News Items tag as: Salmon Arm Court

'Exceptional case': No jail for Shuswap man who raped 14-year-old girl
June 05, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A 22-year-old Shuswap man with the mental age of a child will not go to prison for raping a 14-year-old girl.
North Okanagan farmer fed abattoir waste to wild boar, then lied: Crown
May 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A North Okanagan farmer, who has been prosecuted and fined multiple times for illegal farming practices at an Enderby farm and slaughterhouse, appeared in Salmon Arm court yesterday, May 28, with the intent of pleading guilty to several charges recently laid against him.
Boyfriend pleads guilty to Ashley Simpson murder
October 30, 2023 - 12:48 PM

Derek Lee Favell pleaded guilty to the 2016 murder of Ashley Simpson today, more than seven years after she was first reported missing.
B.C. man charged with driving death of Shuswap woman rescinds guilty plea
January 25, 2022 - 11:36 AM

The family of a Shuswap woman killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in crashed near Sicamous will have to wait a little longer for closure after the driver decided not to plead guilty to dangerous driving causing death.
No jail time for North Okanagan woman whose partner used Taser in break-in
December 26, 2021 - 8:00 AM

A North Okanagan woman whose former partner used a Taser against a person in a dispute over some belongings she'd left at a relative's house, won't do jail time for her part in the crime.
Murder trial set to begin for Salmon Arm man charged with shooting church elder
July 20, 2020 - 2:58 PM

The trial for the Salmon Arm man charged with murder after a fatal shooting during a Salmon Arm church service in the at city in April last year is scheduled to start tomorrow.
Jail time for two brothers guilty of violent Salmon Arm home invasion
July 17, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Two brothers who committed a violent Salmon Arm home invasion — in which they tied up the occupants and threatened them with a knife — will spend three or four years behind bars.
Why your condo neighbours might not be allowed to smoke on their own balconies
January 05, 2016 - 8:00 PM

SALMON ARM - There are strict rules in today’s world about where you can smoke and where you can’t, but as a Salmon Arm man found out through a lengthy legal battle with his strata council, there are some grey areas.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of June 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjon

Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? “They play so nicely together with nice blackcurrant leaf o

Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

News Items tag as: Salmon Arm Court

'Exceptional case': No jail for Shuswap man who raped 14-year-old girl

North Okanagan farmer fed abattoir waste to wild boar, then lied: Crown

Boyfriend pleads guilty to Ashley Simpson murder

B.C. man charged with driving death of Shuswap woman rescinds guilty plea

No jail time for North Okanagan woman whose partner used Taser in break-in

Murder trial set to begin for Salmon Arm man charged with shooting church elder

Jail time for two brothers guilty of violent Salmon Arm home invasion

Why your condo neighbours might not be allowed to smoke on their own balconies

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