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Former Adams Lake Indian Band chief jailed for firearms offences
Former Adams Lake Indian Band chief Nelson Leon. The former chief of a Kamloops-area First Nations band is behind bars after pleading guilty to a string of firearms offences. Nelson Leon, who spent...
View ArticleColdwater Indian Band wins Federal Court battle over Trans Mountain easement
The Federal Court of Appeal has found the B.C. government erred in its responsibility to protect the environmental and financial interests of the Coldwater Indian Band during the process of approving...
View ArticleCharges laid in connection to attack in Edmonton on officer, pedestrians
A suspect has been charged in a weeked attack in which an Edmonton officer was stabbed and four people were injured when they were hit by a rental truck fleeing police. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif faces five...
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Beating victim Jessie Simpson’s condition has improved, says mom
Kristopher Teichrieb is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection to the June beating of then-18-year-old Jessie Simpson. The condition of a Kamloops teen who was beaten into a...
View ArticleKamloops man gets 30 days for fondling girl at sleepover
A Kamloops man has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars after admitting to “a moment of weakness” more than five years ago in which he groped his daughter’s teenaged friend during a sleepover. The...
View ArticleKamloops teen involved in attack advised to be selective in choosing friends
A Kamloops teenager who took part in an attack outside a North Shore mall last year won’t have a criminal record if she can stay out of trouble for nine months. The girl, now 16, pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleB.C. AG says lack of sheriffs involves low pay
VANCOUVER — Taxpayers are footing the bill to fly sheriffs around British Columbia as the province grapples with a chronic shortage of the courtroom staff and frustrated judges speak out about delayed...
View ArticleAccused in 2014 fatal crash will stand trial
A woman accused of drunkenly causing a deadly car crash east of Kamloops nearly three years ago has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Carla Rose Grinder is charged with one count each...
View ArticleSexual assault nets three-month sentence for Kamloops man
A former Thompson Rivers University student-athlete who was convicted in May of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old girl after a New Year’s party nearly three years ago has been ordered to serve three...
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Former NHL enforcer Poeschek has new trial date set after no-show in court
A former National Hockey League enforcer who missed court earlier this year is expected to stand trial in December on allegations of breaching probation and failing to appear. Rudy Poeschek’s trial on...
View ArticleKamloops wineries could benefit from New Brunswick court challenge
A win for a New Brunswick resident challenging the ability of provinces to restrict cross-provincial liquor sales would be a boon for local vineyards, said an industry advocate. A coalition of small...
View ArticleMissing woman is alleged victim in Kamloops court file
A young Kamloops woman who hasn’t been seen by family members since last Thursday is one of the alleged victims listed in a domestic-violence indictment sworn the day after she was last seen, KTW has...
View ArticleSix months in jail for 2011 robbery of Kamloops liquor store
A Kamloops man has been ordered to spend six months in prison for a robbery he committed more than six years ago. Shane Londry pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court on Tuesday to one count of...
View ArticleSun Rivers Limited Partnership in financial turmoil
The company behind Sun Rivers resort community is in default, its operating line of credit maxed out and its bank accounts frozen, according to testimony from its CEO in court. Rick Siemens, CEO of Sun...
View ArticleFentanyl courier awaits sentencing in Kamloops court
The Crown wants a Surrey man busted with fentanyl-laced heroin and other drugs during a traffic stop on the Coquihalla Highway last year to spend four years in federal prison. But Clayton Johnson’s...
View ArticleDrug dealer busted after accidentally sending text message about drugs to...
Jail could be in the cards for an unlucky Kamloops drug dealer who accidentally texted a police officer, offering a variety of illegal substances for sale. Joshua Vos, 25, pleaded guilty in B.C....
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Trial delayed for man charged with beating teen in June 2016
Kristopher Teichrieb is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection to the June 2016 beating of then-18-year-old Jessie Simpson. The trial for a Kamloops man accused of beating a...
View ArticleMcCleaners fined for violating Environmental Protection Act
A Kamloops laundromat has been fined $10,000 after a toxic chemical was found to be improperly stored during a random Environment Canada inspection nearly two years ago. Lori Ann Decap and Richard...
View ArticlePrison time for downtown bank hold-up
A Kamloops man with a history of robbery convictions has been handed a three-year prison sentence for the “uninspired” hold-up of a downtown bank earlier this year. Shane Michael Grant pleaded guilty...
View ArticleKamloops bank robber gets two years after being caught red-handed
A Kamloops man who was literally caught red-handed after robbing a downtown bank earlier this year will spend two years in a federal prison. Matthew Phillip Graham pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court...
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