Charter challenge in shotgun case
A Merritt man who stumbled upon a shotgun hidden under a lumber pile and sold it for $80 hours later faces at least three years in jail unless his lawyer wins a constitutional argument in B.C. Supreme...
View ArticleNew trial ordered in connection to 2013 moose killing
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ordered a new trial for a Lower Mainland resident convicted of illegally killing and abandoning a moose in the Nicola Valley. Xin Xiao, 49, was found guilty after a...
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U-turn driver gets fine in connection to actions that caused death
Micheal Gordey-Bourget The family of a 31-year-old father of three who was killed after a driver attempted what the Crown called an “inexplicable and inept” U-turn on a downtown Kamloops thoroughfare...
View ArticleFirearms ban after ‘cry for attention’
A Kamloops man who uses target practice as a relaxation technique has agreed to abide by a two-year firearms prohibition after being arrested at gunpoint outside a North Shore bank. The Crown applied...
View ArticleSeparate trials granted for accused in Salmon Arm murder case
A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Kamloops has agreed to separate the trials of two alleged killers accused of gunning down a man in a Salmon Arm schoolyard more than seven years ago. The two accused, who...
View ArticleFreeman convicted in court when judge decides laws do indeed apply to him
A provincial court judge has convicted a Freeman for obstruction of a police officer, rejecting his defence that the law doesn’t apply to him. Dale Martin Jacobi — who in court identified himself as...
View Article31 days for assault, indecent exposure
A patient who walked away from the Hillside Centre psychiatric hospital has pleaded guilty to assault after confronting a worker walking to adjacent Royal Inland Hospital. Casey Heinrichs, 24, also...
View ArticleMining company sues KGHM Ajax for $1.35 million, plus royalties
A Vancouver-based junior mining company is suing KGHM Ajax, alleging it explored claims with the intention of finding nothing and did not pay an agreed-upon $1.35 million. Cicada Ventures filed the...
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Provincial Winter Fair factions face off in court
Welcome to the 78th Provincial Winter Fair in Kamloops. Welcome to the 78th Provincial Winter Fair in Barriere. Two rival agricultural groups both claim they are the rightful home to this year’s...
View ArticleFive months in jail for seventh DUI
A man who was busted driving drunk — his seventh impaired-driving conviction — after a police officer saw him struggling to place an order at the drive-thru of a Kamloops McDonald’s has been handed a...
View ArticleParolee is returned to sender
A man who stole $80 from the till at a Kamloops post office to purchase a stamp on his first day out of prison is back behind bars. Shawn Ansley pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court to one count...
View ArticleKamloops Mounties found drugs and guns, but judge says rights of accused were...
A B.C. Supreme Court justice criticized an arrest by RCMP that turned up drugs and guns from a vehicle outside a Kamloops motel, ruling similarity to another vehicle sought by police was “beyond...
View ArticleWeapons- and drug-related charges dismissed after judge rules RCMP search was...
A couple found with two sawed-off guns and a small amount of drugs walked away Tuesday after a B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled an RCMP member who illegally searched them was “deceptive and...
View ArticleDriver of boat in fatal crash has convictions upheld despite lengthy path to...
Ken Brown, the driver of this houseboat, was killed on July 3, 2010, when Leon Reinbrecht drove his speedboat into the vessel. KTW file photo A B.C. Supreme Court judge has upheld the convictions of a...
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Former Kamloops Mountie charged with selling cocaine while with the police force
Randi Love, seen here at a 2008 press conference, was a member of the Kamloops RCMP in June 2015, when it is alleged she was selling cocaine. Love will appear in Kamloops provincial court on June 16....
View ArticleRCMP say investigation into officer’s alleged drug-dealing began in July 2015
Former Kamloops Mountie Randi Love has been charged with three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance. It is alleged she sold cocaine in June 2015, while employed by the RCMP. Love left the...
View ArticleMan convicted of confining, beating ex-mother-in-law seeks mistrial
The Crown will seek a jail sentence in the range of two to four years for an electrical contractor who broke into his former mother-in-law’s house, beat her and forced her to sign documents absolving...
View ArticleSuspects in lottery-ticket thefts, car theft at crash scene to appear in...
A man and woman accused of going on an extensive crime spree through Kamloops before being collared by police in the North Okanagan are set to make their first appearance in a Vernon courtroom on...
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June 24 sentencing hearing for killer of teenage girl
CJ Fowler and Damien Taylor. A sentencing hearing is set next month for a 26-year-old man who murdered his teenaged girlfriend. Last year, Damien Taylor was found guilty after trial of second-degree...
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Killer of ex-girlfriend in Kamloops abandons mental-disorder defence
Deanne Wheeler, seen here celebrating her 18th birthday, was killed on Dec. 30, 2014, by her ex-boyfriend, Christopher Butler. A Kamloops killer has abandoned his application to be found not criminally...
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