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Another Okanagan criminal with 100 convictions released back into community
March 09, 2025 - 8:00 AM

When 41-year-old Blake Tyler Dunstall was arrested at gunpoint in the spring of 2023 he had a bayonet, a knife, two machetes and a couple of cans of bear spray in his vehicle along with 42 grams of meth.
Homeless Kelowna man with 95 convictions released back onto streets
March 03, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A BC judge told a homeless Kelowna man with 95 convictions to his name not to give up on the chance of rehabilitation as she released him back onto the streets after seven months in jail.
Five-and-a-half years jail for serial Kamloops sex offender
February 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM

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Mayor's new court battle puts Kamloops in uncharted territory
February 03, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is on the defensive as the province takes the him to court over a confidential report, putting Kamloops in what appears to be new territory for a BC city.
Senior convicted for trouble-making at Kelowna city hall
January 27, 2025 - 6:00 PM

It's not clear why an otherwise law-abiding 73-year-old man walked into Kelowna city hall in October 2023 with a large, homemade sign and sporting a belligerent attitude.
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.
Osoyoos driver caught with no licence gets reduced sentence so he can drive to work
October 17, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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A BC judge has halved the amount of jail time given to a Southern Okanagan man who admitted in court that he'd driven without a licence on hundreds of occasions.
West Kelowna reality TV star jailed for using 3D printer to make handguns
September 16, 2024 - 7:00 AM

When police walked into Vladimir Pleskot's West Kelowna apartment they discovered a 3D printer churning out a handgun.
West Kelowna fraudster's insurance scam nets her $15,000 — and jail time
August 23, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A West Kelowna mom of two, with a lengthy history of ripping people off, will spend nine months in jail after she submitted dozens of fraudulent claims through her work healthcare benefits.
Vernon senior used Bobcat as weapon against homeless couple
August 19, 2024 - 2:04 PM

Landscaper William John Mcrae was told by Vernon bylaw officers to call 911 when he rang them to report two homeless people sitting in the shade at the front of his large Okanagan Landing Road property.
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Trying to buy Canadian? Shoppers in Kamloops, Okanagan find it isn't easy
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Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
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West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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