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UPDATE: Missing Alberta girls found safe in Boston Bar
VULCAN Alta. - An Amber Alert issued in British Columbia for two girls taken by their biological mother from a school near Vulcan, Alta. was deactivated shortly after 5 p.m. after the two girls and their mother were found safe in Boston Bar. Taya Zamra Meisel, 6, and her sister, Talisha Jayden Meisel, 12, were...
Coroner identifies man in fatal accident near Grindrod
ENDERBY - The B.C. Coroners Service identified a man who crashed his motorcycle near Grindrod May 11. He was Herman Gerrits, 64, of Enderby. Gerrits was driving a motorcycle north on the Enderby/Grindrod Road at about 10:30 a.m. when he collided with a southbound vehicle. Gerrits' family was notified of his death. The B.C. Coroners...
Vernon woman pleads to have mother’s stolen ashes returned
VERNON - A Vernon woman is pleading to have her mother’s ashes returned after they were stolen in a break and enter. “I can’t even focus on anything else, I’ll do anything to get my mother back,” Manon Care says. “I feel more violated than when she passed away a couple months ago.” Care kept...
Thieves steal from organization dedicated to helping the poor
KAMLOOPS - The Salvation Army on Tranquille Road was cleaning broken glass this morning after someone allegedly entered the building to steal from their safe overnight. A staff member opening the store in the morning May 13 noticed the broken window and called police. They saw the alarm was disabled and the safe broken into. ...
Screams deter would-be robber
KAMLOOPS — A woman's screams warded off an armed man who tried to rob her Sunday evening. The woman was talking on her phone while waiting for the bus on Columbia Avenue near Greenstone Drive around 7 p.m. on Mother’s Day when a man with a knife demanded she hand over her purse and phone....
Child’s stolen Mothers’ Day gift returned
KAMLOOPS – A young girl would have been heartbroken if the RCMP had not found and returned her stolen backpack. Early Saturday morning, police were investigating after a thief was spotted breaking into a car on the North Shore. The RCMP weren’t able to track down the suspect but they did find a backpack during...
Security, impact on residents take centre stage in planning for COG
KELOWNA - In an effort to broaden appeal, heighten security and reduce negative impact on residents, Center of Gravity is making some changes for 2014. This year will mark the 7th in a row the summer sports and music festival has come to Kelowna courtesy of Wet Ape Production. While the festival certainly helps promote...
Judge believes ‘very little’ but drops robbery and threat charges
KAMLOOPS - Fabricated stories from both sides resulted in dropped robbery and threat charges for a man familiar to courts. Trevor Wilvers, 36, originally faced several charges alleging he held a knife to the neck of a friend to get cash for a lost motorhome, but the charges were dropped because he suspected no one told...
Neighbours push for nuisance bylaw
KAMLOOPS - Some say it's different living in North Shore, worrying about gunfire, stolen vehicles and arson. These are the things North Shore residents Joanne Forde and Angela Rigby say they deal with daily and they hope the city will soon put a bylaw in place to help bylaw and police officers deal with the nuisance...
Teens injured in post grad party rollover
LAKE COUNTRY - A single vehicle rollover following a grad party resulted in minor injuries for the three teens inside the car Thursday afternoon. The accident happened on Beaver Lake Road about five kilometres from Highway 97 as the teens were returning home after the party, according to Global Okanagan. The driver went off the...
Mounties honoured for rescue efforts in Wood Lake crash
LAKE COUNTRY - Two local Mounties received a special honour this week for their attempts to rescue a woman who crashed into Wood Lake more than a year ago. Cpl. Mike Loerke (retired) and Const. Carl Stene, both of Lake Country RCMP were among 12 people receiving Canada Bravery Bronze Medals from the Lieutenant Governer...
Man caught near Osoyoos with eight bricks of cocaine
OSOYOOS - A 19-year-old Mexican National arrested at the border with a backpack full of cocaine faces sentencing later this month. RCMP and the United States Border Patrol combined efforts, arresting two men near the Boot Lake area east of Oroville/Osoyoos Lake January 3, 2014. Andy Garcia-Macias was arrested soon after he and the other...
Young boys report stranger danger in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Two young boys were offered a ride home by a unknown male yesterday afternoon, prompting a warning from RCMP for parents to review stranger awareness with their children. Police say two six-year-old boys were walking on the north side of the Parkcrest Elementary School grounds near Edgemount Avenue Wednesday when a man in...
Pair of suspicious fires ignite concerns
VERNON - A pair of suspicious fires have police and the fire department looking for answers. The Vernon Fire Department responded to back to back dumpster fires Saturday night. The first was in a large construction dumpster on Kalamalka Road around 11:30 p.m., and the second at 44 Avenue and 27 Street by Shoppers Drug...
Marijuana balcony cookery draws drug squad
KELOWNA - An outdoor marijuana cook off on a Sunset Drive balcony drew police from around the province Monday night. Police got a complaint about a possible lab in an 18th floor apartment in the 1000 block of Sunset Drive. They told police the occupants of the unit were cooking something on the balcony that...
Nuisance property owners could face charges
KAMLOOPS - Potential changes to how the city deals with nuisance properties would see the owners of properties generating a lot of calls to bylaw and police officers charged for those services. City Community Safety and Enforcement Manager Jon Wilson says staff has been looking at the way Nanaimo deals with nuisance properties and whether...
Motorcyclist takes spill on highway through Vernon
VERNON - A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital this morning after taking a spill on Highway 97 in Vernon. Capt. Darren Cecchini with Vernon Fire Services says the 50-something motorcyclist was cut off by a car on 32 Street across from the EconoLodge around 9:30 a.m. Monday, forcing him to halt abruptly and lay his...
Dealer convicted despite arrest made on ‘hunch’
PENTICTON — A Penticton man was convicted of trafficking cocaine today, despite his lawyer's claims of sloppy police work by Penticton RCMP. Erik T.C. Larsen, born in 1984, was arrested in May 2012 for possession of cocaine with intent to sell in a dial-a-dope operation. While Penticton Supreme Court justice Alison Beames found him guilty...
Police looking for alleged groper
KAMLOOPS - A police hunt was launched after a man allegedly groped another man near Kitchner Crescent during the lunch hour Friday. Kamloops RCMP were told of the incident shortly after 12:30 p.m. A man was walking along the riverbank when he was approached by an unknown man. The second man spoke briefly with the...
UPDATE: Sahali Shoppers suspected robber in custody
KAMLOOPS - Police arrested a suspected following an investigation into a robbery at the Summit Drive Shoppers Drug Mart Thursday night. Staff say they were threatened with an aerosol can during the robbery that netted the thief electronics. RCMP were called to the Summit Drive store just before midnight on Thursday when a male suspect...
UPDATE: Bomb squad detonates suspicious package on York Avenue in Kamloops
UPDATE: RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says it's unlikely a suspicious package found at a York Avenue residence contained explosive materials. The Kamloops Serious Crime Unit continues to examine the evidence and look for the person responsible for this incident as well as another where a pipe bomb was found at the same residence March...
Kamloops man turns downtown Kelowna into demolition derby
KELOWNA - A police chase on Gordon Drive was called off by Mounties in the name of public safety, but the suspect driving the SUV still managed to crash into four cars. Kelowna RCMP are still looking for the driver, who prompted the initial chase by striking vehicles at 2:30 a.m. May 1. Police were...
UPDATE: East Kelowna beer store robbed by men with machetes
"IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET SOMEONE RUNNING AT YOU SCREAMING WITH A KNIFE." KELOWNA – Jeff Turton and a cashier at McCulloch Station Beer and Wine Store were getting ready to close for the night when two men armed with machetes entered through the front door. “There were two young guys and they walked...
Elderly pedestrian struck in Kamloops crosswalk
KAMLOOPS - An elderly woman was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the street at the corner of Lansdowne Street and 2 Avenue yesterday. Witnesses told police the woman had the right-of-way, but the driver failed to yield while making a left hand turn and hit the woman while she was in the...