News Items tag as: dial-a-dope drug dealer

Kamloops drug dealer given lesser sentence after judge imposes 'illegal' conditions
October 14, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - It's been months since a Kamloops dial-a-dope manager avoided jail time and a Crown appeal has led to a shorter conditional sentence for the man.
Kamloops mother sentenced to six months behind bars for role in dial-a-dope ring
June 07, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Supreme Court Judge says he has no reason to believe the public won't be at risk if a mother involved in a dial-a-dope ring is let back into society immediately, and sentenced her to six months behind bars.
Manager of Kamloops dial-a-dope ring gets conditional sentence
May 17, 2016 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - The manager of a dial-a-dope ring in Kamloops is avoiding prison time and instead will serve a conditional sentence.
Judge holds out hope for rehabilitaton of drug dealer
September 02, 2015 - 5:00 PM

PENTICTON - A man's troubled past and his desire to rehabilitate himself convinced a judge to give a convicted drug dealer a break in Penticton Supreme Court today, September 2.
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The science and art of making mead at Vernon's Planet Bee
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Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures,

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While many people across the Okanagan struggle to find affordable housing those able — or willing — to splash out on rent will find multiple special offers trying to entice them to sign a lease. From a few months of free rent to

Kamloops drug dealer given lesser sentence after judge imposes 'illegal' conditions