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Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump
An international criminal gang that specializes in cyberattacks on educational institutions appears to be holding…
Australian man living in Kelowna pleads guilty to war crimes
After being accused of uttering threats towards people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a…
UPDATE: Suspect in custody following threats made to Kamloops middle school
A suspect has been taken into custody after threats were made to a Kamloops middle…
Distraught Penticton man arrested after standoff with RCMP
A 44-year-old Penticton man faces possible charges after barricading himself into his apartment and throwing…
B.C. health minister speaks out about ‘unacceptable’ personal attacks against Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C.'s Health Minister is not impressed with people who are turning their opposition to public…
Man brandishing tire iron arrested near Kelowna hospital
A man brandishing a tire iron walking around Kelowna's Pandosy Street was arrested by RCMP…
Violence, threats to City staff prompt this North Okanagan town into action
The City of Armstrong is moving forward with a plan to develop a program to…
Add this Vernon city councillor to the list of local politicians to get death threats
Vernon city councillor Dalvir Nahal thought she'd received her first Christmas card of the season…
Man charged with making bomb threat against Kamloops high school denied bail
KAMLOOPS – An 18-year-old man who was charged after allegedly making a threat against a…
Nasty comments about Central Okanagan mayors increasingly common
KELOWNA – Threats and verbal attacks on public officials are becoming increasingly common. Last week,…
Salmon Arm high school student charged with uttering threats for social media post
SALMON ARM – A high school student from Salmon Arm is facing serious consequences after…
U.S. company alerted Kelowna RCMP to school threats made on Twitter
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE ADVISORY SALMON ARM – A private company out of the U.S. says…
North Okanagan standoff suspect pleads guilty to uttering threats
VERNON – A man at the centre of a lengthy standoff with police in the…
Man behind bars after shooting rifle in Kamloops trailer park
KAMLOOPS – A man was arrested last night after firing off rifle rounds and making…
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...
Kelowna man arrested for threatening the government on his Facebook page
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man was arrested this week for posting “threatening comments” to his own Facebook page. Cpl. Joe Duncan says the man believes the government owes him money and although the comments didn’t mention any specific agency, they were serious enough that someone notified the police and RCMP arrested him. “I don’t know...
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...
Who is Elvena Slump?
PENTICTON - We know Elvena Slump for her letters to the editor and recent controversy over a lawsuit filed against her by the city for remarks she made about senior staff in those letters. But this isn’t her first controversy. Slump, 76, spent nearly two decades working in print, publishing news, including a paper called The...
Man arrested for alleged assault
BARRIERE - A Barriere man was taken into custody Monday morning after he allegedly threatened and assaulted a 55-year-old man Saturday night. Jordee Edward Beeds, 22, faces a number of potential charges following an incident at a home on the 3500 block of South Barriere Lake Road. Police were told Beeds had access to firearms...