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Merritt bank employee guilty of fraud
A former Merritt banker has pleaded guilty to fraud. Former CIBC employee Hope Moira Donna…
National report says most homeowners too afraid to sell
KELOWNA – As many as two-thirds of Canadians don’t want to sell their homes because…
Authorities investigate fire at Vernon bank
VERNON - Police and the fire department are investigating a suspicious blaze that scorched the outside of a downtown Vernon bank Monday night. Deputy Fire Chief Jack Blair says the fire started in a garbage container at the rear of CIBC on 30 Avenue around 9:30 p.m., May 4. “The fire caused extensive fire damage...
Keremeos bank teller to repay fraudulent funds
PENTICTON - A former cash-strapped customer service representative for a Keremeos bank will have to pay back $25,000 she fraudulently took from customers' accounts, Judge Gregory Koturbash ruled in Penticton provincial court today, April 27. Elizabeth Natalie Elgie was working at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Keremeos in 2011 when her supervisor discovered...
Robbery starts in bank, ends in bathroom
WEST KELOWNA - RCMP have arrested two men in connection with the robbery of the CIBC branch on Louie Drive in West Kelowna yesterday afternoon. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Joe Duncan said in a press release that a man walked into the bank at 2000 Louie Dr. on Monday, April 13, threatened a teller and demanded...
Kelowna’s Run for the Cure raises over $175,000
KELOWNA – What they lacked in numbers, they made up for with enthusiasm. Over 1,2000 people took part in the CIBC Run for the Cure in Kelowna’s City Park Sunday morning. Over $175,000 was raised. Last year, Run for the Cure saw over 2,000 people raise about $300,000. The annual fundraiser for the Canadian Breast...
Run for the Cure at Marshall Fields
VERNON – The annual fundraising effort for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation goes Sunday morning in Vernon. Marshall Fields on Okanagan Landing Road is the new location for the 23-year for the CIBC Run for the Cure. Registration and donation drop-off is at 8:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. The event features a...
Police hunt for bank robbery suspect
KELOWNA - Mounties are looking for information about a man who robbed the Bernard Avenue CIBC Monday afternoon. The man went into CIBC located at 328 Bernard Avenue at about 2:30 p.m. June 23 and demanded money from the attendant, Sgt. Wade Severson said in a press release. The teller handed over the undisclosed amount...