News Items tag as: Kelowna RCMP 2017

Arbitrator to mediate in Kelowna jail guards strike
December 21, 2017 - 4:23 PM

KELOWNA - Binding arbitration will fend off possible job action tomorrow by jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP detachment.
Victims identified, charges laid following triple homicide in Rutland
December 21, 2017 - 10:48 AM

KELOWNA - Charges have been laid against a Kelowna man accused of murdering three people in Rutland last weekend.
Charges racking up for Peachland mail thieves
December 19, 2017 - 3:59 PM

KELOWNA - A Peachland couple living in a stolen RV have been returned to jail following their arrest three days ago.
Police add weapons charges to drug charges for Kelowna man
December 19, 2017 - 12:49 PM

KELOWNA - A Kelowna man is facing more charges in connection to a drug investigation earlier this year.
Mail stealers found living in stolen RV outside Peachland
December 18, 2017 - 5:14 PM

PEACHLAND - A man and woman police allege were living in a stolen RV near Peachland are being held in custody for a number of outstanding warrants and a slew of new charges.
Kelowna police find loaded shotgun, break-in tools after suspect rammed police car
December 15, 2017 - 11:46 AM

KELOWNA - He was driving a stolen vehicle with no lights on at 4 a.m., rammed a police car, drove over a spike belt and ran — all before police even found the loaded shotgun and break-in tools.
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located
December 15, 2017 - 11:27 AM

UPDATE: 11:25 a.m., Friday, Dec. 15, 2017
Suspicious semi-trailer fire in Kelowna
December 14, 2017 - 1:22 PM

KELOWNA - RCMP are investigating a semi-trailer fire at a gravel pit in Kelowna this morning.
RCMP volunteers patrolling parking lots across the Central Okanagan
December 13, 2017 - 5:18 PM

KELOWNA - While you are shopping for the perfect gift, a thief might be looking to score from your car so RCMP volunteers are out patrolling to deter criminal opportunists.
Kelowna man assaulted interrupting break-in
December 12, 2017 - 2:08 PM

KELOWNA - Police say a man was assaulted with a golf club outside his own home after trying to stop two men breaking into his mini-van.
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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

News Items tag as: Kelowna RCMP 2017

Arbitrator to mediate in Kelowna jail guards strike

Victims identified, charges laid following triple homicide in Rutland

Charges racking up for Peachland mail thieves

Police add weapons charges to drug charges for Kelowna man

Mail stealers found living in stolen RV outside Peachland

Kelowna police find loaded shotgun, break-in tools after suspect rammed police car

UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man located

Suspicious semi-trailer fire in Kelowna

RCMP volunteers patrolling parking lots across the Central Okanagan

Kelowna man assaulted interrupting break-in

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