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BC liquor store blames staff, gets shut for a week for serving teen
A BC liquor store, that argued its store assistant should pay the fine for serving…
Liquor inspector acted ‘suspicious’ but store still fined $7K
A BC liquor store has been fined $7,000 for serving an underage girl because the…
Kamloops liquor store fined $9K in underage sting operation
A Kamloops liquor store has been fined $9,000 for serving an 18-year-old during a liquor…
Employees at Kamloops liquor store bear sprayed during robbery
Two young people had to be picked up by their guardians from the cop shop…
Charges dropped against woman who alleged spat on Penticton liquor store employee
A woman accused of spitting on a clerk at a Penticton liquor store at the…
Alleged Penticton liquor store spitter identified, charged with assault, mischief
The woman who allegedly spit on a Penticton liquor store employee last November will be…
Revelstoke liquor store customers shocked when bear wanders in
Customers at a Revelstoke liquor store got a bit more than they bargained Monday night…
Man who robbed Kamloops liquor store sentenced to two years in jail
KAMLOOPS – A man who robbed a Valleyview liquor store more than four years ago…
Police release surveillance image of Vernon robbery suspect
VERNON – Police are releasing a photo of a robbery suspect with the hope that someone…
Vernon liquor store clerk robbed at knifepoint
VERNON – RCMP are on the hunt for a knife-wielding suspect after the clerk at…
Salmon Arm cops searching for liquor thief
SALMON ARM – Police are on the lookout for a woman who stole a bottle…
UPDATE: Westsyde liquor store target of break and enter, five males in custody
KAMLOOPS – Five males were arrested in connection with an attempted break and enter at…
Man in pyjama pants robs Kamloops liquor store at gunpoint
KAMLOOPS – A suspect is still on the loose after robbing a local liquor store…
Poppy donations stolen from one Vernon business, tip jar from a second
VERNON - Two local businesses are asking the public to keep an eye out after a man in a blue hoodie made off with poppy pin donations and a tip jar Monday evening. Bosley’s pet store manager Dawn Vipond noticed right away the poppy tray and donation jar was missing Tuesday when she came in...
Liquor store faces little opposition in UBCO neighbourhood
KELOWNA - Imagine, if you will, an application to open a liquor store in Kelowna that faced little opposition from local neighbours and in fact, will likely be warmly embraced when it finally does open. That’s because the neighbours in the building on Academy Way where the liquor store will be located are by and...
Vernon bar taking things in a new direction
VERNON - A Vernon restaurant and sports bar is turning its focus from those who go out, to those who stay in. Monashee’s Bar & Grill on 30 Avenue in downtown Vernon will welcome patrons for a pint for the last time this weekend, but it’s not turning its back on them completely. Owner Steve...
Man earns jail time for robbing Enderby liquor store at knife-point
ENDERBY - A man with a lengthy criminal history was handed three years in prison for robbing the Enderby Liquor Store at knife-point. Donny Glen Neigum, 42, entered the liquor store Dec. 29, 2012 with his face hidden behind a scarf and a hoodie. He brandished a knife, and pushed the handle end of it...
‘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...
Liquor store robbery licked by fate
KELOWNA - A Kelowna man's robbery of a liquor store was thwarted by bad timing when an officer investigating a different incident happened to see him as he fled the scene last week. At about 11 a.m. June 9, a Kelowna RCMP officer was in the parking lot of Berezan Liquor Store located on Highway...