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Trial date for four men accused in Penticton kidnapping not anticipated before next summer
September 30, 2016 - 5:30 PM

PENTICTON - The trial of four men accused in the kidnapping and beating of another man took a step forward today.
Judge rules high profile kidnapping trial will stay in Penticton
August 05, 2016 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - A change of venue application to have the trial of four accused in a kidnapping and beating moved from Penticton to Kelowna has been denied.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Trial date for four men accused in Penticton kidnapping not anticipated before next summer