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Penticton Safeway customer wins groceries for a year
A Penticton woman scored big in a local grocery store contest yesterday, winning groceries for…
Penticton Safeway employee tests positive for COVID-19
A report issued by Sobeys Inc. confirms an employee at the company’s Safeway store in…
Why one Vernon pharmacist would like people to not park in Safeway’s lot
With the supermarket closed and construction taking place, many people driving to downtown Vernon are…
Union: Most Safeway staff will see pay cut under FreshCo banner
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Most Safeway employees who opt to keep working at the supermarket once it…
Some Safeway stores in Kamloops, Okanagan to close for rebranding as FreshCo
Three Safeway grocery stores in the Thompson-Okanagan will be closing and reopening as FreshCo stores.…
Local outreach volunteer wants to ban grocery stores from throwing away food
KELOWNA – The head of an Okanagan outreach centre is trying to rally the public…
Alleged Vernon purse snatcher caught on camera
VERNON – Police have released a photo of a woman who allegedly stole a purse…
Bear spray forces evacuation at grocery store in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops RCMP are hoping the public can help them track down a suspect…
This Vernon cashier will make your day without saying a word
‘NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE’ VERNON – The hardest part of Kirsten Ward’s job as a cashier…
Attention job seekers: Kamloops employers to participate in hiring fair
KAMLOOPS - Over 45 of the city’s largest employers will participate in the Kamloops Hiring Fall Fair later this month. The Monday, Oct. 26 event will run from 12p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre and is free. The purpose of the hiring fair is to give job seekers the opportunity...
Drop your envelope of cash? You need to talk to the Vernon RCMP
VERNON - An envelope of cash has been turned into the Vernon RCMP after someone dropped it at the downtown Safeway almost a month ago. RCMP say the small, light brown envelope was dropped at a grocery store check stand around 12:55 p.m., July 29. An employee at Safeway found the cash and no one...
Full time cashier convicted of stealing $24K in social assistance
GOING TO THE MINISTRY OFFICE MADE HER FEEL "WORTHLESS" KELOWNA – A Kelowna cashier is awaiting sentencing for fraud after collecting and spending close to $24,000 in social assistance while working full time because she was “finally living like everyone else.” According to a March 30 judgment by Judge Ellen Burdett, Theresa Derworiz, who has...