News Items tag as: Crime

Grinch cuts, steals blue spruce off family property in Kamloops
December 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Apparently people will do just about anything to get a real Christmas tree — even cutting it down from their neighbours.
Disabled Kamloops man victim of $10,000 theft worth of tools, hunting equipment
December 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Shattered, disheartened and full of rage are just a few words Heffley Creek resident Trent Ziegeman used to describe his feelings after thieves snuck onto his property, cut through locks and stole $10,000 worth of tools earlier this month.
Salmon Arm family 'devastated' after deceased dad's antique pickup stolen
July 05, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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An antique pickup truck that was stolen from Salmon Arm earlier this week holds deep sentimental value for the family of the man who worked to restore it.
Why Kelowna is writing a bylaw to control bear spray sales
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Packing a can of bear spray is comforting whether a person is out in the forest where the furry creatures live or walking downtown where there can be a different type of wild creature.
Penticton the break-and-enter capital of the Thompson-Okanagan
March 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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RCMP regularly report to local governments on the crime scene in each of their communities in the Thompson-Okanagan region.
Kamloops, Okanagan have some of the highest auto theft rates in the country
February 08, 2024 - 12:01 PM
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A 50% increase in auto theft in Ontario and Quebec has spurred the federal government into hosting a national summit in Ottawa to find ways to reverse the trend.
Suspect arrested in bear spray assault of Sikh teen in Kelowna
September 14, 2023 - 10:07 AM

Kelowna RCMP arrested a young man who they believe assaulted a Sikh teenager at a bus stop on Monday.
Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
July 27, 2023 - 6:00 PM

New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in 2022.
Kelowna retains its crime capital of Canada title
July 27, 2023 - 12:51 PM

As predicted by Greater Kelowna’s chief of police, the area has the highest crime severity index rating of any major metropolitan area in Canada.
This often-touted crime fighting tool is missing in Kamloops and Kelowna
September 16, 2022 - 6:00 AM

West Kelowna has by far the lowest crime rate of the five largest cities in the Thompson-Okanagan.
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