News Items tag as: Alexis Joel Garcia Palomino

Mexican drug mule to serve three and a half years for smuggling attempt near Osoyoos
December 02, 2016 - 12:45 PM

PENTICTON - A Mexican national caught smuggling more than a half million dollars’ worth of drugs into Canada will spend the next two and a half years in a federal prison.
Mexican man pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges in Penticton
August 29, 2016 - 2:30 PM

PENTICTON - A Mexican man is facing several years in prison following guilty pleas entered in Penticton Provincial Court today.
Man being held on drug smuggling charges getting lost in translation
April 20, 2016 - 6:00 PM

PENTICTON - A man accused of drug smuggling and other related charges had his case delayed in Penticton court this morning in part because language barriers and lack of legal representation.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Mexican drug mule to serve three and a half years for smuggling attempt near Osoyoos