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Why courthouse security was beefed up for Matthew Foerster sentencing
VERNON – When Matthew Foerster was sentenced this week at the Vernon courthouse, there was…
BREAKING: Foerster sentenced for 2011 murder of Armstrong teen
VERNON – Matthew Foerster will be 43 years old before he can even try to…
UPDATE: Foerster was impaired by mix of vodka, pot and magic mushrooms: Defence lawyer
VERNON – Matthew Foerster was drunk and high on a mix of vodka, pot and…
Former Vernon man charged with wife’s murder will fight to prove innocence, lawyer says
VERNON – A former Vernon man accused of plotting to murder his wife more than…
UPDATE: Man extradited from U.S. to face murder charge in Vernon
VERNON – Charges have been laid in connection with a 32-year-old murder case in the…
Jurors to decide fate of Kelowna man charged with murdering friend
KELOWNA – The jury knows who killed Waylon Percy Jackson. They also know where and…
Potentially armed and dangerous murder suspect could be in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Police in Lac La Biche are warning the public about a murder suspect…
Matthew Foerster’s plea to second degree murder rings hollow for Van Diest family
VERNON – Now that Matthew Foerster has pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of…
Trial begins for Rutland man charged with stabbing his friend to death in 2016
KELOWNA – The murder trial of a man accused of killing a friend in Rutland…
UPDATE: Family calls Foerster plea bargain “disappointing”
VERNON – There will be no re-trial for the man previously convicted of first degree…
Kamloops police have disclosed all homicides this year
KAMLOOPS – Police in Kamloops have confirmed they've disclosed all of the city's homicides to…
Fourth Penticton homicide of 2017 unreported by RCMP
PENTICTON – Penticton's top cop says they have been keeping a fourth homicide from the…
Candlelight vigil planned for Kelowna triple murder victims
KELOWNA – Friends, family and those touched by the tragic murder of a Kelowna mother…
Charges laid in 2013 murder of Theresa Neville in Kelowna
KELOWNA – After more than four years, charges have been laid in a Kelowna murder…
BREAKING: Jury finds Kelowna man guilty of killing roommate with hammer
KELOWNA – The Kelowna man accused of killing his roommate with a hammer while he…
Murder charge against Vernon man lowered to manslaughter
VERNON – The last remaining person charged in the death of a Vernon man in…
Kelowna man accused of killing passed out roommate with a hammer in 2015
KELOWNA – Daniel Ruff killed his roommate with a hammer in June 2015 because they…
What we know about the man gunned down in a quiet Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – The man who was shot and killed outside of his south Kamloops home…
Lillooet man who killed drug dealer given life sentence
KAMLOOPS – A man convicted of murdering his drug dealer in Lillooet more than two…
Vernon sex assault charge dropped against accused murderer
VERNON – A sexual assault case in Vernon Provincial Court has been abandoned by the…
BREAKING: Beckett guilty of first degree murder of his wife
KELOWNA – Peter Beckett has been found guilty of first degree murder of his wife. …
Kelowna jurors soon to decide if Peter Beckett drowned his wife in lake seven years ago
KELOWNA – Jurors will soon have to decide if Peter Beckett is a devious liar…
Victim’s family vows to meet ‘personal’ challenges from murderer five years later
PENTICTON – The last you heard the name Keith Wiens was likely in 2013 when…
Salmon Arm teen who killed romantic rival wants to be placed in federal penitentiary
KAMLOOPS – After spending years in a provincial facility, the gunman behind the death of…