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UPDATE: Armed standoff at Kamloops hotel ends with arrest
Three men were arrested after heavily-armed RCMP officers surrounded a Kamloops hotel on Sunday. What…
‘Lengthy’ standoff in Merritt results in arrest of wanted man
Merritt RCMP arrested a wanted man after a standoff early this morning. There was a…
UPDATE: Heavy police presence in Merritt shuts down downtown block
Merritt RCMP continue a week of very public operations by shutting down at least one…
Judge said police standoff in Summerland was like a scene from a horror movie
Robert Austin Teal was hoping Oct. 22, 2021 would be the day he died when…
Man taken to hospital after standoff with Kamloops RCMP
A police standoff in Kamloops yesterday ended with a man getting arrested under the Mental…
Guilty plea on weapons charges from Merritt man involved in armed standoff
A Merritt man who was involved in an armed standoff with the RCMP last year…
Man with chainsaw surrenders after police standoff at South Okanagan liquor store
A commotion at a gas station in Summerland last night was caused by a man…
Tear gas used during standoff with wanted man in Enderby
Police evacuated an Enderby apartment building on the weekend and used tear gas before a…
Ongoing feud with neighbour led to nine-hour standoff with Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS — A police standoff earlier this year at a Kamloops townhouse was the result…
Huge police presence in Coldstream standoff came after suspect wanted ‘suicide by police’
“GUARANTEED I AIN’T GOING OUT ALONE AND I’VE GOT A REALLY GOOD SHOT WITH THIS…
North Okanagan standoff suspect pleads guilty to uttering threats
VERNON – A man at the centre of a lengthy standoff with police in the…
Nine charges laid against North Okanagan standoff suspect
COLDSTREAM – Multiple charges have been approved against a man at the centre of a…
Man at centre of North Okanagan standoff with police facing charges
COLDSTREAM – Police say a 33-year-old man is facing numerous charges in connection to a…
Few details released but RCMP say West Kelowna standoff ended peacefully
KELOWNA – After evacuating some West Kelowna residents from their homes Sunday, RCMP say their…
Crisis negotiators called to standoff with injured Kelowna man on parole
KELOWNA – A routine check of Kelowna man on parole found him injured and barricaded…
Salmon Arm police standoff leads to arrest
SALMON ARM – The focus of a police standoff yesterday in Salmon Arm was a…
RCMP not to blame for death of suspect who shot Golden Mountie: Police watchdog
REVELSTOKE – The suspect who led police on a manhunt after shooting a Mountie near…
Suspect in McGill Road standoff facing attempted murder charge
KAMLOOPS – A suspect involved in a weekend standoff near Thompson Rivers University is set…
Vernon senior could face charges after five hour standoff with police
VERNON - An elderly man arrested after a five hour standoff with police is looking at possible charges. The 70-year-old Vernon man was allegedly involved in a confrontation with a neighbour over some loud music around 1 a.m., April 10. When police arrived, the man had barricaded himself inside his unit of the fourplex. With...
Man hurls stuff at police from behind broken furniture barricade
VERNON - Mounties were dodging household items rather than bullets when a man barricaded himself behind a pile of broken furniture during a standoff with police Monday night. Vernon RCMP were called to 3901-21 Avenue at 10:15 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015 because a man was allegedly destroying the downstairs basement. A woman spoke to officers...
UPDATE: Standoff over at notorious house
KELOWNA – One-by-one nine people walked out of a house on Glenmore Road Friday morning with their hands over the heads and in the gun sights of RCMP officers surrounding the home. It took a police negotiator two hours to coax the suspects and their two dogs out of the house at 1370 Glenmore Rd....