News Items tag as: Kelowna RCMP 2024

Cops nab dozens of Kelowna school zone speeders
November 12, 2024 - 4:02 PM

Kelowna RCMP officers handed out 45 school zone violation tickets during a targeted enforcement campaign last week.
RCMP crackdown on drug traffickers dealing to Kelowna’s homeless population
November 12, 2024 - 1:36 PM

Several arrests have been made and a quantity of illegal drugs seized after RCMP targeted drug dealers who sell to the homeless population in downtown Kelowna.
Kelowna RCMP block road to investigate ‘suspicious item’
November 08, 2024 - 11:53 AM

Police blocked off road access after firefighters reported a suspicious item in Kelowna today.
Elderly woman and dog nearly struck by car fleeing Kelowna RCMP
October 29, 2024 - 10:48 AM

A suspect vehicle nearly hit an elderly woman and her dog while fleeing from police in Kelowna last week.
iN VIDEO: Parents of Kelowna man missing for 18 years plead for tips
October 18, 2024 - 11:09 AM

The parents of a man who went missing 18 years ago are renewing their call for information about his disappearance.
Kelowna RCMP arrest senior 'pestering' officers at cop shop
October 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM

While the RCMP is often taken to task about their lack of action when panhandlers and ne'er-do-wells loiter outside downtown businesses, one Kelowna senior is finding out the Mounties have a different approach after he spent too much time outside the detachment.
Kelowna RCMP make arrest in 2022 murder
October 07, 2024 - 9:10 AM

Police have laid charges against a 43-year-old man two years after a fight in downtown Kelowna ended in murder.
Ashes of woman found in abandoned tent in Kelowna reunited with family
October 03, 2024 - 4:07 PM

Kelowna RCMP found a deceased woman’s ashes in a bag in an abandoned tent, and now the remains have been reunited with a family member.
Last two suspects in violent swarming attack arrested: Kelowna RCMP
October 03, 2024 - 1:30 PM

Kelowna RCMP have arrested all five youths identified as “aggressors” in an assault on a young girl near Gyro Beach this past weekend.
Three arrested in vicious swarming attack of young girl in Kelowna
October 02, 2024 - 1:04 PM

Three arrests have been made in connection to a swarming attack on a young girl at Gyro Beach in Kelowna.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
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Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
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News Items tag as: Kelowna RCMP 2024

Cops nab dozens of Kelowna school zone speeders

RCMP crackdown on drug traffickers dealing to Kelowna’s homeless population

Kelowna RCMP block road to investigate ‘suspicious item’

Elderly woman and dog nearly struck by car fleeing Kelowna RCMP

iN VIDEO: Parents of Kelowna man missing for 18 years plead for tips

Kelowna RCMP arrest senior 'pestering' officers at cop shop

Kelowna RCMP make arrest in 2022 murder

Ashes of woman found in abandoned tent in Kelowna reunited with family

Last two suspects in violent swarming attack arrested: Kelowna RCMP

Three arrested in vicious swarming attack of young girl in Kelowna

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