Marshall Jones

Marshall Jones

News is best when it's local, relevant, timely and interesting. That's our focus every day. We are on the ground in Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops to bring you the stories that matter most. Marshall may call West Kelowna home, but after 16 years in local news and 14 in the Okanagan, he knows better than to tell readers in other communities what is "news' to them. He relies on resident reporters to reflect their own community priorities and needs. As the newsroom leader, his job is making those reporters better, ensuring accuracy, fairness and meeting the highest standards of journalism.

BC driver arrested with 33 kilos of weed in minivan

A man driving a minivan with far more weed than is allowed for personal use, was nabbed by RCMP on the Trans-Canada near Yale last month. The 33-year-old Surrey man was arrested after BC Highway Patrol officers found 33 kilograms…

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs

A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of cannabis and found…

Fines coming for travellers caught sneaking pot into Canada

OTTAWA – Beginning Monday, travellers could be fined up to $2,000 for trying to slip cannabis into Canada. For more than two years, adults in Canada have been allowed to possess and share up to 30 grams of cannabis, but…

Canadian facing charges in marijuana smuggling attempt

BURLINGTON, Vt. – A Canadian man is facing charges stemming from an attempt to smuggle 226 pounds (102.5 kilograms) of marijuana into the United States from Canada, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The court documents filed in U.S. District Court in…

Woman’s plea ends case of Vegas crash that killed 6 teens

LAS VEGAS – A woman imprisoned for nearly 20 years for having marijuana in her system when she crashed and killed six teenagers in a Las Vegas-area freeway median has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter to end her case and…

Armed robbery at Vernon marijuana dispensary

VERNON – Police have arrested a man in Chase B.C. after three men pulled handguns and robbed a marijuana dispensary in Vernon around 6 p.m. yesterday, Dec. 30. According to a release from Vernon RCMP, the three men walked away…