News Items tag as: Penticton RCMP quarterly report

RCMP summer operations can be a 'juggling act' in the South Okanagan, says region's top cop
April 28, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The South Okanagan’s top cop says keeping up with the pace in the summer can be difficult pointing to the annual influx of tourists and transients.
Perception of Penticton crime wave has a basis in reality
February 05, 2016 - 2:30 PM

PENTICTON - Is Penticton “a community under siege” as a Penticton judge commented earlier this week during a sentencing decision for one of the region’s prolific offenders, or is the recent perception the city is experiencing a crime wave simply media reporting, as a Penticton defence lawyer pondered during the same hearing.
Police call volumes rising in Penticton; down in other South Okanagan municipalities
January 23, 2016 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - Crime stats continue an upward trend in Penticton.
Increasing demand for Penticton police in third quarter
October 16, 2015 - 10:58 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton RCMP detachment continues to see an increase in calls for service in the city and region.
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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

RCMP summer operations can be a 'juggling act' in the South Okanagan, says region's top cop