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Fatal Penticton house fire

PENTICTON – Fire crews found a body while fighting a house fire in Penticton Friday night. Penticton firefighters were called to the fire on Smythe Drive at about 5:14 p.m., Feb. 20. Crews arrived to find a neighbour using a fire extinguisher to put out a burning SUV in the driveway, fire chief Wayne Williams...

Man accused in doctor beating granted bail

PENTICTON - A Summerland man accused of the savage beating of a Penticton doctor was released, pending payment of $50,000 bail, Thursday, Feb.19. Gregory Stanley Nield is accused in the Dec. 5, 2014 assault of a Penticton psychologist in the hospital’s psych ward. Nield’s attack left the doctor unconscious resulting in severe facial injuries, including...

Bobbitt not happy with how he was portrayed during trial

KELOWNA – David Wesley Bobbitt, who pleaded guilty to sexually and physically assaulting a 22-year-old Penticton woman in 2011, isn’t feeling well. And he doesn’t like his lawyer either. Final submissions in the Supreme Court case that began last year concluded Friday, with Bobbitt, 39, saying he wasn’t happy with how his lawyer James Pennington...