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Vernon man convicted of numerous gun and drug charges hopes to limit time behind bars
July 04, 2017 - 2:30 PM

VERNON - Lawyers continue to spar in Vernon court over a fit sentence for a convicted drug dealer with a penchant for guns.
UPDATE: Lengthy jail term sought for Vernon man to send message amid rising gun violence
March 09, 2017 - 1:47 PM

UPDATE: DEFENCE CALLS FOR IMPROMPTU ADJOURNMENT
Vernon man guilty in international heroin importation case
January 06, 2017 - 4:30 PM

VERNON - A Vernon man has been found guilty of 21 drug, weapons and other charges stemming from an undercover operation rolled out after border security found more than $100,000 of heroin hidden in a pair of lamps.
Vernon man involved in huge cross border drug smuggling ring going to jail
June 16, 2016 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - A Vernon man caught working as a drug courier in a massive cocaine smuggling operation was handed a lengthy prison sentence earlier this week.
Vernon man found guilty of role in cross-border drug smuggling operation
May 04, 2016 - 10:30 AM

VERNON - A Vernon man has been found guilty for his part in a drug trafficking operation which saw large shipments of cocaine transported into Canada from California.
Vernon man facing 17 charges following inter-agency investigation
January 28, 2015 - 1:30 PM

VERNON - A Vernon man is facing 17 criminal charges following a police investigation that began with a shipment of heroin landing at the Vancouver International Airport.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

Vernon man convicted of numerous gun and drug charges hopes to limit time behind bars