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Violent Penticton domestic abuser delays inevitable jail time
A 58-year-old Penticton man who has been imprisoned multiple times for domestic violence has managed…
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…
‘SURVIVOR’: Ex-wife of Vernon killer fears for his next partner
On Christmas Eve 2011, more than a decade before Vernon pharmacist Shaun Wiebe was sent…
Vernon pharmacist, sentenced in 2023 for killing partner, already on parole
A Vernon pharmacist who killed his girlfriend by repetitively smashing her head into the floor,…
Violent offender released after guilty plea in Vernon court
A BC man charged with sexual assault and violence against his partner will be released…
Mountie who set girlfriend’s hair on fire ordered to resign
A Manitoba RCMP officer who set fire to his girlfriend's hair, shot her with a…
Salmon Arm man gets two years jail for raping girlfriend twice
A Salmon Arm man who raped his girlfriend on two occasions has been sentenced to…
Katherine McParland’s abuse a story this lawyer has seen ‘a thousand times’
Odette Dempsey-Caputo has seen the same story a thousand times: a woman returns to her…
Delays in Vernon domestic abuse case lead to lesser sentence
An Okanagan man who confined his former partner in a motel room where he repeatedly…
Kamloops dad gets haircut from daughter to raise money for domestic violence, mental health services
When Kamloops resident Nathaniel Martin's daughter wanted to cut his hair, he came up with…
Vernon court hears violent details of longstanding ‘toxic’ relationship
A man who was first convicted for violence against his spouse nearly a decade ago…
Women getting head injuries from partners at a higher rate than hockey players getting concussions, UBC researcher says
KELOWNA -For every NHL player who suffers a concussion during the season, picture 7,000 Canadian…