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Sentencing of Oliver businessman shines light on exploitation of immigration system
In exchange for participating in a fraudulent immigration scheme, an Oliver vineyard owner was paid…

No toilets, shower from a hose: Former employee describes life in a West Kelowna fruit picker camp
WEST KELOWNA – A little community in West Kelowna is dealing with a big problem.…
Investigation continues into death of worker at Lumby business
LUMBY – Authorities continue to investigate how and why a man was killed while working…
Police investigate death at Vernon business
VERNON – A man sustained fatal injuries while working on a vehicle at a Vernon…

Safety violations discovered after late-night robbery at Lumby convenience store
LUMBY – A new, teenaged employee was working alone for the first time on the…

Construction worker trapped in West Kelowna
KELOWNA – A construction worker had to be rescued from a building in West Kelowna today, Sept. 23, after the truss system above him collapsed. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded to a building that was under construction on Carrington Road. A media release says firefighters from Lakeview Heights and Westbank stations...

Aggressive cow killed Cherryville farmhand with deadly head butt
CHERRYVILLE - The death of a Yellowknife man who was attacked by an aggressive cow last summer was an accident, says the B.C. Coroners Service. Allen Donald Powder, 49, was moving cows from one corral to another at a farm in Cherryville on July 1. He’d worked for the farm owner’s company about 17 years...