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B.C. teacher caught with weed, scales and cash in 2012 gets one-month suspension
A lower mainland high school teacher who was fired after police found 45 grams of…
Drugs, guns and cash seized from West Kelowna property
WEST KELOWNA – Three suspects are in custody after police uncovered a large cache of…
Kelowna RCMP arrest dozens in undercover drug trafficking investigation
KELOWNA — An undercover police investigation into drug trafficking in Kelowna has resulted in dozens…
Two suspected drug dealers arrested in West Kelowna
KELOWNA – A pair of suspected drug dealers were busted by West Kelowna RCMP yesterday.…
B.C. overdose deaths would be twice as high without harm reduction services
Research by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control suggests that 3,000 possible overdose deaths were…
Undercover Kelowna sting nabs man on one count of trafficking fentanyl
KELOWNA – An undercover sting operation nearly two years ago has finally resulted in the…
Gun, brass knuckles and drugs seized during Kelowna traffic stop
KELOWNA – Two alleged Kelowna drug traffickers are in custody awaiting court appearance stemming for…
Charges for co-accused in West Kelowna fentanyl case dropped
KELOWNA – Rebekka Rae White says she's been fighting for her Charter rights for over…
RCMP staying mum on decriminalizing illegal drug users
KELOWNA – Calls to cut overdose deaths by decriminalizing people using illegal drugs appear to…
Kelowna drug dealer who kept his fentanyl in a Hello Kitty bag won’t escape jail
KELOWNA – A Kelowna drug dealer who was busted with a stolen motorbike in 2017,…
Jail is no place for drug users, B.C. health officer says
KELOWNA – It’s time to stop throwing people in jail for doing drugs, B.C.’s provincial…
Kelowna RCMP nab dozens of drug dealers in year-long investigation
KELOWNA – A year-long investigation into drug trafficking in Kelowna has netted police a staggering…
Police uncover stolen goods, drugs during Vernon eviction
VERNON – An eviction notice led to police uncovering a large stash of stolen items…
Man found with drugs in Kelowna acquitted of trafficking charges
KELOWNA – In January of last year, Thomas Dill borrowed a jacket and went for…
Illicit overdose deaths up last year in Kamloops, slight dip in Okanagan
The Okanagan maintained its dubious distinction as having one of the highest illicit drug overdose…
Uniform Gang Enforcement team seizes $40,000 cash and weapons in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — After two fatal shootings that left two men dead outside of hotels around…
Kelowna RCMP investigation targets Independent Soldier; uncovers stockpile of drugs
KELOWNA – Police in Kelowna have uncovered a "conduit of drugs" by targeting a member…
Traffic stop leads to drugs, weapons seizure in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Two men from Abbotsford could be facing charges after Kamloops RCMP conducted a…
Accused in Kamloops hospital attack can’t claim mental disorder for drug psychosis
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops provincial judge has dismissed a “not criminally responsible on account of…
Two Merritt men busted with drugs, weapons
MERRITT – Merritt RCMP are still working out all the charges that will be filed…
North Okanagan pilot project brings methadone, suboxone into RCMP cells
VERNON – Detainees at Vernon’s police detachment will soon be able to get more help…
Why a Kelowna man with no record got federal prison time for drug trafficking
KELOWNA – A young Kelowna drug dealer was hit with federal prison time last month,…
Vernon RCMP raid suspected drug house; two facing charges
VERNON – Two Vernon residents are facing charges after police raided a suspected drug house…
Deadly consequences: People falling through cracks waiting for addiction treatment
NORTH OKANAGAN – Working at a centre that helps people overcome their drug and alcohol…