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Kamloops drug addict credits tough love for his recovery, advocates for forced treatment
March 10, 2025 - 7:00 AM

After decades of being addicted to crack cocaine, Mike Haertel is sober and living independently at a residential housing building in Kamloops operated by BC Housing.
Kelowna man who threatened violence on Jewish group has history of criminal threats
January 27, 2025 - 7:00 AM

The man charged with promoting genocide made social media posts rallying for violence at the Okanagan Jewish Centre in Kelowna, sources tell iNFOnews.ca.
Family of victim in Penticton assault angry suspect out of jail
January 02, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The stepfather of the man who was viciously assaulted outside a Penticton restaurant and sent to hospital with brain injuries is livid that the suspect arrested in connection with the assault Monday evening was again walking free by Tuesday morning.
Kelowna RCMP budget doubled over past five years
December 09, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Kelowna is preparing its budget for 2025, and the RCMP is going to cost the city twice as much as it did five years ago.
Retired RCMP officer convicted of killing his wife in Penticton up for parole
November 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM

The family of a woman brutally killed by a retired RCMP officer in Penticton is heartbroken, angry and devastated that the convicted murderer will soon be applying for parole.
Sexting Kelowna Mountie paid more than $500,000 while suspended
November 08, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A Kelowna Mountie who was charged with obstructing justice after he requested the victim in a domestic abuse case to delete sexually explicit texts he'd sent her has likely clocked up more than $500,000 in pay since being suspended.
Estranged husband charged with wife’s murder in West Kootenays
November 05, 2024 - 1:43 PM

RCMP have arrested and charged a man with murder following his wife’s death near Trail.
Wife of missing Kamloops man pleads for help to find him
September 17, 2024 - 6:30 PM

A 41-year-old Kamloops man has been missing for more than two weeks and his wife is desperately trying to find him and bring him home.
Trial of man accused of killing Kamloops brothers in Naramata resumes in Vancouver
July 12, 2024 - 2:30 PM

The high-profile trial of a local man facing two counts of first-degree murder in relation to the killing of two brothers from Kamloops back in 2021 in Naramata continued Friday in front of a jury in Vancouver.
Crown loses appeal to have Kelowna firefighter put behind bars
June 19, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Crown prosecutors have failed in their attempt to get jail time for a former Kelowna fire captain who was found guilty of filming a teenager in the shower.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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