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Okanagan man receives no jail time for fatal distracted driving crash

Okanagan man receives no jail time for fatal distracted driving crash

Former arsonist Joseph McArthur-Pereira will pay $1,500, be prohibited from driving for 18 months, and spend zero days behind bars.
Common-law wife tells Kelowna court how she found husband’s mutilated body

Common-law wife tells Kelowna court how she found husband’s mutilated body

Gabriella Sears is charged with second-degree murder and indecent interference with human remains in the death of 49-year-old Darren Middleton.
House arrest for Kamloops man who posted revenge porn images, videos

House arrest for Kamloops man who posted revenge porn images, videos

Cornell Michael Shkuratoff, 28, was sentenced in Kamloops provincial court on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to charges of publication of an intimate image without consent and domestic assault.
Police force transition consumes Surrey council’s first year in office

Police force transition consumes Surrey council’s first year in office

Critics say infrastructure, business and taxation issues have largely been ignored as a result
Vancouver cop suspended with pay over parody penis poster

Vancouver cop suspended with pay over parody penis poster

Incident now part of larger proposed class-action lawsuit by six current, former female B.C. officers.
Jewish residence in South Surrey egged, vandalized

Jewish residence in South Surrey egged, vandalized

A person drew a Swastika symbol on the building.
Suspicious fire guts B.C. elementary school, plans underway for students and teachers

Suspicious fire guts B.C. elementary school, plans underway for students and teachers

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers at a Metro Vancouver elementary school that was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire.
'Unbearable severe pain': Victoria woman opts for private hip surgery in Alberta rather than wait

'Unbearable severe pain': Victoria woman opts for private hip surgery in Alberta rather than wait

Tracy Porteous added $28,000 to her mortgage to get the surgery at a private clinic in Alberta
Kamloops woman attempting to complete journey from homelessness to med school

Kamloops woman attempting to complete journey from homelessness to med school

Before moving to Canada, Nyasha Katedza said she spent many years homeless in the United States, travelling across the country from New York and eventually making her way to the West Coast.
Jury finds Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana guilty of sex with underage girl

Jury finds Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana guilty of sex with underage girl

Under the Criminal Code, the penalty for conviction is a minimum one year and a maximum 14 years in prison