RCMP

Screenshot from a video shared to Reddit of a pedestrian being struck at Richter St and Bernard Ave in Kelowna. (Reddit)

VIDEO: Driver ticketed after hitting pedestrian in downtown Kelowna

The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries

  • Mar 20, 2024
Screenshot from a video shared to Reddit of a pedestrian being struck at Richter St and Bernard Ave in Kelowna. (Reddit)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada — eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger oversight and accountability. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada reviewing contract RCMP responsibilities, services, accountability

‘More responsive’ models with closer integration of the RCMP and community social services possible

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada — eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger oversight and accountability. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Two unexploded ordnances have been found in Kal Park in the last five weeks. (RCMP file photo)

2 mortars found in 5 weeks at Vernon’s Kal Park

Canadian Armed Forces called in to deal with possible unexploded mortar

Two unexploded ordnances have been found in Kal Park in the last five weeks. (RCMP file photo)
A Good Samaritan picked up an envelope with $950 and turned it over to RCMP, who were able to return the money to the person who lost it. (News Bulletin file photo)

B.C. woman reconnects $1,000 cash to owner after finding it on the ground

Money found in envelope outside RBC branch at Nanaimo shopping centre

A Good Samaritan picked up an envelope with $950 and turned it over to RCMP, who were able to return the money to the person who lost it. (News Bulletin file photo)
Multiple police were called to the scene of a reported boat crash near Derby Reach Park in Langley Saturday, March 16. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Police called to reported boat crash in Langley

Multiple RCMP vehicles at scene near Derby Reach Park

Multiple police were called to the scene of a reported boat crash near Derby Reach Park in Langley Saturday, March 16. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna on March 17,2023. (GoFundMe)

No charges 1 year after Kelowna bus stop attack on Sikh student

A Sikh international student was attacked after exiting a transit bus with groceries

  • Mar 15, 2024
Gagandeep Singh, 21, surrounded by friends after being attacked at a bus stop in Kelowna on March 17,2023. (GoFundMe)
Patrick Hare died of injuries sustained in a collision in Qualicum Beach on March 2. (Photo courtesy BC Highway Patrol)

Good Samaritan, 80, dies after saving woman’s life in wake of B.C. crash

Albertan died from injuries sustained as he pushed woman he had stopped to help out of car’s way

Patrick Hare died of injuries sustained in a collision in Qualicum Beach on March 2. (Photo courtesy BC Highway Patrol)
The union that represents front-line Mounties is urging the federal government to make the RCMP the police of jurisdiction for Parliament Hill to bolster security. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Make RCMP police of jurisdiction for Parliament Hill, union urges

The Parliamentary Protective Service was created after a gunman stormed Parliament Hill in 2014

The union that represents front-line Mounties is urging the federal government to make the RCMP the police of jurisdiction for Parliament Hill to bolster security. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Two live grenades, sets of body armour and more than 100 firearms were seized in a police raid in Spallumcheen Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

Live grenades and over 100 firearms seized in North Okanagan police raid

A 38-year-old Spallumcheen man was arrested and remanded in custody

Two live grenades, sets of body armour and more than 100 firearms were seized in a police raid in Spallumcheen Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Black Press file photo)
The inaugural Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree will be taking place in Maple Ridge on May 25 to honour the memory of Ridge Meadows RCMP officer O’Brien, who was tragically shot and killed during a police operation on Sept. 22, 2023. (Special to Black Press Media)

Memorial ball hockey tournament in Maple Ridge honours murdered Mountie

Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree takes place on May 25

The inaugural Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree will be taking place in Maple Ridge on May 25 to honour the memory of Ridge Meadows RCMP officer O’Brien, who was tragically shot and killed during a police operation on Sept. 22, 2023. (Special to Black Press Media)
An Interior Health nurse administers a vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic. A document containing personal informatio nof more than 20,000 IH employees was recovered by the RCMP, IH said Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Phil McLachlan/Black Press)

Stolen information of over 20k Interior Health employees recovered by RCMP

Anyone who worked for IH from 2003 and 2009 is encouraged to make contact

An Interior Health nurse administers a vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic. A document containing personal informatio nof more than 20,000 IH employees was recovered by the RCMP, IH said Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Phil McLachlan/Black Press)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Two Montreal-area Chinese groups and their director have filed a defamation suit against the RCMP for alleging they hosted clandestine Chinese government “police stations.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Chinese groups sue RCMP over clandestine ‘police station’ statements

Groups say RCMP took a cavalier approach to their rights and that the allegations are unfounded

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Two Montreal-area Chinese groups and their director have filed a defamation suit against the RCMP for alleging they hosted clandestine Chinese government “police stations.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A video caught the moment when an RV, stopped on the railway tracks in Langley, was smashed by an oncoming CN Rail train on Tuesday, March 5. No one was injured. (JJ Kennard/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A video caught the moment when an RV, stopped on the railway tracks in Langley, was smashed by an oncoming CN Rail train on Tuesday, March 5. No one was injured. (JJ Kennard/Special to Langley Advance Times)
RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)

Fire that burned B.C. school to the ground was human caused: Police

Hazel Trembath Elementary in Port Coquitlam was destroyed in a fire on Oct. 14, 2023

RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)
Credit cards are shown in a Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

B.C. RCMP warn of bank card scam where fraudsters show up at your door

2 victims are out thousands of dollars each, Burnaby RCMP say

Credit cards are shown in a Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Nanaimo RCMP are issuing a warning after receiving numerous complaints of scam phone calls this week, including at least one that reportedly used AI voice-mimicking technology. (Stock photo)

AI voice fakery boosts rash of ‘grandson scam’ phone calls on Vancouver Island

Nanaimo RCMP report rash of phone scams where people were conned out of between $3,000 and $8,000

Nanaimo RCMP are issuing a warning after receiving numerous complaints of scam phone calls this week, including at least one that reportedly used AI voice-mimicking technology. (Stock photo)
A cinnamon-coloured black bear hide and a grey-coloured wolf hide are among items stolen from a Fort St. John home on Feb. 9, 2024, RCMP say. (Fort St. John RCMP handout)

Antlers, animal hides and ammo stolen from Fort St. John home: B.C. RCMP

Police say items represent ‘years of trophy hunts and fond memories to the family’

A cinnamon-coloured black bear hide and a grey-coloured wolf hide are among items stolen from a Fort St. John home on Feb. 9, 2024, RCMP say. (Fort St. John RCMP handout)
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. RCMP find break-and-enter suspect sleeping on couch

The man made his way through the neighbourhood, even asking one homeowner to call 911

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver driver pleaded guilty to careless driving under the Motor Vehicle Act in court on Feb. 14, 2024, after they were caught speeding in a North Vancouver bus lane in October 2023. (Screenshot/North Vancouver RCMP)

Vancouver driver fined $1,500 for speeding in bus lane

Traffic shortcut cost resident a charge under the Motor Vehicle Act and 3 points on their licence

Vancouver driver pleaded guilty to careless driving under the Motor Vehicle Act in court on Feb. 14, 2024, after they were caught speeding in a North Vancouver bus lane in October 2023. (Screenshot/North Vancouver RCMP)