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Ex-cop continues bail breach fight
PENTICTON - Ex-cop Keith Gregory Wiens continues his fight against a charge of breaching his bail. Wiens, 58, a former Mountie, is doing a life sentence for shooting and killing his spouse, Lynn Kalmring, at their Penticton home on Aug. 16, 2011. He isn't up for parole for 13 years. Wiens is set to represent...
Ice wine harvest started early this year
ICE WINE PRODUCTION NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART PENTICTON - Ice wine grape picking might have stopped at about 7 a.m. this morning at the 1775 Bench winery but that didn't mean a break for the tired and frozen staff. The grapes were picked and hauled directly to the processing rooms to be pressed...
Questions surround RCMP officer, alleged bad conduct
OSOYOOS – Questions over alleged complaints about an RCMP officer's conduct have gone unanswered by…
Violent predator to serve six months
PENTICTON – An "extremely violent sexual predator's" past caught up with him in Penticton Provincial…
Convicted sex offender back in court
PENTICTON – Convicted rapist Ronald Teneycke is back before the courts again pleading guilty to…
Gated communities hit and miss with emergency services
GATES CAN ALSO KEEP OUT POLICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES PENTICTON — Gated communities of the South…
No noise is good noise in downtown Penticton
Martin Street resident wants less, not more, nightclub hours A Penticton woman says her plea to curb late-night noise on Martin Street has fallen on deaf ears. Martin Street resident Vicki Ashman says city council hasn't done enough to prevent people from making noise after downtown clubs close in the wee hours of the morning....
UPDATE: Penticton school board transferred student at sex offender’s request
A now-convicted child sex offender fooled school board officials into approving the transfer of one of his victims from one school to another so the boy could live with him. According to the boy's father, Rene Mark Burke walked into the Okanagan-Skaha School District office in Penticton in August 2011 to seek permission to transfer...