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Shannon Quesnel
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...
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...