Meaghan Archer
Celebrate the holidays Okanagan Valley-style with Winter Wine Events
OKANAGAN – Okanagan Valley wineries are getting in the holiday spirit with open houses, events,…
Sex assault decision now up to the judge
A change PENTICTON – A decision is still pending after crown and defence wrapped up…
Bikers stand tall against child abuse
PENTICTON – A group of tattooed and leathered bikers stand outside the Penticton Courthouse, having…
New charges made against Teneycke
PENTICTON — New charges have been added to the latest case against Ronald Teneycke, well…
Judge rejects police harassment complaint from prolific offender
PENTICTON – Prolific offender Ronald Teneycke will be released from custody after a judge ruled…
Judge says Teneycke needs to deal with charges
PENTICTON — An Okanagan Falls man with a long, serious criminal record and history of…
Victim of suspected overdose identified
PENTICTON – The 24-year-old woman who died of a suspected overdose at Boonstock on Friday…
BOONSTOCK: 24-year-old woman dies of suspected drug overdose
PENTICTON – A Boonstock attendee died from an overdose Friday night after being taken to…
Here’s what the Osoyoos Indian Band chief and council are paid
OSOYOOS - Newly released Osoyoos Indian Band financial statements show a huge gap between First Nations and local governement when it comes to salaries and expenses. The 2014 financial documents, submitted as required by the new First Nations Financial Transparency Act, outline the earnings and expenses of Chief Clarence Louie and the band's five councillors....
Why First Nations chiefs and councillors can’t be compared to city councils
PENTICTON - The Chief of a local First Nations band says he wants to see more respect throughout the province and the country for the roles band chiefs and councillors play. New federal laws requiring First Nations to release audited financial statements publicly has brought numerous comparisons between First Nations chiefs and councillors to city...
Let’s talk about the benefits of medical marijuana
SUMMERLAND - A medical marijuana conference is coming to Summerland this weekend in support of the Nuessler-Williams family who recently spoke out to media about their need for weed. Kyla Williams, 2, has epilepsy and suffers daily from hundreds of seizures. Doctors have not been able to find a cure to help her. The family’s...
This is what Penticton used to look like
PENTICTON - Driving through the streets of Penticton, you may not realize how many businesses or homes have been sitting on the same soil for over a hundred years. It is easy to take the beauty of our city for granted but every once in a while it is nice to stop and take a...
Bobbitt hearing to reconvene in September
PENTICTON - David Wesley Bobbitt sat in the prisoner’s box for two weeks, listening to how his violent actions affected others, how police think he’s a liar, and why he is a psychopath and sexual sadist. The dangerous offender hearing and sentencing for Bobbitt began on June 23 and will continue Sept. 2. Crown prosecutors...
Bobbitt’s a ‘psychopath’: Psychiatrist
PENTICTON - David Wesley Bobbitt is a clinical psychopath who showed uncommon violent behaviour even as a child, a forensic psychiatrist said today. Penticton knows Bobbitt best for his most recent, perhaps his most heinous crime when he took a young mother and her child captive for hours inside Dave's Second Hand Store on Ellis...
Victim testifies to sexual assault in dangerous offender hearing
PENTICTON — A sexual assault victim continued to give her testimony today during the dangerous offender hearing for David Bobbitt who raped her nearly eight years ago. The victim appeared in Penticton Supreme Court via closed circuit TV and gave evidence of an incident that took place in 2007. There is no relation between this...