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Vehicle rolls over Vernon tow truck driver

VERNON - A Vernon tow truck driver was rushed to hospital Monday after his truck rolled over top of him. The Protow Towing employee was picking up a broken down car on Apex Drive in the Foothills around 12:30 p.m., June 8, when the accident happened, RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. “He’d hooked it (car)...

Armed robbery at downtown Kelowna drugstore caught on camera

KELOWNA – An armed robbery near downtown Kelowna Tuesday evening has police asking the public for help in locating a lone male suspect. The suspect, a dark-skinned male in his mid-20s, entered the Peoples Drug Mart off Harvey Avenue just before 6 p.m. on June 9, Const. Jesse O'Donaghey says in a release. The man...

Suspect at large following attempted robbery in Kelowna

KELOWNA - One man is in custody and another at large following an attempted robbery in Kelowna Monday afternoon. According to the RCMP two men entered a store in the 1500 block of Highway 33 around 3 p.m., Monday, June 8. One man had his face covered and was carrying a can of mace. Employees...

Investigation into Vernon hit and run continues

VERNON - Police continue to investigate a hit and run which left a motorcyclist with serious injuries. The May 23 accident happened in the area of Okanagan Landing Road and Fulton Road when, according to a witness, a Silver Toyota Celica stopped in the middle of the street, causing a motorcyclist to crash into the...

Coroner identifies Penticton girl hit by motorhome in Oliver

PENTICTON – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the Oliver girl who was hit and killed by a motorhome in Oliver last week. Mya Daylene Goddard, 16, of Penticton was crossing the highway in Oliver on June 4, when she was hit by a southbound recreational vehicle, according to a media release. The driver of...

UPDATE: Two men stabbed in West Kelowna

WEST KELOWNA – Two men were taken to hospital and a suspect is still at large after a stabbing in West Kelowna Sunday morning. RCMP say two men with stab wounds were taken to a walk-in clinic at around 10:50 a.m., June 7. Both men went from the clinic to Kelowna General Hospital with serious...

Keremeos RCMP on hunt for man who flashed young girl

KEREMEOS – Police are hoping the public can help them find the man who allegedly exposed himself to an adolescent girl in Keremeos almost two months. It happened at about 5:40 pm., April 16, according to a RCMP media release issued Friday, June 5. The suspected flasher is described as a man his 20s with...

Downtown youth ambassadors keep Kamloops, clean, safe and friendly

KAMLOOPS – One part welcome wagon, one part sheriff. The Customer Care and Patrol team, or CAP for short, was introduced formally to the public in Kamloops on Friday, June 5. Armed with big smiles and bright red shirts, the young people act as what bylaw officer John Wilson calls the “eyes and ears of...

Fatal collision near Boston Bar

BOSTON BAR – One person is dead following a collision between a tractor-trailer loaded with lumber and a passenger vehicle near Boston Bar today. Around 8 a.m., June 4, RCMP responded to a collision in the westbound lane on Highway 1 near Blue Lake Road, north of Boston Bar. Both vehicles were travelling in the...

Call for caution as river rises in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - River levels have been on the rise and with the rain falling hard this week expect to see the Thompson rivers to rise even more. While Asst. Chief of Kamloops Fire Rescue Dan Sutherland says river levels are normal the RCMP are cautioning people to be on the watch for floating debris and...

North Okanagan neighbourhood begs for police presence on dangerous road

ARMSTRONG - After seeing police action taken on a stretch of road known for having a problem with speeders, people in other North Okanagan neighbourhoods are lining up for the same treatment. Mounties conducted a road check on Otter Lake Road May 19 after residents expressed concerns about people speeding to police and city council,...

RCMP warn teens about partying in Kamloops parks

KAMLOOPS – Stop partying on city parks and stop wasting RCMP resources. That's the message Kamloops RCMP is sending to teens and their parents in response to weekend parties. This past weekend police received multiple complaints about a party in McGowan Park in response from neighbourhood residents. Cpl. Cheryl Bush says police will be issuing...

Vernon RCMP use creative tactic to send message about distracted driving

VERNON - Police in Vernon tested drivers with an unusual distracted driving campaign Monday afternoon involving a cardboard sign that read: ‘I am not homeless.’ If you kept reading, you’d see the sign went on to say, ‘RCMPolice looking for seatbelt/cell phones.’ RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says in a media release the sign was part...

UPDATE: Woman hit on Highway 33 in Rutland

KELOWNA – RCMP investigators are on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a woman in her 70s on Highway 33 in Kelowna. Const. Steve Holmes says the woman was crossing Highway 33 near Roxby Road in front of Coopers Foods, June 1 just after 3 p.m. when she was hit by a...

Vernon man falls off boat after losing balance and hits propeller

VERNON - Police are looking into what role alcohol may have played in a weekend boating accident which left a Vernon man badly injured — and they’re not investigating the driver of the boat. Police believe a 21-year-old Vernon man who fell off the bow of a boat and struck the propeller might have been...

UPDATE: Young Kelowna man found

Update: RCMP say missing person Ryan Vetter, 20, has been found. —— KELOWNA – RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 20-year-old man with autism who’s been missing for over 24 hours. Police say Ryan Vetter was last seen Saturday morning, May 30, at his home in Rutland. Vetter was wearing glasses, a...

Batch of chemicals show up on backroad near Westwold

VERNON - Police aren’t sure where a large batch of chemicals dumped in a gravel pit on Douglas Lake Road came from, but they have a hunch it was a synthetic drug lab. The Ministry of Environment got wind of the illegally dumped chemicals — 33 to 54 gallon barrels full — and contacted the...

Proactive enforcement takes a hit as Vernon RCMP grapple with heavy caseload

VERNON - Checkstops and impaired driving investigations took a hit over the last few months as police struggled to handle a heavy criminal caseload. In a presentation to Vernon city council Monday, May 25, acting RCMP Supt. Jim McNamara said enforcement initiatives were negatively affected by continued resource-draining serious crime incidents and high calls for...

‘He’s grabbing onto my gun,’ says cop charged with assault

LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – An RCMP officer accused of assault says the elderly bar patron he took to the ground, punched three times and arrested last year was going for his gun. “I (felt) a very distinct feeling on my right hip,” the accused, Const. Grant Jacobson, 32, said in court today, May 26. “In...

Vernon’s Green Valley Motel on police and council radars

VERNON - A notorious Vernon motel was thrust under the spotlight at a recent Vernon city council meeting. During a presentation by acting RCMP Supt. Jim McNamara, Coun. Brian Quiring brought up his concerns about the Green Valley Motel on Highway 97 across from Polson Park. “It appears to be a haven for people that...