Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Man pleads guilty, sentenced for 2017 Coquihalla crash that killed international student
VANCOUVER - A guilty plea and a fine for the man behind the wheel in a deadly crash on the Coquihalla.In April, 2017, Melissa Mimura, a 21-year-old UBC-Okanagan international student from Japan was on...
May 01, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed
RCMP search for Shane Mulholland continues
VERNON - North Okanagan RCMP are once again asking for the public's help in finding a wanted man who is considered to be violent. In September and October of 2018, RCMP issued requests for the public'...
May 01, 2019 Image Credit: Vernon North Okanagan RCMP
Cache Creek man on the hook for $500k for burn pile that sparked 2012 wildfire
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - A Cache Creek man has been slapped with a half-million-dollar fine after being determined responsible for a massive 2012 wildfire in the B.C. Interior.But the hefty levy is nearly ...
May 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. AG says proposed changes to IIO necessary, but go against civilian mandate
KAMLOOPS - BC's Attorney General says changes to the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) he tabled this week go against the spirit of the IIO's creation. But David Eby adds the temporary changes a...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Former Kamloops Blazer charged in connection to alleged child snatching in Kelowna
KELOWNA - A man who allegedly grabbed a baby before stripping down and jumping into Okanagan Lake over the weekend has been charged.Harold Giffen Clarkson Nyren, 30, is facing charges of assault and w...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
Police in Williams Lake investigating shots fired
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are investigating after shots were fired in the city.In a news release, Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says officers responded to a report of shots fired around 1:...
Apr 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Police looking for information after child approached on Westsyde Road
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are looking for information after a suspicious incident in the Whispering Pine area. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says in a news release that at roughly 7:15 a.m...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: Mother of missing Shuswap woman issues plea for information
VERNON, B.C. - The mother of a woman who went missing in the Shuswap three years ago has issued a video plea for information. Video Credit: BC RCMP Ashley Simpson was 32 when she was last seen on Apri...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
People In Motion working to replace stolen summer camp equipment
CEDAR CREEK, B.C. - Following a break-in, a Shuswap area summer camp is looking to replace thousands of dollars in stolen equipment. People In Motion's Board Vice President Joel Desaulniers says the n...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: People In Motion
Canada-wide warrant issued for alleged Montreal pimp
MONTREAL - A man charged in connection to benefiting from sexual services could be in a number of areas across the country - including Greater Vancouver.Police in Montreal say they are actively seekin...
Apr 25, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
