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B.C. land swap deal with Westbank First Nation stirs up political trouble in West Kelowna

The B.C. Liberals have themselves a little problem in the Okanagan. The District of West Kelowna is up in arms over a land deal between the province… Read more “B.C. land swap deal with Westbank First Nation stirs up political trouble in West Kelowna”

Well, the case of Constable Geoff Mantler is slowly starting to grind its way through B.C.’s clogged up justice system. Here’s The Globe story I wrote today.… Read more “Kelowna Constable Geoff Mantler pleading not guilty to assault”

Well, I couldn’t resist. I did another installment of the Christina Lake pot bears story for the Globe. It’s an update on the bears discovered by police… Read more “Return of the Christina Lake pot bears”

How involved should a city get in the development game? I find myself asking that after writing this story: Mystery donor adds wrinkle to contentious Kelowna development… Read more “Kelowna waterfront development project put on hold”

Like public transit in most B.C. communities outside the Lower Mainland, Kelowna’s bus service is operated by a private company contracted by BC Transit, a provincially owned… Read more “B.C.’s net-zero mandate pushes Kelowna towards transit strike”

Let’s face it, jails suck. They aren’t very nice places to be. They’re expensive, and while they do keep people who have done bad things separated from… Read more “Prison debate divides Okanagan communities”

So, the City of Penticton gets the provincial and federal governments to come up with stimulus cash for a new community centre, then promptly lays off the… Read more “City of Penticton forces union to accept two-tiered wage system”

And now for something that has nothing to do with cops… This story about how the Kelowna Women’s Centre closed its doors for a month while it… Read more “Gaming grant cuts force Kelowna Women’s Centre to close doors”

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Kelowna RCMP has a problem that goes far beyond Const. Geoff Mantler. I worked my way through a bunch of… Read more “Kelowna RCMP leads B.C. in use of force complaints”

Turns out Buddy Tavares wasn’t the first person to accuse RCMP Const. Geoff Mantler of taking unnecessary and gratuitous shots during an arrest. In today’s Globe, I… Read more “Kelowna RCMP officer facing multiple excessive force allegations”