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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 Westervelt's 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 Canada's 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 RCMP's Code of Conduct process so that Mounties can't avoid discipline and public disclosure simply by leaving the force. "There needs to be changes to the system so a person can't thwart an investigation, and their own prosecution, by taking retirement," said Anthony Oliver, a lawyer for t...

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. On June 26, 2016, Arlene and her husband Bert Westervelt set out for an afternoon paddle and a pi...