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Police hunt for Kelowna bank robbery suspect
KELOWNA - Police need help identifying a suspected robber who was caught on a surveillance camera yesterday shortly before a heist at the Bank of Montreal in the Capri Mall. The lone male suspect entered the Harvey Avenue mall at 3:35 p.m. armed with a knife, according to an RCMP media release. He then secured...
Search for firearms leads mounties to Lumby grow-op
LUMBY - Police went looking for illegal firearms at a Lumby residence earlier this month and turned up what they call a dangerous, albeit legally licensed marijuana grow-op instead. Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce said police executed a search warrant Dec. 12 at a residence in the 1700 block of Grandview Avenue looking for firearms. The...
Dragon’s head, bracelets stolen in Osoyoos
OSOYOOS - A couple of unique items have gone missing, along with cash, following break and enters at two businesses in Osoyoos this week. The first occurred on Dec. 20 at Wander Home Furniture store where a small amount of cash and a large ornamental wood dragon’s head were taken. Two days later several bracelets,...
Michaud airlifted to Lower Mainland after “complications”
KAMLOOPS - Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud, an RCMP officer who was shot during a traffic stop on Dec. 3 has been transferred to a hospital on the Lower Mainland for further treatment after complications on Monday evening. Michaud's wife travelled with him as he was airlifted from Royal Inland Hospital. "His family wishes to express its...
Car crash in Vernon sends people to hospital
VERNON – A car crash on 27 Street in Vernon’s north end sent three people to hospital. Emergency crews were called to the crash at about 3:30 p.m. in the intersection of 27 Street and Anderson Way. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says a pick-up truck entered the intersection and struck a van that was making...
Mounties looking for owners of rare gold-plated coins
KELOWNA - RCMP are looking for the owner of a set of commemorative gold coins turned in to police Wednesday morning. The limited edition coins are struck in gold-plated nickel by the Royal Canadian Mint. They memorialize the 1984 Papal visit of Pope John Paul II and were presented by the Canadian Conference of Catholic...
Passenger during Westside Road police shootout says he was in charge
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – Michael Ellis, accused ringleader of a 2012 high speed shootout with police, was just doing what he was told. At least that’s what his only defence witness says. Shawn Wysynski, who is also a lifelong friend of Ellis, told Kelowna Supreme Court Justice Ian Josephson that the only reason his friends were...
Fake $100 bills showing up in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – RCMP are warning local retailers to watch out for funny money. Counterfeit $100 US bills are showing up at businesses in the city and in both cases it was the merchant who wound up holding the bag. RCMP say a man made a purchase at the Salish Road Esso on Dec. 15 with...
Oliver job site raided by thieves
OLIVER – The RCMP in Oliver are asking for the public’s help to find those responsible for stealing $13,500 worth of equipment. Police say thieves raided the job site in the 4300-block of Black Sage Road overnight between Wednesday, Dec. 17 and Thursday, Dec. 18. The crooks got away with 600 litres of diesel fuel,...
Broken down sled stolen near Sicamous
SICAMOUS – The RCMP are looking for help to find the thief or thieves who stole a Ski-Doo broken down on a forest service road near Sicamous. Police say on Tuesday morning, the sled broke down and had to be left at the five kilometre mark on the Owl Head Forest Service Road. It was...
UPDATE: Bank robbery suspect turns himself in to Kelowna RCMP
KELOWNA – A man wanted in connection with a Kelowna bank robbery turned himself into police Thursday night. Rory Richard Feeney, 31, was identified as the man who allegedly demanded money from a teller at the downtown branch of the TD Bank on Tuesday, according to RCMP. Police say no weapon was used, no one...
Police crack down on drunk drivers this holiday season
KAMLOOPS - Local RCMP members are out in full force to take drunk drivers off the road during the holiday party season. Last weekend, officers set up nine different road blocks on Friday and Saturday nights. Five drivers were issued driving sanctions for alcohol. The penalties ranged from 24-hour driving suspensions to 90-day immediate roadside...
RCMP Cpl. Michaud continues recovery, may be home for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - After enduring two surgeries and awaking from an induced coma, Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-René Michaud has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital where he continues to recover. "Our prayers are that he may be able to spend Christmas with his family," Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson with...
The surprising place Vernon cops discovered a high number of traffic violations
VERNON - Police didn’t have to go far to catch and ticket a dozen drivers for not wearing seat belts. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says officers noticed numerous driving infractions right in front of the police station on 30 Street recently and decided to do something about it. “So they did a little road check...
Attempted break-and-enter gives Enderby woman a scare
ENDERBY - There were some frightening moments for an Enderby woman last week. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the woman was sleeping in her Larson Avenue home in Enderby around 11 p.m. Dec. 12 when her dog started barking. The motion light went on in the yard, and when she looked out the window, she...
Crash on Highway 97 in Lake Country sends two to hospital
LAKE COUNTRY – Amazingly, no one was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash on the new section of Highway 97 in Lake Country Monday morning. RCMP Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says just before 7:30 a.m. the driver of a sedan rear-ended a SUV while both were travelling in the southbound slow lane north of Oyama....
UPDATE: Body found in burning truck
KELOWNA - The RCMP and the coroner are investigating after a man's body was discovered in a burning truck in Kelowna, though police don't suspect foul play. Fire crews were called Saturday at around 6:07 p.m. to the truck, which was found engulfed in flames Casorso Road at Barrera Road near Casorso Elementary School in...
Crash claims life of Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS – A 30-year-old Kamloops woman died when the vehicle she was driving crashed on Shuswap Road early Sunday morning. Tk’emlups RCMP say the woman was the only one in the car when it crashed in the 3600-block of Shuswap Road at about 1 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The RCMP Southeast...
RCMP looking into report of threats against RIH
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a report of threats involving Royal Inland Hospital, though Mounties haven't disclosed the nature of the alleged threats. Police first learned of the incident December 10, just before 11 a.m. according to a media release. They say threats were made through a third party who told police. As a...
Overnight investigation continues into possible jump from bridge
KAMLOOPS - RCMP and Kamloops Fire and Rescue still can't find evidence a man jumped from Overlander Bridge last night into the Thompson River. Mounties received a call from a concerned citizen who saw a man apparently preparing to jump off the bridge. An emergency response was deployed with police and Fire and Rescue scouring...
UPDATE: School lockdown ends, RCMP discover deceased suspect
KAMLOOPS - Following a manhunt on Lac Le Jeune road, police discovered the suspect who was considered armed and dangerous in the vehicle they were searching for throughout the afternoon of Dec. 9. The 40-year-old man was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted wound. A firearm was recovered nearby. Police began their investigation and subsequent...
Police invite you to stuff a police cruiser full of toys
KAMLOOPS - Members of the public are encouraged to donate toys and other items to help families in need as part of the RCMP and Christmas Amalgamated partnership in the "Stuff the Cruiser" campaign. RCMP members will be set up at Toys R Us and Walmart from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December...
Fire at Vernon restaurant deemed suspicious
VERNON - Police and the Vernon Fire Department are looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at the New Delhi Restaurant in Vernon. Deputy fire chief Lawrie Skolrood says the fire started inside the building sometime before 3:15 a.m. when the building’s sprinkler system went off and triggered an alarm. Firefighters forced their way...
$400,000 worth helicopter parts stolen in West Kelowna worthless to thief: police
WEST KELOWNA - Someone has made off with $400,000 worth of helicopter parts from the back of a van in West Kelowna but police say they're worthless to the thief. Alpine Helicopters reported the theft to the RCMP on Saturday, saying 31 helicopter parts in several boxes were taken. Jill Seaton, the company's chief financial...