News Items tag as: Community Safety Unit

50 people arrested in crackdown on shoplifters in Kelowna
December 20, 2023 - 9:39 AM

The Kelowna RCMP’s Community Safety Unit arrested more than 50 people in an operation that targeted shoplifters and was spearheaded by partners at the Vancouver Police Department.
Here’s what you need to know about B.C.’s new pot police
August 13, 2019 - 12:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — A newly formed law enforcement agency swooped into Kamloops last week to seize product from two unlicensed cannabis stores, and they're likely going to do the same in every other city where illegal operations are up and running.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

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

50 people arrested in crackdown on shoplifters in Kelowna