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Kelowna woman loses legal fight after misdiagnosis at Kelowna ER
A Kelowna woman who was misdiagnosed during a visit to the emergency room at Kelowna…
Canada’s tobacco lawsuit could net a fraction of original claim
A Canada-wide lawsuit holding Big Tobacco accountable for the individual and public harms caused by…
Suspect arrested and charged in hit-and-run death of Kelowna teenager
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of a…
Inquest jury urges review detention policies after man died in Kamloops RCMP custody
CONTENT ADVISORY Regina Basil always did everything she could to protect her younger brother, Randy…
Rally outside Kamloops court denounces Curtis Sagmoen and violence against women
CONTENT ADVISORY This story contains details about Canada’s epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women,…
Dangerous Penticton offender hasn’t impressed parole board
A dangerous offender from Penticton, guilty of a horrific assault and sexual assault on a…
Kelowna mall stabber had ‘delusional fixation’ on store worker
Luc Joseph Borduas had a strange fascination with minerals and spirituality and that’s what led…
Vernon shooter gets community leave while on parole
A Vernon man who has been in prison for the last nine years following a…
Outlaw BC compassion club argues it merited Health Canada’s support
Vancouver-based compassion club that was buying unregulated drugs, testing and then distributing them to people…
Convicted Kamloops gangland murderer appealing life sentence
A man serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder in Kamloops is appealing his…
Unvaccinated doctor goes to court to get Kamloops hospital job back
A former Kamloops doctor who practiced at Royal Inland Hospital and refused to get a…
Gangster going to prison for three years in Williams Lake drive-by shooting
A central BC gangster will spend three years in prison for his role in a…
Okanagan migrant farmworker’s sexual assault allegations shine light on wider issue
A prominent Okanagan winemaker has been accused of sexually assaulting a foreign farmworker in his…
Repeat offender gets sentence reduced in Vernon
A Vernon man with dozens of convictions successfully got his jail sentenced reduced, despite his…
How often are vulnerable adults unlawfully detained in BC?
A B.C. law meant to help vulnerable adults in emergency situations may have been unintentionally…
Exchange student acquitted of Kelowna sexual assault
CONTENT ADVISORY A BC judge has found an international high school staying in Kelowna not…
‘DULF, as we knew it, is dead’: BC compassion club raided by police
Before a police raid shut down a compassion club that offered tested heroine, cocaine and…
Kamloops bookkeeper going to jail for dental insurance fraud
A Kamloops bookkeeper has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after she stole…
Indigenous leaders condemn justice system after Kelowna social worker granted parole
A man who forged social worker credentials and defrauded youth under his “care” — many…
Former clients raise concerns about prominent BC drug treatment provider
As the toxic drug crisis heightens a public desire to see people break addictive behaviour,…
No sheriffs to protect courts in BC? Here’s why
The union representing B.C.’s sheriffs says they should get an extraordinary pay raise to address…
BC woman loses battle with a lamp post — twice
A BC woman lost her battle with the City of Burnaby after she broke her…
A case of bad apples, or a rotten orchard? A look at migrant labour in BC
For more than three years, Jeffry Hernández supported his family in Guatemala by packing cucumbers…
Decade after Slocan Valley jet fuel spill, judge to hear Lemon Creek class action
Residents of the Slocan Valley will finally have their day in court seeking compensation for…