News Items tag as: Kamloops peace officer assault

Crown's conflict of interest concerns dashed in officer assault case
March 02, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - A Crown application to have a criminal defence lawyer tossed from a case out of conflict of interest concerns was dismissed by a Kamloops Supreme Court justice last week.
Inmate bites guard at Kamloops jail
April 29, 2015 - 4:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - An officer at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre is still off work after sustaining a bite from an inmate during an assault Saturday evening.
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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

Crown's conflict of interest concerns dashed in officer assault case