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Vernon para snowboarder banned from competing after failed drug test
A Vernon para snowboarder has been barred from competing for four years after failing a…
Pandemic financial relief having unexpected negative impact on Kamloops’ most vulnerable
A higher than normal number of overdoses in Kamloops is having an impact on city's…
A look inside Vernon’s overdose prevention site
On a non-descriptive street in downtown Vernon, across the road from a strip club, and…
Feds to supply Vancouver Downtown Eastside addicts with safe drugs during pandemic
The Mayor of Vancouver has announced the federal government has given the green light to…
Vernon RCMP seize fentanyl and cash after raid on problem property
RCMP raids on a problem property and local hotel room have unearthed quantities of suspected…
Drug warning issued around Cranbrook drug supply
Interior Health Authority has issued a drug warning after reports of multiple overdoses with severe…
Fentanyl-related deaths drop by almost 50 per cent in Kamloops and Kelowna
Both Kamloops and Kelowna have seen nearly a 50 per cent decrease in the number…
Vernon man already banned from driving gets jail for blowing through red light
A Vernon man already banned from driving for 10 years was sentenced to six months…
Drugs, cash recovered during traffic stop in Kamloops
A routine traffic stop in late January in Kamloops netted RCMP cash and drugs, and…
Kelowna man arrested in drug bust
Kelowna RCMP have arrested a 49-year-old man after a search of Rutland property uncovered drugs,…
Fentanyl, crystal meth and cocaine found when Kamloops driver pulled over
A Kamloops area man was arrested this week after RCMP pulled him over and found…
Man charged with selling nearly fatal drug concoction to Merritt women found not guilty
A man accused of selling a deadly mixture of drugs to three Merritt women in…
‘Socially isolated’ Vernon man gets jail time for chauffeuring fentanyl dealer
A 44-year old Vernon man who was living with his parents and described as socially…
Interior Health issues drug alert in Salmon Arm for extremely toxic opioids
Interior Health Authority has issued a drug alert for the Salmon Arm area. The alert…
Why this Kamloops drug trafficker didn’t get an additional sentence for fentanyl
A Kamloops man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty…
Overdose just by touching fentanyl? Kamloops doc calls out inaccurate drug education for students
A Kamloops physician has turned to Twitter to express his outrage with a program aimed…
Vernon man arrested after found sleeping in stolen car to stay behind bars
A Vernon man who was discovered passed out in the driver's seat of a stolen…
Clearwater mom finds suspicious-looking baggie with white residue in Halloween candy
A child trick or treating in Clearwater last night found something unexpected in her loot…
Kamloops photographer puts street life in focus
CONTENT ADVISORY/GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY Scotty Larsen is a local photographer who has a passion for photographing…
North Okanagan RCMP raids lead to arrests of suspected high level drug dealers
Vernon RCMP have arrested four people believed to have been supplying drugs to dealers across…
Vernon drug smuggler loses last chance at appeal
VERNON – A Vernon man currently serving jail time for attempting to import $180,000 of…
Police seize drugs, car and gun in Kelowna raids
KELOWNA – Two men were arrested after three drug raids on Kelowna homes last week…
By telling her story, this Kelowna mom is reducing the stigma caused by drug overdose deaths
KELOWNA – There are many ways to fight the scourge of deaths caused by drug…
Raid on Vernon problem property uncovers drugs, cash, stolen goods
VERNON – For the second time in just over a month police raided the same…