News Items tag as: Bath salts in the Okanagan

West Kelowna woman sentenced for helping import 15 kg of 'bath salts' drug from China
April 19, 2016 - 4:22 PM

KELOWNA – A West Kelowna woman broke down and cried when she was sentenced to four years in jail for her part in importing 15 kg of methylone, a drug known more commonly as 'bath salts,' from China in 2013.
Kelowna woman guilty of possessing 15 kg of bath salts drug imported from China
November 13, 2015 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA – A West Kelowna woman has been found guilty of possessing 15 kg of a new synthetic drug she received in the mail from China.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

West Kelowna woman sentenced for helping import 15 kg of 'bath salts' drug from China