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Cop makes teen relive rape

Indigenous leaders are demanding action be taken after a 2012 video shows a Kelowna RCMP officer interrogating a vulnerable teenage girl who had...

Fatal UBC shooting victim identified; connected to Lower Mainland gang conflict

Police are releasing the identity of the 38-year-old man shot and killed at the University Golf Course yesterday, Oct. 17. Vishal Walia died at the...

Driver in fatal Abbotsford hit-and-run urged to turn themselves in

Investigators are looking for dash camera footage and witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run in Abbotsford this weekend. Police were called to the...

Plane overturned in lake

UPDATE: 7:40 p.m. Police say a float plane that crashed in Okanagan Lake below Sunnyside Road in West Kelowna has now been recovered and secured by...

Canada Day manslaughter

Four Kelowna people have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Kelowna man on Canada Day. Police tell Castanet...

Batman putting lives at risk

A man dressed up as Batman created more problems for police during a serious incident that unfolded in Kelowna. Multiple police officers rushed to...

Feces falls from sky

A Kelowna woman is mortified and asking for an apology after she claims feces fell from a plane, through the sunroof of her vehicle and landed on her....

Mom run over by friend

UPDATE: 10:20 a.m. Police in Summerland are considering criminal charges against a man who is believed to have run over a friend at a New Year’s...

B.C. has had 3 homicides in 24 hours. Here's what we know

Three people have been killed in just 24 hours in the Lower Mainland. As of Wednesday morning, there are three separate homicide investigations...

Police watchdog probing crash involving murder suspects

The police watchdog agency in B.C. is investigating a three-vehicle crash in Richmond involving the RCMP and three murder suspects. The Independent...

Hunt for missing plane

UPDATE: 6:15 a.m. The search for a small plane that went missing en route from Penticton to Edmonton is scheduled to resume at dawn today. Civil...

Fatal in Hwy. 33 crash

UPDATE: 3:20 p.m. A photo of a man killed in a high-speed collision in late June appears to show the victim just one hour before the crash. Four...

Gas line re-started

UPDATE 7:48 a.m. The company that shut down its main natural gas pipeline through British Columbia following an explosion and fire Tuesday night says...

More children stolen from

UPDATE: 10:25 a.m. B.C.’s children's watchdog says 14 advocacy files have been opened, claiming a social worker stole money from aboriginal...

Younger people joining this Vancouver legion more than ever

On an early Saturday morning the week before Remembrance Day, a local B.C. legion is bustling with young cadets making poppies. Tucked off a side...

Killer 'just lost it'

UPDATE: 3:20 p.m. A Kelowna man who murdered his common-law partner perpetrated the pain to her family by lying about what he had done, the sentencing...

Obscenely accosted

Kelowna RCMP are investigating after a Castanet journalist bore the brunt of a misogynistic taunt while reporting on the Apple Triathalon cancellation...

Priest choked in temple

UPDATE: 3:05 p.m. The alleged attacker of a Kelowna priest is now in police custody and is awaiting potential charges. Kelowna RCMP were called to...

Body found in orchard

UPDATE: 4 p.m. Police are confirming the body found off Cooper Road is that of a female, about 25 to 35 years of age. “We got a call from an...

Snatcher sent to psych ward

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. A man accused of grabbing a child and stripping naked in front of a large crowd is being sent to a forensic psychiatric hospital to...

Flooding causes damage

UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. Damage has been reported to vehicles and property from flooding caused by a water main break in Lake Country Thursday morning. The...

Toddler falls off 3rd floor

A woman was woken up to a child crying on Saturday morning and found a two-year-old boy lying on the ground after allegedly falling from a third-floor...

Lytton residents protesting TSB wildfire investigation Sunday

Dozens of Lytton residents have gathered Sunday afternoon to protest the Transportation Safety Board's recent investigation into this summer's...

Court's decision leaves security of anonymity for the press and the public unclear

A journalist’s protection of a source is vital for the public interest. Many crime victims and whistleblowers would not step forward with...

Wildfire officials expect 'hot and hard' BC Day long weekend with intense fire activity

The BC Wildfire Service says it's preparing for very intense fire behaviour over the B.C. Day long weekend. “We are expecting fires to burn...

Angry drivers confront protesters on Lions Gate Bridge

Drivers blocked by old growth protesters on Lions Gate Bridge Wednesday morning (June 22) got into an ugly altercation with protesters on the bridge...

YLW medical emergency

UPDATE: 11:46 p.m. The woman was taken off the aircraft by paramedics and was driven away in an ambulance. After a lengthy delay, passengers on...

An evacuation alert has been issued for Logan Lake

UPDATE: 9:33 p.m. An evacuation alert has been issued for Logan Lake. Residents in the area have been advised to be prepared to leave at a moments...

Victim died violently

A relative of a woman whose body was found in a Kelowna orchard last week is confirming her identity. Police investigators are still awaiting the...

Dad: He seemed happy

A 16-year-old boy is dead after being stabbed in Kelowna, and police are now investigating the death as a homicide. Robyn-Iain Beauregard told...

Most of those injured in fire that destroyed building in Vancouver out of hospital

Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver's Gastown...

Man shot by RCMP officer

UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. A man at a homeless camp was shot by a police officer Thursday afternoon, after police say he approached the officer with a knife....

Mother's lug nuts loosened

A Peachland mother is furious after she discovers, while driving, that her lug nuts were loosened on her car. Odina Skovgaard says she was driving...

Snow continues to fall

UPDATE: 12:45 p.m. Cold temperatures will be sticking around in the Okanagan Valley over the next few days. Trevor Smith Meteorologist at Environment...

Tossed butt = $500K

UPDATE: 4:40 p.m. Fire investigators say $500,000 of damage was caused as a result of a cigarette butt being thrown on the grass outside FormaShape....

Grandpa wins $16.7M

UPDATE: 3:15 p.m. Kelowna's Clifford Britch is B.C.’s newest millionaire. The 70-year-old man could hardly believe it when he found out he...

Following her last steps

WARNING: Content in this story not suitable for all ages and might be disturbing to some. Police are still actively investigating the death of a...

'Impressive' supercell tornado did touch down in Vancouver: Meteorologist

Environment Canada is now confirming that a tornado did swirl through B.C. on Saturday. Bobby Sekhon, a federal meteorologist with Environment and...

13 people have mild symptoms after ammonia exposure in Vancouver: fire official

An ammonia release from a vent on the roof of a Vancouver arena exposed 13 people to the gas and prompted the precautionary evacuation of a nearby...

Explosives and K-9 on scene

UPDATE: 10:35 a.m. Police were called to a construction site after a person found what they thought was an explosive device. Officers secured a...