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Impaired Driving
Driver facing charges after high-speed crash in South Okanagan
NARAMATA – No one was badly hurt but the driver is facing possible charges after…
Kamloops RCMP to use education and enforcement at distracted driving event
KAMLOOPS – Distracted driving is claiming more lives in B.C. than impaired driving so the…
Drunk driver hit highway median near UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – A 29-year-old Kelowna man was detained last night after crashing his car while…
Drunk driving is nearly decriminalized in B.C. and MADD is quite happy about that
KELOWNA – The vast majority of impaired driving cases in British Columbia are no longer…
Kelowna full of drunk drivers? Pump the brakes a bit
KELOWNA – The Interior’s largest city is once again in the crime spotlight courtesy of…
Alcohol a factor in Kelowna crash involving truck, semi
KELOWNA – Police believe the driver of a pickup truck had too much alcohol when…
Kelowna driver crashes head-on into power pole
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man, possibly impaired, crashed his truck into a power pole in…
Kamloops RCMP CounterAttack on the hunt for impaired drivers
KAMLOOPS – The RCMP is reminding all festive citizens to plan ahead before indulging in…
Calls from public put intoxicated Kelowna driver in custody
KELOWNA – Police are crediting public reporting for helping them take an intoxicated driver off…
Unlicenced, uninsured Merritt man arrested in Kelowna for driving drunk and hiding after crash
KELOWNA – An unlicenced, uninsured 60-year-old Merritt man tried to hide from police who suspect…
Impaired driver caught doing double the speed limit in Kelowna last night
KELOWNA – A driver lost his vehicle and licence today after he was caught driving…
CounterAttack ramps up summer roadchecks in the Southern Interior
OKANAGAN – Forget the frigid cold of B.C. winters, stats from ICBC show that summer…
Kelowna police say driver arrested three times in one week for impaired driving
KELOWNA – Kelowna RCMP say a local man is facing possible charges after being investigated…
Eight vehicles involved in drug-fueled crash in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two people were sent to hospital and another taken into custody after a…
Police suspect drunk driving in West Kelowna pickup crash
WEST KELOWNA – RCMP are waiting for lab results to confirm whether or not alcohol…
Kelowna impaired driver crashes truck with kids in it
KELOWNA – A woman who crashed her truck, with two small children in it, on…
Kelowna RCMP arrest passed out driver in store parking lot
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man is facing impaired driving charges after he was found slumped…
Impaired drivers taken off Kamloops streets
KAMLOOPS – Five drivers were issued 90-day immediate roadside prohibitions and another four given a…
Still a long way to go to reach goal of zero vehicle fatalities in B.C.
MUNICIPAL LIMIT OF 30 KM/H RECOMMENDED THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Speed, impairment and distracted driving are being…
Police claim alcohol behind weekend collision in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Police say a man is facing charges in connection with a collision in…
South Okanagan Mounties get assistance from public in getting impaired drivers off the road
PENTICTON – Police were out in force in the South Okanagan and Similkameen this past…
Alcohol suspected in Kelowna ATV crash with major injuries
KELOWNA - He was likely drunk, wound up in hospital with serious injuries, injured a passenger, faces impaired driving charges and he may still consider New Years Eve day 2015 to be lucky. Had a neighbour not witnessed the 28-year-old man driving wildly with a woman on the back of at ATV on Gordon Drive...
Weekend RCMP checkstops planned throughout Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As the holiday season ramps up, so do local RCMP efforts to keep impaired drivers off the road. RCMP, ICBC and the province have partnered to urge drivers to plan ahead instead of driving after enjoying a night out this holiday season. Roadchecks will be set up around the province under the CounterAttack...
Man accused of running down paper carrier during police chase won’t face judge until 2016
KELOWNA – A preliminary inquiry of prolific offender Donald Maxwell Brodie, accused of critically injuring a paper carrier while evading a police road block in 2013, has been set for early 2016. Brodie, 35, is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, flight causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and two counts of...