Death

Richmond RCMP are releasing photos of the clothing a man was wearing when his body was pulled from the north arm of the Fraser River on May 30, 2022 in hopes of someone being able to identify him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Police look to identify body pulled from Fraser River in 2022

Richmond RCMP say body was waterlogged upon discovery

 

The brush fire where the body was found was located at a homeless encampment, near the intersection of Hwy 97 and 48th Ave. (Jennifer Smith-Morning Star)

Body found in B.C. homeless fire

No criminality expected in brush blaze

 

Travis Van Hill and his boat remain in Okanagan Lake one week after a storm capsized the vessel near Vernon. (GoFundMe photos)

Body recovered from Okanagan Lake presumed to be B.C. boat captain

Shrimp boat operator drowned in storm July 24

 

A Winnipeg man is looking to learn more about his father Nathan Paul Kushnir. The man resided in Kelowna when he was killed in a car crash on March 2, 1998. (Facebook/Zack Kushnir)

25 years later: Winnipeg man looks to Kelowna for answers after dad’s death

Do you remember Nathan Paul Kushnir?

A Winnipeg man is looking to learn more about his father Nathan Paul Kushnir. The man resided in Kelowna when he was killed in a car crash on March 2, 1998. (Facebook/Zack Kushnir)
Kash Bakker, just 3-years-old was killed when a tree fell on him at Okanagan Lake Provincial Park campground on July 29. (GoFundMe page)

Fundraiser launched for family of toddler killed at Okanagan campground

A 3-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree at Okanagan Lake provincial park

Kash Bakker, just 3-years-old was killed when a tree fell on him at Okanagan Lake Provincial Park campground on July 29. (GoFundMe page)
An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Boat recovery underway one week after B.C. man presumed drowned

Travis Van Hill has not resurfaced, family frustrated over time it has taken for recovery

An RCMP boat circles the wreckage of a commercial fishing boat in Okanagan Lake, where the captain has not resurfaced or been found since overturning Monday, July 24. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO). (File Photo)

Man kicked out of Merritt hotel later involved in 3-person fatal crash

BC police watchdog investigating the crash took place outside Logan Lake

The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO). (File Photo)
FILE - White House Chef Tafari Campbell smiles Nov. 6, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Campbell, an employee of former President Barack Obama, has drowned near the couple’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday, July 24, 2023 was Tafari Campbell, of Dumfries, Virginia. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)

Obamas’ personal chef drowns near family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard

Former President Barack Obama’s personal chef has drowned near the family’s home…

FILE - White House Chef Tafari Campbell smiles Nov. 6, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Campbell, an employee of former President Barack Obama, has drowned near the couple’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday, July 24, 2023 was Tafari Campbell, of Dumfries, Virginia. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)
The Fraser River near Chilliwack, B.C. (Jenna Hauck/Black Press)

2022 one of the deadliest drowning years in B.C. history

The report shows that 86 people died last year with most drownings occurring in rivers and creeks

The Fraser River near Chilliwack, B.C. (Jenna Hauck/Black Press)
A 63-year-old man died while learning to paraglide during a Freedom Paragliding School lesson near Lumby Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Freedom Flight Park/Facebook)

Man dies while learning to paraglide in North Okanagan

The 63-year-old man fell about 25 feet during a solo training flight Thursday morning

A 63-year-old man died while learning to paraglide during a Freedom Paragliding School lesson near Lumby Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Freedom Flight Park/Facebook)
A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Rise Memorial designs unveiled 2 years after fatal Kelowna crane collapse

United Way has set up an online fundraiser to collect donations for the project

A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
A pedestrian who was killed crossing Highway 97A just south of Enderby Saturday, July 1, 2023, has been identified as Harry Joesph Jones Jr. (Miranda Kimbasekt/Facebook)

Splatsin calls for traffic light at Okanagan crosswalk where band member was killed

Harry Jones Jr. was killed while crossing Highway 97A in a marked crosswalk on Canada Day

A pedestrian who was killed crossing Highway 97A just south of Enderby Saturday, July 1, 2023, has been identified as Harry Joesph Jones Jr. (Miranda Kimbasekt/Facebook)
Police in Vernon investigated after a person was found with severe burns from an incident that is believed to have occurred in Justice Park early Friday morning, June 23, 2023. Police confirmed Tuesday, June 27, that the person died in hospital that same day. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Serious crimes investigates death of person found with severe burns in Vernon

Police don’t know how the person suffered their injuries, but the death is being considered suspicious

Police in Vernon investigated after a person was found with severe burns from an incident that is believed to have occurred in Justice Park early Friday morning, June 23, 2023. Police confirmed Tuesday, June 27, that the person died in hospital that same day. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Police are investigating after a body was found in a wooded ravine along Highway 6 in Vernon Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)

Body found off Highway 6 in Vernon

Police are investigating, but no criminality is currently suspected

Police are investigating after a body was found in a wooded ravine along Highway 6 in Vernon Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)
Richard William Fairgrieve has again been found unfit to stand trial in relation to the death of Willy Bartz in 2017. The decision on Fairgrieve’s fitness was made in BC Supreme Court in Vernon Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)

Accused in 2017 Vernon, B.C. murder deemed unfit for trial, again

Richard William Fairgrieve was charged with second degree murder in the death of Willy Bartz

Richard William Fairgrieve has again been found unfit to stand trial in relation to the death of Willy Bartz in 2017. The decision on Fairgrieve’s fitness was made in BC Supreme Court in Vernon Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)
Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)

Inquest begins into case of man who died in Kelowna police custody

Edward James Waddell was found dead on April 1, after being arrested for a car crash the day before

Edward James Waddell was found dead in a Kelowna cell on April 1, 2017. (Submitted)
Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man dies after going into medical distress while swimming in Vancouver Island lake

Rescue attempt by friends, emergency services successful, but victim died later in Nanaimo hospital

Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)
Kristina Tkachuk, Derek Descoteau’s aunt, left, and Derek’s mom Brenda Smith have victim impact statements prepared that they’re hoping will be read during Colin John’s review board hearing. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Moms say ‘sugar-coated’ statements fall short in wake of devastating B.C. knife attack

Families leery as board decides future of man not criminally responsible for stabbing man to death

Kristina Tkachuk, Derek Descoteau’s aunt, left, and Derek’s mom Brenda Smith have victim impact statements prepared that they’re hoping will be read during Colin John’s review board hearing. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Stimulant listed in Myles Gray’s toxicology test shouldn’t have been included, expert testifies

Toxicologist tells coroner’s inquest kratom was present at too low a level to be of significance

Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Myles Gray died on Aug. 13, 2015 following a clash with seven Vancouver police officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of his death began April 17, 2023. (Photo: Justice for Myles Gray/Facebook)

B.C. firefighters say Myles Gray was ‘well restrained’ before he stopped breathing

First responders recall being told they couldn’t attend to Gray because he was ‘still combative’

Myles Gray died on Aug. 13, 2015 following a clash with seven Vancouver police officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of his death began April 17, 2023. (Photo: Justice for Myles Gray/Facebook)