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Proposed legislation will strip presumption of innocence: Defence lawyer
March 25, 2015 - 7:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – New legislation proposed by the B.C. Liberals this week throws out the presumption of innocence and instead presumes people accused of impaired driving are guilty until they prove otherwise, says a Vancouver defence lawyer specializing in impaired driving.

Amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act strengthen the government’s controversial Immediate Roadside Prohibition, which avoids the scrutiny of court and criminal sanction.
Bears are waking up and looking for food in the North Okanagan
March 25, 2015 - 6:06 PM

VERNON - The Conservation Service is reminding the public to minimize attractants as bears come out of hibernation and start looking for food.
Vernon native named to WHL all-star team
March 25, 2015 - 4:22 PM

VERNON - It’s the end of the regular season in the Western Hockey League and while Vernon does not have a team in the league a local player has still cracked the all-star team.
Interior Target stores will be closed before Easter
March 25, 2015 - 9:57 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - By April 2 a total of 62 Target stores will be shut down, including those in Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops.
Rail corridor in doubt as Okanagan Indian Band takes land claim to court
March 25, 2015 - 8:39 AM

VERNON - The Okanagan Indian Band is filing a notice of claim in B.C. Supreme Court, asserting aboriginal title to a portion of the discontinued CN rail corridor between Lake Country and Vernon.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

News Items tag as: VNMAR2515

Proposed legislation will strip presumption of innocence: Defence lawyer

Bears are waking up and looking for food in the North Okanagan

Vernon native named to WHL all-star team

Interior Target stores will be closed before Easter

Rail corridor in doubt as Okanagan Indian Band takes land claim to court

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