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UPDATE: Who has been tagging Sun Peaks?

SUN PEAKS - The Sun Peaks community is trying to figure out who is damaging their village after more than two dozen signs, posts and electrical boxes were tagged since the beginning of February. With more than 100 incidents of tagging reported already this month - many of which were reported Feb. 12 - rural...

Graffiti still a growing problem in Kamloops

‘WE’RE NOT GETTING URBAN ART, JUST SCRIBBLES’ KAMLOOPS - The graffiti removed by the local task force in 2014 could have covered nearly two and a half Canadian football fields, and that was before taking into account tagging on more than 630 utility boxes as well. How does the Graffiti Task Force know it was...

Vandals spray paint car, garage door in Glenrosa

WEST KELOWNA - Someone is tagging personal property with spray paint in the Glenrosa neighbourhood of West Kelowna. The latest incident happened last night, Jan. 28, in the 3200-block of McMahon Road, a few blocks from Glenrosa Elementary School, according to a post on Facebook. A Subaru Forrester and garage door were spray painted with pink...

Taggers no match for this trio

PENTICTON - When three locals saw tag vandalism spray-painted across the Penticton Legion, they rolled up their sleeves and went to work.  Barbara Coburn-Jaager and Ivo Jaager were basking in the glowing aftermath of a job well done Thursday, the day after their successful graffiti clean up effort. The two were assisted in the clean up...

Iconic Vernon mural hit by vandals

VERNON - It’s an iconic mural many have stopped to gaze at over the past 15 years, but Monday, something else was turning heads. The mural, which depicts a locomotive traveling over a trestle bridge, was vandalized with a series of obscene words, printed at the bottom of this article with viewer discretion advised. Michelle...