News Items tag as: Kelowna court

New trial ordered for man found guilty of assaulting his wife
January 18, 2016 - 11:40 AM

EDITOR'S NOTE: While this story describes a B.C. Court of Appeal ordering a new trial, Harjinder Samra never underwent a new trial.
Kelowna judge who died of brain hemorrhage was 'the heart of the chambers'
October 30, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - Courthouse flags across the district are at half-mast today after the sudden passing of a beloved provincial court judge.
Young Kelowna man sentenced for assaulting teenaged girl
October 09, 2015 - 4:30 PM

Kelowna – A 21-year-old Kelowna man has been sentenced on a charge of assault for pushing the head of a 13-year-old girl towards his crotch.
Oyama man gets jail for sex chat with undercover cop posing as child
September 25, 2015 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA – An Oyama man will spend the next 45 weekends in jail for talking about sex online with an undercover cop who was pretending to be a 14-year-old girl.
UPDATE: Barfly says RCMP officer assaulted him after long day at the pub
May 25, 2015 - 2:29 PM

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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

New trial ordered for man found guilty of assaulting his wife