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KELOWNA, B.C. - The RCMP say a settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit filed last year by a university student who claimed she was injured by a police officer who was supposed to be doing a health check in Kelowna, B.C.
China’s Youthful, Debt-Fueled Spending Spree Sparks a Reckoning Chinese regulators attempting to rein in Ant Group Co. and a swelling online-lending industry have a target in their sights: the excessive, debt-fueled lifestyles of the country’s youth. Leading up to last year’s coronavirus pandemic, a new generation of tech-savvy and free-spending citizens helped power rising consumption, a growing driver of China’s economy. Many used short-term loans to pay for expenses such as prestige cosmetics, electronic gadgets and costly restaurant meals. They found credit easy to obtain, thanks ...
Image Credit: YOUTUBE January 11, 2021 - 7:00 AM Months after a Kelowna woman was dragged down a hallway by an RCMP officer doing a mental health check, police and Interior Health are finally taking steps to improve the way they deal with such situations. Interior Health and the Southeast Division of the RCMP are forming a working group “to work together and enhance our overall response to mental health related calls for service,” according to a joint statement provided to iNFOnews.ca today, Jan. 8. The issue came to a head last summer after a video was posted online of...
December 15, 2020 - 7:30 AM A Kelowna RCMP Constable is denying assault allegations in a civil suit, saying she was legally obligated to arrest the woman because she was drunk in public and likely to attempt to drive. That’s the official response of the Attorney General, Minister of Public Safety to a recent lawsuit filed alleging Fiona Read was assaulted during arrest by Const. Lacy Browning. Browning became notorious when a video surfaced of her violent arrest of a UBC Okanagan student in a so-called mental health wellness check in January 2020. Browning is now facing ...