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The North Okanagan Trap and Skeet Club hosted their annual Labour Day Classic, which saw over 70 athletes come out for the trap event. (Bowen Assman-Morning Star)

PHOTOS: North Okanagan welcomes top shooters for annual Labour Day Classic

The North Okanagan Trap and Skeet Club played host to the event

 

A large number of what are believed to be privately made firearms (PMFs) were seized along with over 30 kilograms of illicit drugs March 14, 2023. (RCMP photo)

Vernon police concerned by growing trend of 3D printed guns

A large number of firearms seized in the North Okanagan in March are believed to have been privately made

 

From left: Staff Sgt. Baltej Dhillon, program manager for CFSEU’s crime guns investigative and intelligence group, and Provincial Forensic Firearms Lab manager Daisy Wong during a media briefing Tuesday (July 11, 2023) warning the public, parents and their children of the dangers of 3D printers. (Lauren Collins)

‘Absolutely scary’: B.C. police warn of dangers in creating 3D-printed guns

Anti-gang agency says firearms may look like harmless toys, but can pose a real threat

 

A man was found with a replica BB gun in Kerry Park on Wednesday morning. (Kelowna RCMP)

BB gun prompts heavy police presence in downtown Kelowna

Initial reports to police were that it was a real gun

A man was found with a replica BB gun in Kerry Park on Wednesday morning. (Kelowna RCMP)
Some of the 3D printed ghost guns seized in Operation Centaure are displayed during a news conference in Montreal, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The multi force operation seized 440 guns including 71 3D printed ghost guns across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide ghost gun raids

Search warrants executed in 8 provinces targeting 3D-printed guns bound for crime

Some of the 3D printed ghost guns seized in Operation Centaure are displayed during a news conference in Montreal, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The multi force operation seized 440 guns including 71 3D printed ghost guns across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
A three-year-old Australian shepherd-border collie cross was shot twice on a North Okanagan man’s property Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Police have not been able to track down the culprit. (GoFundMe photo)

North Okanagan dog recovering after being shot twice, found in ‘pool of blood’

Three-year-old dog had a bullet shatter in his hip bone, while another bullet pierced his lung

A three-year-old Australian shepherd-border collie cross was shot twice on a North Okanagan man’s property Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Police have not been able to track down the culprit. (GoFundMe photo)
The Vernon Fish and Game Club will be hosting a free event on National Range Day (Saturday, June 3), where attendees are invited to try out shooting. (Bowen Assman-Morning Star photo)

VIDEO: Throwing it back to 1911 at the Vernon Fish and Gun Range

In preparation for National Range Day, a special cowboy action shooting drill was performed.

The Vernon Fish and Game Club will be hosting a free event on National Range Day (Saturday, June 3), where attendees are invited to try out shooting. (Bowen Assman-Morning Star photo)
An American man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle firearms into Canada through the Pacific Highway border. (CBSA photo)

30-month jail term for U.S. man caught with firearms at Canada border

Jonathan Ressler was arrested in March at the Pacific Highway crossing in South Surrey

An American man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle firearms into Canada through the Pacific Highway border. (CBSA photo)
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Woman reportedly shot in Kelowna airsoft attacks

RCMP are still investigating

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Police in Vernon executed an early morning search warrant Wednesday, April 26, 2023, seizing a shotgun, and airsoft gun and quantities of controlled substances, and arresting six people. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Shotgun, drugs seized in police raid in Vernon

Six people were arrested after police executed an early morning search warrant, two remain in custody

Police in Vernon executed an early morning search warrant Wednesday, April 26, 2023, seizing a shotgun, and airsoft gun and quantities of controlled substances, and arresting six people. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada announces first step of firearm buyback program, targeting industry

Mendicino did not provide further details while announcing the program at a news conference

Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Riverfront Pub and Grill is believed to be the target of an overnight shooting on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Google Street View)

Police investigate shots fired into North Okanagan business

Police confirmed several rounds had been fired into the building

The Riverfront Pub and Grill is believed to be the target of an overnight shooting on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Google Street View)
Vernon council endorsed the Vernon Gun and Gang Violence Prevention Strategy Monday, March 27, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon endorses gun and gang violence strategy aimed at supporting youth

Council endorsed the strategy Monday, March 27

Vernon council endorsed the Vernon Gun and Gang Violence Prevention Strategy Monday, March 27, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
The Monday morning altercation took place in the 1700-block of Chapman Avenue in Kelowna. (Google Maps)

Kelowna gunshot victim expected to survive with life-altering injuries

The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, March 27

The Monday morning altercation took place in the 1700-block of Chapman Avenue in Kelowna. (Google Maps)
RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)

Gunshot wound puts 1 in hospital after ‘altercation’ in Kelowna

RCMP have one person in custody, ‘no danger to the public’

RCMP cruiser. (Black Press file photo)
(l-r) Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming, Parliamentary Secretary Public Safety Pam Damoff, Central Okanagan Public Schools Board Chair Lee-Ann Tiede, Central Okanagan Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Kaardal, Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Millions pledged to keep Okanagan teens out of gang life

Five Interior cities to benefit from federal funding

(l-r) Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming, Parliamentary Secretary Public Safety Pam Damoff, Central Okanagan Public Schools Board Chair Lee-Ann Tiede, Central Okanagan Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Kaardal, Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP seized over 30 kg’s of drugs and more than $100,000 in cash in a nearly two month investigation (North Okanagan RCMP)

Okanagan RCMP make ‘by far the largest and most significant drug and gun seizure’

Over 30 kilograms of drugs were seized, along with 51 guns, between West Kelowna, Armstrong, Lake Country

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP seized over 30 kg’s of drugs and more than $100,000 in cash in a nearly two month investigation (North Okanagan RCMP)
President Joe Biden meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma, Monday, March 13, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checks

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase…

President Joe Biden meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma, Monday, March 13, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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3 Kamloops schools placed on secure and hold after reports of man with gun

The incident happened around the 1900 block of the East Trans Canada Highway

(Photo: Malin Jordan)