News Items tag as: Penticton crime

New crime-fighting app going gangbusters in one Okanagan city
July 26, 2019 - 6:30 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton residents have taken to a new app that promises to help communities reduce crime and help authorities resolve illegal activity.
Penticton RCMP bringing cold case murder back to light
January 07, 2019 - 11:39 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton RCMP are re-releasing information on a 20-year-old murder in the hopes of finally solving it.
Penticton among top 20 dangerous cities in Canada
November 24, 2017 - 5:00 PM

PENTICTON - A list published by Maclean's magazine ranks Penticton in the top 20 dangerous cities in Canada.
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iN DISCUSSION: When the law can't keep up with technology
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Supply of locally grown turkeys limited in Okanagan, Kamloops this year
Anyone wanting a fresh, free range turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year might want to get their orders in with local farmers while supplies last. Karen Smith of North Valley Farm in Salmon Arm is fielding orders for her birds, wit

iN NUMBERS: Now that weed is legal BC teens are smoking less
Getting stoned has never been more permitted in Canada, which means it has never been less cool for young people. Teenagers in BC are smoking less pot than they used to. If you really want to discourage your teen from smoking weed, light up

Tale of two cities: Why Kelowna built more upzoned housing than Coquitlam
Kelowna and Coquitlam created similar policies to get more housing built, but each city had very different results and a new study has found out why. Both cities were upzoned, meaning they allowed developers to put several homes like a four

New crime-fighting app going gangbusters in one Okanagan city