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BC predator isolated elderly woman from friends and family, then swiped $1M
A BC predator who bilked an elderly and vulnerable senior out of more than $1…
Elderly Kamloops fishers lose legal fight to fish for kokanee in nearby lake
An elderly group of fly fishers who claimed that not being able to put their…
UPDATE: Florentine residents treated ‘like luggage’ following end of long-term care
A Merritt relative of residents at The Florentine says those in the long-term part of…
B.C.’s seniors advocate calls on province to make family members of longer-term care residents essential
After reviewing more than 13,000 surveys filled out by family members and residents of long-term…
How one Kamloops care home tried to connect seniors with loved ones
A Kamloops long-term care home went above and beyond to connect their residents with their…
Elderly Kamloops couple pays it forward after stranger picks up grocery tab
An embarrassing credit card mix-up has led to a chain reaction of good deeds for…
Kamloops senior almost swindled out of $4,800
KAMLOOPS – Yesterday, a Kamloops senior had a close call with a pair of brazen…
Elderly man dies in single-vehicle crash near Sicamous
SICAMOUS – An elderly man has died after a single-vehicle crash near Sicamous yesterday. RCMP…
Elderly man dies after falling during climb at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
GOLDEN – An 86-year-old Golden man has died after falling during a climb at Kicking…
Elderly woman being treated for injuries after falling into traffic
KAMLOOPS - An elderly woman is being treated for minor injuries after she lost her balance and fell into traffic on the Overlanders Bridge this afternoon. Kamloops RCMP Const. Jason Epp says the woman was crossing the bridge close to West Victoria Street when she fell at around 1:30 p.m., Nov. 16. “Some good people...
Vernon woman, 93, wanted help, not a hospital visit
CALLS FOR HELP ANSWERED BY NEIGHBOURS VERNON - A 93-year-old Vernon woman who fell down, crawled to the door and yelled for help remained adamant she did not want to go to the hospital despite her situation. In the end, she did, and it was thanks to the help of two good samaritans who heard...
Kelowna grandmother turns tables on phone scammer
KELOWNA – A 90-year-old grandmother was the target of an organized scam designed to pressure her into wiring almost $2,000 to get her grandson out of jail. The grandmother, who asked to remain anononymous, says a man called her at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 and pretended to be her grandson. “I was already asleep,”...
Elderly pedestrian hit crossing Dilworth
KELOWNA - Driver inattentiveness is the suspected cause of an accident that injured an elderly man on Dilworth Wednesday. Witnesses say the man, in his 80’s, was walking south down Dilworth Dr. when an SUV leaving the liquor store parking lot hit him and knocked him to the ground. Const. Paul Bentham says the man was...
Eleven parked vehicles damaged by elderly driver
KELOWNA - A medical emergency is the likely reason an elderly man crashed his car into almost a dozen vehicles in a busy parking lot Friday afternoon. The series of accidents happened at around 3 p.m. in front of Save-On-Foods in Orchard Plaza. Police say the 75-year-old driver likely suffered a medical issue and was...
Elderly driver falls asleep, hits house
KELOWNA - An elderly man was taken to hospital Wednesday after he drove his car through a fence and into a house off Lakeshore Drive. Kaylee Sanborn lives in the home at 674 Armour Crescent and says she was just getting back from picking her daughter up from school when she saw a black Lincoln...