Graffiti
Vernon neighbourhood target of racist graffiti spree
Multiple vehicles, as well as a hotel, a school and various private residences were the…
From trash to treasure: Kamloops at-risk youth beautify garbage bins
KAMLOOPS – A group of Kamloops youth are spending the day turning eight of the…
Kamloops’s at-risk youth to partake in new urban art project
KAMLOOPS – A pilot project was launched earlier this summer that turned one of Kamloops's…
It’s racist, it’s graffiti but here’s why the Enderby incident is likely not a crime
ENDERBY – Slurs about indigenous people spray-painted at a local skateboard park where a mural…
iN PHOTOS: Kelowna businesses using graffiti to stop graffiti
CONTENT ADVISORY KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna says there's been a rash of tagging…
Revamped West Kelowna welcome signs already need a bit more love
WEST KELOWNA – Despite a recent make-over, West Kelowna's welcome signs already need some touchups.…
West Kelowna police looking for ‘Gas Boy’ graffiti vandal
WEST KELOWNA – Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers are asking the public’s help as police investigate…
Kamloops parks manager disappointed in vandalism, graffiti in downtown parks
'IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.' KAMLOOPS – The trail connecting downtown Kamloops' Riverside and…
Racist graffiti in Kamloops is nothing new
KAMLOOPS – Racially-charged graffiti has been found twice in Kamloops over the past two weeks…
‘It’s one individual’: Salmon Arm says anti-Muslim graffiti not representative of wider community
SALMON ARM – Police believe a case of racist graffiti in Salmon Arm is an…
Graffiti vandalism suspect caught by Kamloops police
KAMLOOPS – A man accused of spraying a Kamloops restaurant with graffiti is cooling his heels in the RCMP lockup. Police say the man was arrested near the restaurant in the city’s downtown New Year’s Eve morning, Dec. 31. The accused had a bail hearing before a Judicial Justice of the Peace at the RCMP...
Anti-Harper graffiti continues in Kamloops despite Conservative election loss
KAMLOOPS - The election was over more than two weeks ago but taggers in Kamloops either haven't heard or just want to make sure their delayed political message, while sometimes misspelled, is still heard. Anti-Harper graffiti was around before the election started, but according to Graffiti Task Force director Ronnie Bouvier, the tagging has increased...
Task Force signs deal with Canada Post for graffiti clean-up
KAMLOOPS — There are plans to have every graffiti covered mailbox in Kamloops clean before the end of September after Canada Post signed a three-year agreement with the city’s Graffiti Task Force. Ronnie Bouvier with the Task Force says the agreement came after a communication failure between the city, Canada Post’s Ottawa office and the...
Graffiti tagging hits all time high in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The amount of graffiti tags being cleaned up on a daily basis in Kamloops is roughly equivalent to the entire outside of two 1,000-square-foot homes, including the roofs. While crews were even out regularly cleaning graffiti-covered surfaces during the winter months this year, the Graffiti Task Force has had to increase the number...
City ups the bounty for graffiti vandals
KELOWNA - Taggers beware! The City of Kelowna and Crimestoppers have just upped the bounty on spray-paint vandalism. Previously, a would-be whistle-blower could only count on a reward of up to $500. The new initiative promises the full $500 as soon as an arrest is made. “Cleaning up graffiti comes with a price tag and...