News Items tag as: Penticton RCMP quarterly report

RCMP summer operations can be a 'juggling act' in the South Okanagan, says region's top cop
April 28, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The South Okanagan’s top cop says keeping up with the pace in the summer can be difficult pointing to the annual influx of tourists and transients.
Perception of Penticton crime wave has a basis in reality
February 05, 2016 - 2:30 PM

PENTICTON - Is Penticton “a community under siege” as a Penticton judge commented earlier this week during a sentencing decision for one of the region’s prolific offenders, or is the recent perception the city is experiencing a crime wave simply media reporting, as a Penticton defence lawyer pondered during the same hearing.
Police call volumes rising in Penticton; down in other South Okanagan municipalities
January 23, 2016 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - Crime stats continue an upward trend in Penticton.
Increasing demand for Penticton police in third quarter
October 16, 2015 - 10:58 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton RCMP detachment continues to see an increase in calls for service in the city and region.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

RCMP summer operations can be a 'juggling act' in the South Okanagan, says region's top cop