News Items tag as: CBSA

Shuswap man busted for smuggling drugs and firearms
December 27, 2024 - 11:31 AM

A Sicamous man has been arrested for firearms and drug trafficking.
Two gay Kamloops men to be deported to Nigeria despite threats, jail
November 30, 2022 - 6:00 PM

Two Kamloops men are being deported back to their home country despite facing threats and laws against their sexual identities.
No charges laid after border agents search Penticton home: lawyer
June 11, 2018 - 2:11 PM

PENTICTON - The lawyer representing a Penticton family whose home was searched by Canada Border Services Agency agents late last week says no charges have been laid in connection to the raid.
Police, border service officers descend on Oliver residence
February 16, 2017 - 10:36 AM

OLIVER - Two security teams joined up to search the Oliver home of a man alleged to have smuggled weapons into Canada, at the same time the man was before the courts in Penticton yesterday.
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North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
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Leaky sewage system nets another fine for South Okanagan development
A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third

Shuswap man busted for smuggling drugs and firearms