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Kelowna RCMP conducted a two-day distracted driving blitz and handed out tickets to 40 of 45 motorists. (Photo/Kelowna RCMP)

Kelowna RCMP ticket 40 distracted drivers during 2-day blitz

‘Drivers need to travel with care’

 

An Emergency Response Vehicle in Greenwood, B.C. (Ted Briggs/Facebook)

Southeast District Emergency Response team seen speeding through the Okanagan

The ERT is assisting with a search warrant in the South Okanagan

  • Mar 29, 2023

 

A GoFundMe has been started for Sasha Skrinnikoff who died suddenly on March 13. (GoFundMe)

Vernon family grieving sudden loss of young father

Sasha Skrinnikoff was 26 years old

 

Area where the teen was allegedly attacked. (Google)

Assaults in Kelowna prompts more police patrols

According to the RCMP, there’s no indication the suspects are connected

Area where the teen was allegedly attacked. (Google)
Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)

B.C. man in ICU, shot twice in the head after police chase involving stolen mini-loader

Davin Cochrane, 31, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Victoria hospital

Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)
The remains of the truck used to transport several individuals allegedly syphoning gas in Princeton on March 27. After crashing, they got out and attempted to flee before being arrested. (Viktorya Bratt - Facebook)

3 arrested after crashing stolen truck between Hedley and Keremeos

The individuals had allegedly been siphoning gas in Princeton earlier

The remains of the truck used to transport several individuals allegedly syphoning gas in Princeton on March 27. After crashing, they got out and attempted to flee before being arrested. (Viktorya Bratt - Facebook)
Oliver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who assaulted an employee at a store in the 5000 block of Main St. (Photo- Oliver RCMP)

Oliver RCMP look to ID woman who allegedly assaulted a store employee

The woman is described as between the ages of 25 and 35 with dark, long hair

Oliver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who assaulted an employee at a store in the 5000 block of Main St. (Photo- Oliver RCMP)
Police in Vernon are in search of Vanessa Vanderest, 26, who has been missing from her Vernon home since March 21, 2023. (RCMP photo)

Police seek help finding missing Vernon woman

Vanessa Vanderest, 26, has been missing since March 21

Police in Vernon are in search of Vanessa Vanderest, 26, who has been missing from her Vernon home since March 21, 2023. (RCMP photo)
Robin Bousquet was arrested near Nakusp on March 27. (RCMP photo)

One of B.C.’s ‘most wanted’ arrested near Nakusp: Charges date back to the ’90s

Robin Bousquet was arrested near Nakusp on March 27

Robin Bousquet was arrested near Nakusp on March 27. (RCMP photo)
RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)

Gunshot wound puts 1 in hospital after ‘altercation’ in Kelowna

RCMP have one person in custody, ‘no danger to the public’

RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)
Sicamous RCMP conducted a search of a Kappel Street residence on Friday, March 24. (File photo)

Weapons seized, man charged during RCMP search of Sicamous residence

Assault with a weapon charge linked to March 21 incident

Sicamous RCMP conducted a search of a Kappel Street residence on Friday, March 24. (File photo)
Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)

Five arrested after break-in turns to standoff in Keremeos

No injuries were reported after the hours-long incident on March 24

Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)
A member of the RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team. Members of the team are currently at an unfolding situation in Keremeos. (Western News File photo)

Break-in leads to armed standoff in Keremeos

According to RCMP officers are focused on a home on 7th Avenue

A member of the RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team. Members of the team are currently at an unfolding situation in Keremeos. (Western News File photo)
Chase RCMP vehicle damaged by homemade device that damages tires. (Black Press Media file photo)

RCMP vehicle damaged in Shuswap by ‘homemade tire deflation device’

Chase police respond to report of stolen vehicles but none to be found

Chase RCMP vehicle damaged by homemade device that damages tires. (Black Press Media file photo)
Catalytic converter thefts are becoming more popular across B.C. (Kelowna RCMP/File)

Almost 80 catalytic converters stolen in Central Okanagan so far this year: RCMP

Police about catalytic converter theft increase

Catalytic converter thefts are becoming more popular across B.C. (Kelowna RCMP/File)
Cody Allen Pelletier, seen here in a photo from 2019, was arrested following a stabbing on May 3 in Penticton. (Submitted)

Fourth warrant issued after Penticton man skips out on trial

Cody Pelletier has multiple cases ongoing in court

Cody Allen Pelletier, seen here in a photo from 2019, was arrested following a stabbing on May 3 in Penticton. (Submitted)
Chase RCMP investigate break-in and thefts involving two North Shuswap residences during March. (File photo-Black Press Media) RCMP shoulder patch. (PQB News file photo)

Nasty odours meet RCMP investigating break-in of North Shuswap cabin

Intruder living in Celista cabin despite no running water

Chase RCMP investigate break-in and thefts involving two North Shuswap residences during March. (File photo-Black Press Media) RCMP shoulder patch. (PQB News file photo)
Murrayville House was for a time a project of developer Mark Chandler, before debts and lawsuits forced it into receivership. Some units were sold two, three, even four times before the courts got involved. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Fraud in B.C.: Developer twice convicted in U.S. leaves condo chaos in Langley

Mark Chandler has never been convicted in Canada

Murrayville House was for a time a project of developer Mark Chandler, before debts and lawsuits forced it into receivership. Some units were sold two, three, even four times before the courts got involved. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Gitxsan blockade of CN rail lines near New Hazelton in early 2020 erected in support of Wet’suwet’en opposition to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. (File photo)

RCMP won’t abide by Gitxsan chiefs’ ban on militarized squadron on traditional territory

C-IRG is a last resort for when protesters are no longer peaceful, lawful, safe: RCMP spokesperson

Gitxsan blockade of CN rail lines near New Hazelton in early 2020 erected in support of Wet’suwet’en opposition to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. (File photo)
The Mounties Clandestine Laboratory Team was on the scene in South Surrey on March 2, 2023, as part of search-warrant executions that began the day before in five Lower Mainland municipalites. (Tricia Weel file photo)

Federal drug unit probe in South Surrey part of ‘major’ B.C.-wide synthetic-opioid bust

Search warrant executed March 1 was among 11 executed across B.C.

The Mounties Clandestine Laboratory Team was on the scene in South Surrey on March 2, 2023, as part of search-warrant executions that began the day before in five Lower Mainland municipalites. (Tricia Weel file photo)
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