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Vernon business frustrated as robbers walk free

VERNON - A Vernon business owner is fed up after two robberies at their store in the last year, and no arrests. Aman Sudan and her husband bought the local Mac’s Convenience Store franchise on 27 Street about a year ago. Since that time they’ve been robbed twice; the first time in January 2015 when...

Vernon convenience store clerk shaken, but not hurt, after robbery

VERNON - A convenience store employee did the right thing when a man in a ski mask told him to open the cash register early yesterday morning. After being threatened with what looked like bear spray around 4:30 a.m., Sept. 20, the lone clerk at Mac’s Convenience Store on 27 Street did as he was...

Arrest of alleged drug traffickers ruled ‘unlawful’

KELOWNA - Drug charges against three men are in doubt after a Kelowna Supreme Court Justice ruled RCMP officers, after committing resources to a lengthy investigation, erred in their arrests of three men believed to be trafficking heroin. Justice Gordon Funt, in his Oct. 2 voir dire ruling, ruled the arrests of Joshua David Lambrecht...

‘Large sum’ of unclaimed cash could go to good samaritan who found it

ARMSTRONG - No one has claimed a wad of money found in the Armstrong Liquor Store earlier this month, and with each passing day, the good samaritan who turned it in gets closer to cashing out.  Video surveillance at the liquor store shows the owner of the cash—a white haired woman in a black top...

Pile of cash found; RCMP looking for owner

ARMSTRONG – RCMP are looking for the owner of a large sum of cash dropped in the Armstrong Liquor Store Saturday morning. Someone spotted the pile of money and turned it over to the clerk, who called the police. The investigators had a look at the surveillance camera footage and discovered the owner of the...

Police search for bear spraying robber

KELOWNA – RCMP officers are searching for a suspect who sprayed bear spray after robbing the Dilworth Drive Scotia Bank Tuesday afternoon. Before deploying the spray, a man walked in the bank with his face covered and demanded cash. He fled with an undisclosed amount. After searching the scene, police were unable to find the...