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Kelowna lawyer suspended for overcharging clients
KELOWNA - A local lawyer has been suspended for overcharging two clients in 2011. Christopher R. Penty admitted to a Law Society of B.C. panel that he issued bills that misrepresented the amount he was entitled and then lied to a Supreme Court master. On Oct. 29 the panel suspended Penty for four months. His...
100 bottles of wine to be won at Mamas for Mamas fundraiser
KELOWNA - A local charity providing help for single mothers is holding a formal fundraiser this week. Mamas for Mamas was founded last year by Shannon Christenson. In just one year, the organization has collected more than 5,000 members and helped dozens of families. “We need your help to continue supporting our struggling mamas and...
Medical marijuana pain clinic eyes Kelowna expansion
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - A new clinic focusing on treating patients for pain management and prescribing medical marijuana as the treatment is looking to open in Kelowna. Medical Cannabis Resource Centre Inc. is already operating a clinic in Vancouver, just recently bought an existing clinic in Kamloops, and is now eyeing the Kelowna market for possible...
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna woman located
UPDATE: 2:18 P.M., NOV. 12, 2015 RCMP says Crystal Schmid has been located and is safe and sound. 10:05 A.M., NOV. 12, 2015 KELOWNA - RCMP need your help locating a Kelowna woman who was last seen five days ago. Crystal Schmid was last seen Saturday, Nov. 7. She is a 32-year-old Caucasian female, 5‘7”...
Nude marcher joins Kelowna Remembrance Day parade
KELOWNA - A man in the buff tried to join the Remembrance Day parade in downtown Kelowna yesterday. The nude male joined in near the intersection of Water Street and Bernard Avenue just before 11:30 a.m., but was promptly removed from the parade, Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says in a release. "The Kelowna RCMP were vigilant...
Fire rips through West Kelowna home
WEST KELOWNA - Residents and their pet were able to escape as flames tore through a home in West Kelowna Wednesday night. West Kelowna Fire Rescue was called to a fire at a single family residence on Empire Place in the Mission Hill area of West Kelowna around 9:45 p.m., Nov. 11. When they arrived...