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Sicamous RCMP are seeking the suspect involved in an assault and robbery involving a 90-year-old Good Samaritan that occurred Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (File photo)

90-year-old Salmon Arm man assaulted, robbed after giving stranger ride

Police say suspect hit victim in the head before pushing him out of the vehicle

 

Sicamous RCMP are seeking the suspect involved in an assault and robbery involving a 90-year-old Good Samaritan that occurred Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (File photo)

90-year-old Salmon Arm man assaulted, robbed after giving stranger ride

Police say suspect hit victim in the head before pushing him out of the vehicle

 

Overall, 65 per cent of Canadians know a woman who has faced abuse. But broken down by gender, 69 per cent of women surveyed know a woman who has experienced assault, compared to 61 per cent of men. Woman staring out window. (Pixabay)

Two-thirds of Canadians know a woman who has experienced assault: Poll

However, there is a gender gap on awareness around abuse

 

Three Trail firefighters have been charged after an alleged assault on a man back in April 2023. Pictured, a Kootenay Boundary Fire and Rescue helmet. (File photo)

3 firefighters accused of assaulting homeless man in Trail

One of the men, Gregory Ferraby, is also charged with uttering threats in another incident

Three Trail firefighters have been charged after an alleged assault on a man back in April 2023. Pictured, a Kootenay Boundary Fire and Rescue helmet. (File photo)
Vancouver police are asking for help identifying the suspect in an Aug. 24, 2023 assault at the Main Street SkyTrain station. (Vancouver Police Department)

Vancouver police release images of SkyTrain assault suspect

Man alleged to have assaulted a woman, pointed gun at group that tried to intervene

Vancouver police are asking for help identifying the suspect in an Aug. 24, 2023 assault at the Main Street SkyTrain station. (Vancouver Police Department)
A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. New Westminster Police were called Sunday (Sept. 17) around 6:30 p.m. to 6th and Liverpool streets after reports of an assault on board a bus. Police say the victim, a woman, had minor injuries, but was in distress. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Woman assaulted on Lower Mainland bus, police say

New Westminster Police say victim had minor injuries after being assaulted by ‘group of youths’

A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. New Westminster Police were called Sunday (Sept. 17) around 6:30 p.m. to 6th and Liverpool streets after reports of an assault on board a bus. Police say the victim, a woman, had minor injuries, but was in distress. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
New Westminster Police during an investigation on April 18, 2023. Police say a victim was punched in the face by a stranger at the entrance to the New Westminster SkyTrain station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)

Victim punched in the face in stranger assault at B.C. SkyTrain station

New Westminster Police now looking for suspect who is described as a 35-year-old man

New Westminster Police during an investigation on April 18, 2023. Police say a victim was punched in the face by a stranger at the entrance to the New Westminster SkyTrain station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)
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UPDATE: Kelowna youth arrested in relation to attack on Sikh teen at bus stop

The student was pepper sprayed on Sept. 11.

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Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Contributed)

No jail for Kelowna Mountie after pleading guilty to assault

A judge sentenced Const. Lacy Browning to a conditional discharge

Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Contributed)
Grand Forks RCMP is reporting a rise in files for the month of May, with most being traffic and suspicious persons or vehicle-related. Gazette file photo (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)

Naked woman assaults Kamloops Mountie

Woman appeared to be intoxicated and running around

  • Jul 14, 2023
Grand Forks RCMP is reporting a rise in files for the month of May, with most being traffic and suspicious persons or vehicle-related. Gazette file photo (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)
A Kelowna police officer was punched in the face while booking Justin Ryan Robinson into jail, who was being arrested for two previous assaults that occurred at Kelowna General Hospital. (File photo)

Kelowna man punches officer after assaulting 2 people in hospital

42-year-old Justin Ryan Robinson is scheduled to appear in court on July 10

A Kelowna police officer was punched in the face while booking Justin Ryan Robinson into jail, who was being arrested for two previous assaults that occurred at Kelowna General Hospital. (File photo)
RCMP car. (Lauren Collins photo)

Kamloops Mountie injured after being attacked with a skateboard

This is the second incident involving a group of teens since March

  • Jun 23, 2023
RCMP car. (Lauren Collins photo)
Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Submitted)

Kelowna Mountie to be sentenced for assault stemming from UBCO wellness check

Lacy Browning was charged with assault after a 2020 arrest on UBC Okanagan campus

Photos of Mona Wang after a January 2020 wellness check and a still from surveillance footage of Const. Lacy Browning pushing her head into the ground with a boot. (Submitted)
A Chilliwack man faces between four to six years jail time for his role in a brutal kidnapping and assault. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca.)

Chilliwack man faces six years in jail for brutal kidnapping and assault

Evan Perry Arnold participated in beating two victims before abandoning them on a remote forest road

A Chilliwack man faces between four to six years jail time for his role in a brutal kidnapping and assault. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca.)
Penticton Law Courts. (Black Press File)

Maskless-man guilty of assault on Okanagan store owner during COVID

The assault happened in 2021 at the height of COVID-19 safety measures

Penticton Law Courts. (Black Press File)
Jessie Simpson blowing kisses to the camera. (Sue Simpson/Facebook)

Call for cards as Kamloops attack victim turns 26

Sue Simpson requests cards every Christmas and every July for Jessie’s birthday

  • May 29, 2023
Jessie Simpson blowing kisses to the camera. (Sue Simpson/Facebook)
S/Sgt. Damian Volk, then a constable, was serving with the Emergency Response Team in 2012. (Black Press Media files)

Senior Langley RCMP officer charged with two assaults

Alleged incidents involved two suspects in 2020

S/Sgt. Damian Volk, then a constable, was serving with the Emergency Response Team in 2012. (Black Press Media files)
Dashcam video captured the assault of an Uber driver in Abbotsford on April 18. (Screengrab from video)

Charges laid in random assault of Uber driver in Abbotsford

Prolific offender charged after attack inside vehicle on April 18

Dashcam video captured the assault of an Uber driver in Abbotsford on April 18. (Screengrab from video)
Burnaby RCMP is looking to identify a suspect accused of assaulting three people, including an 89-year-old woman, at Metrotown April 20, 2023. (Burnaby RCMP)

Woman, 89, shoved to the ground in ‘unprovoked assault’ at Lower Mainland mall

Burnaby RCMP say 2 other people also assaulted, but have not yet come forward to police

Burnaby RCMP is looking to identify a suspect accused of assaulting three people, including an 89-year-old woman, at Metrotown April 20, 2023. (Burnaby RCMP)
The Vancouver Police Department arrested Darren Thomey, 34, after a senior was randomly assaulted on Granville Street April 10. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Senior bitten by stranger in random downtown Vancouver assault: police

70-year-old told VPD they were knocked to the ground, kicked and bitten

The Vancouver Police Department arrested Darren Thomey, 34, after a senior was randomly assaulted on Granville Street April 10. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck