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BC Coroners Service is reopening a 2016 murder case of Arlene Westervelt who died while canoeing with her husband near Okanagan Centre.

The lawsuit is the latest chapter in efforts by Arlene Westervelts family to find out what happened in the moments before she fell out of a canoe and drowned on June 26, 2016.

The mother and sisters of an Okanagan woman whose death remains a mystery have filed a lawsuit against two former RCMP officers they say were involved in the case.

  TORONTO -- Serious concerns about possible favouritism in internal investigations in Canadas national police force are being raised in the wake of a W5 documentary about the issue and its connection to a B.C. murder case. Critics are calling for the federal government to change the rules around the RCMPs Code of Conduct process so that Mounties cant avoid discipline and public disclosure simply by leaving the force. "There needs to be changes to the system so a person cant thwart an inve...

W5 investigates: Alleged phone hacking, possible factor in stayed murder charge Jon Woodward – W5 Correspondent Published Saturday, January 23, 2021 9:00AM EST Last Updated Saturday, January 23, 2021 10:04AM EST ; htmlCode += Share:   KELOWNA, B.C. -- The mysterious death of Arlene Westervelt seemed like a tragic drowning – something that happens all too often in the tourist’s playground of B.C.’s Okanagan Lake. ...