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BC teacher guilty of sexual assault after consent withdrawn during sex
THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT A BC judge has found a Prince George teacher guilty…
North Okanagan mom who urged son to fight teen guilty of assault
CONTENT ADVISORY An Enderby mom who encouraged her teenage son to fight another boy over…
Former Vernon hockey coach found guilty of sexual assault
A former Vernon hockey coach has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a female player…
Guilty plea on weapons charges from Merritt man involved in armed standoff
A Merritt man who was involved in an armed standoff with the RCMP last year…
Singla Bros. Holdings Ltd. pleads guilty to 6 of 10 charges in Penticton courtroom
Six guilty pleas were entered in a Penticton court room on behalf of Singla Bros.…
Former Barriere fire chief, guilty of possessing child porn, gets to see young family at Christmas
A former Barriere fire chief convicted of possessing child pornography had a condition on his…
Kelowna fraudster pleads guilty to stealing $1.2 million from Alberta companies
KELOWNA – A Kelowna woman who embezzled over a million dollars from Alberta companies pleaded…
Stephen Fraser found guilty of stabbing and beating his friend to death
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man has been found guilty for the brutal killing of a…
Kamloops hit and run suspect will plead guilty
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man will plead guilty in connection to a hit and run…
Man found guilty in brutal 2014 assault at Vernon bar
VERNON – A man has been convicted of aggravated assault in relation to a brutal…
Closure for Kamloops RCMP after man sentenced for attempted murder of local officer
KAMLOOPS – A bulletproof vest, a quick-thinking backup officer, countless surgeries and maybe a stroke…
Former Kamloops mayoral candidate pleads guilty to assault charge
KAMLOOPS – A former mayoral candidate won’t have a criminal record if he follows conditions…
Ranch hand pleads guilty to stealing employer’s cattle and other thefts
KAMLOOPS - Selling 10 of his employer’s cows worth $35,000, wracking up a work-related credit card and stealing thousands of dollars worth of property could earn a ranch hand fraudster federal jail time. Jason John McDowell, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of cattle theft in Kamloops Provincial Court today,...
Jury finds Okanagan women guilty of teaching fraudulent tax scheme that cost government millions
KELOWNA – Two Okanagan women who helped defraud the Canadian government of roughly $200 million in taxes have been found guilty of all charges by a jury in Kelowna Supreme Court. Donna Marie Stancer and Deanna Lynn Lavalley were both charged with making false statements in their own personal income tax returns, counselling others to commit...
Armstrong man’s story “did not ring true” in sexual assault trial: Judge
ARMSTRONG - What began as a cordial conversation between two strangers hiding out from the rain at an Armstrong church took a sinister turn when the man pinned the woman against a wall, sexually assaulted her, and threatened to strangle her if she resisted. The woman, in her early 20s, was scared and hesitant at...
Vernon man admits guilt in car crash: nurse left paralyzed
VERNON - A Vernon man has pleaded guilty to causing a car crash that left a local nurse paralyzed from the neck down. Robin Orcherton, a Vernon nurse and mother, was on her way home from work Dec. 3, 2014 when her car was struck by a blue Jeep. The driver fled the scene and...