News Items tag as: Mac's Convenience Store

North Okanagan man sent to prison for violent convenience store robbery
February 09, 2017 - 11:30 AM

LUMBY - A North Okanagan man who robbed a convenience store and traumatized the lone teenager on shift will have time to think things over in jail.
Arrests made in violent store robbery in Lumby
May 03, 2016 - 3:05 PM

VERNON - Police have arrested two men in connection to a violent robbery at Mac’s Convenience Store in Lumby.
Safety violations discovered after late-night robbery at Lumby convenience store
May 02, 2016 - 1:00 PM

LUMBY - A new, teenaged employee was working alone for the first time on the night shift when a man came into Mac’s Convenience Store in Lumby and held a knife to her, according to a WorkSafe B.C. inspection report.
Arrest made in Vernon corner store armed robbery
January 09, 2015 - 9:06 AM

VERNON - Police arrested a man who allegedly pepper sprayed a corner store employee and made off with cigarettes and cash.
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North Okanagan man sent to prison for violent convenience store robbery