the next…
Serious assault in Vernon’s Polson Park
A person assaulted in Vernon’s Polson Park last night was rushed to hospital in serious…
Kamloops RCMP investigating prison interview leaked online
Police in Kamloops are investigating after an interview with a gang informant was leaked online.…
One of two improvised bombs discovered in Kamloops was found by a child
Two improvised bombs recently discovered in Kamloops appear similar to each other, but Kamloops RCMP…
Kamloops RCMP confirm second suspicious package was a pipe bomb
Police haven't confirmed whether the two bombs found in Kamloops are related, but it hasn't…
Kelowna courthouse evacuated after threat
Sheriffs and police cleared out the Kelowna courthouse after a threat forced people to evacuate…
UPDATE: ‘Suspicious package’ found in Kamloops was a pipe bomb
Kamloops RCMP have reopened an Aberdeen street after confirming the suspicious package found last night…
Former North Okanagan massage therapist charged with sexual assault
A former North Okanagan massage therapist is facing a sexual assault charge after RCMP started…
Kamloops judge scolds lawyers for fraudster’s proposed house arrest
A Kamloops judge wasn't impressed with a proposed house arrest sentence for a local fraudster.…
Kelowna looks to Alberta RCMP for online crime spotting and reporting tool
Kelowna RCMP have adopted an online crime spotting tool being used in Red Deer called…