News Items tag as: assault

Jessie Simpson's mom publishing book about son's near fatal attack
August 25, 2024 - 6:00 AM

It has been nine years since Jessie Simpson was brutally beaten with a baseball bat by Kristopher Teichrieb, leaving him with permanent brain damage and a lifetime of confinement to a wheelchair.
Suspects wanted in back alley assault in Kamloops
March 10, 2021 - 12:26 PM

Police are looking for suspects and witnesses after a back alley assault in Kamloops.
West Kelowna car wash assault suspect arrested and charged
July 17, 2019 - 3:15 PM

WEST KELOWNA - A Kelowna man has been charged in connection with an assault earlier this week that left a victim with serious injuries.
West Kelowna assault near car wash sends victim to hospital
July 16, 2019 - 12:34 PM

WEST KELOWNA - West Kelowna police are looking for witnesses of an early morning Tuesday assault that sent a man to hospital.
Unprovoked assault by career criminal gets federal time
September 24, 2015 - 3:35 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton man will do some serious jail time for a vicious, unprovoked attack that left his victim scarred for life.
Rock-in-sock attacker loses appeal
January 30, 2015 - 2:37 PM

PENTICTON - A man convicted of two years less a day for a vicious attack on a Penticton man will serve his full sentence after losing his appeal this week.
Vernon judge comes down hard on missionary's 'corrective' child beatings
December 16, 2014 - 7:30 PM

“WHEN CONDUCT BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS CONTRARY WITH THE CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA, THE CRIMINAL CODE MUST PREVAIL”: JUDGE
Suspect in assault released, arrested again
December 08, 2014 - 6:36 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton man arrested last week for roughing up a resident in his own home was arrested just a few days later for breaching his probation and allegedly harrassing another resident.
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$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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