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Police armed with carbines the new norm at Remembrance Day services

VERNON - It’s a special sight to see Mounties dressed in their ceremonial red serge, but officers turned heads at last week’s Remembrance Day service in Vernon for a different reason — the carbines they were carrying. We might not be used to seeing police officers patrolling Remembrance Day services with semi-automatic rifles, but Const....

Kamloops gun club to gain rare rifle after drug traffickers’ sentencing

KAMLOOPS – The city’s gun club is the unlikely beneficiary of a heavy sentence levied against a drug trafficker sentenced today in Kamloops Supreme Court—they will take custody of a rare, valuable collective rifle police confiscated. Terrence Arthur Dean, 64, was sentenced to five years in prison today, March 30, after he earlier pleaded guilty...