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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$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

New trial ordered for man found guilty of assaulting his wife