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Sexual Assault
Another RCMP review of Kelowna’s high rate of unfounded sexual assault cases underway
While a Sexual Assault Review Team, based out of the RCMP’s national office, has completed…
Southern Interior RCMP officer charged with sexual assault
Chad Lincoln Vance, an officer in the B.C. RCMP's Southeast District, has been charged with…
‘I feel dismissed’: Victim of Vernon physiotherapist ‘disgusted’ he might avoid jail
A Vernon woman says she was left breathless when she learned that the physiotherapist who…
Security guard convicted of sexual assault at 2017 Sun Peaks music festival
More than two years ago, a young woman found herself separated from her friends at…
Protest against Kelowna RCMP’s high number of unfounded sex assault files planned
A protest against Kelowna RCMP’s high number of unfounded sexual assault cases is planned for…
Kelowna Mounties initiate review of unfounded sex assault files
Kelowna Mounties have come under fire in recent weeks for the high number of unfounded…
Vernon physiotherapist continued to sexually assault patients after police warning
Vernon physiotherapist Stephen Witvoet continued to sexually assault patients even after police warned him —…
Man found guilty of sexual assault Kamloops woman after Tinder date
KAMLOOPS – A man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a Kamloops woman he met…
Alberta man convicted of sexual offences against Kamloops teen
KAMLOOPS — An Alberta man has been found guilty of sexual assault from an incident…
Plans for a Kamloops photoshoot went awry, court hears in sexual assault trial
KAMLOOPS — A Penticton man was found guilty Monday of a 2017 sexual assault of…
Five years for West Kelowna man convicted of rape
CONTENT ADVISORY KELOWNA – A West Kelowna man is heading to prison for five years…
Kamloops international student sentenced to two years for sexual assault
KAMLOOPS — An international student from Bangladesh who attended Thompson Rivers University was sentenced to…
Armstrong sexual assault retrial dropped after witness’s inability to testify
VERNON – Joseph Vance Caron walked out of the Vernon courthouse a free man today…
Teen insists sexual touching with youth worker was consensual
VERNON – The complainant in a North Okanagan sex assault case repeatedly insisted that incidents…
North Okanagan youth worker was ‘grooming’ 15-year-old boy in her care: Crown
VERNON – A former youth worker accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old…
Retrial begins for Armstrong man previously convicted of sexual assault
VERNON – The retrial of an Armstrong man whose 2015 conviction for rape was thrown…
UBCO fails to have sexual assault tribunal case dropped
KELOWNA – The University of British Columbia Okanagan has lost its first round in a…
Shuswap guidance counsellor found not guilty of sexually assaulting student
CHASE – A guidance counsellor from a Chase high school has been found not guilty…
Interior man convicted of violent sexual assault against partner
CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – First he beat her, bit her and violently sexually assaulted her,…
Osoyoos man gets two years for child sexual assault
CONTENT ADVISORY PENTICTON – An Osoyoos man will spend two years in prison following sentencing…
Former Vernon teacher acquitted of sex assault against student claims discrimination by employer
A former Vernon teacher says she was unfairly fired from her job as a youth…
Man accused of rape granted new trial for 2014 North Okanagan sexual assault
VERNON – An Armstrong man previously convicted of raping a North Okanagan woman has won…
RETRACTED: Protest planned for Hedley concert in Kelowna next month
EDITOR'S NOTE: A story originally published March 12, 2018 at 5 p.m. about a protest…
Merritt massage clinic operator facing multiple sex assault charges
MERRITT – Charges have been laid against a 55-year-old Merritt man in connection to several…