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Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns
January 25, 2025 - 11:00 AM

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production.
RCMP looking into suspicious fire at Lake Country bank
March 02, 2021 - 11:04 AM

The RCMP have been called to investigate the cause of a suspicious early morning fire that damaged the ATM foyer at a Lake Country bank.
Vernon cop stops for fuel, spots break and enter scene
October 05, 2020 - 12:35 PM

A Vernon RCMP officer stopped for gas on the weekend and just happened to come across the scene of a break and enter.
Similkameen bank users issue caution after ABM deposits go awry
January 19, 2017 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - Two Similkameen residents are advising automated banking machine users to pay extra attention to their deposits following similar experiences using a new form of envelope free-deposit ABM.
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Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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B.C. shuts door on secondary-suite incentive program over 'uncertain financial times'
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Top News - Kelowna and Area

Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns

RCMP looking into suspicious fire at Lake Country bank

Vernon cop stops for fuel, spots break and enter scene

Similkameen bank users issue caution after ABM deposits go awry

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