Penticton pair fined by Elections BC

Two candidates for Penticton city council in the Oct. 20, 2018, municipal election will be fined $500 for not filing their required paperwork within the 90-day deadline following an election.

Connie Sahlmark and Duffy Baker, who finished 17th and 18th, respectively, of 25 candidates, missed the filing deadline earlier this week, says Elections BC.

In total, 28 candidates across B.C. did not submit the mandatory paperwork. According to guidelines, those who missed the deadline will be fined $500 but given a short grace period, which will allow them to run again in the 2022 election or any subsequent byelections. Those who ignore the grace period must sit out the next election.

Also missing the disclosure deadline was Vernon city council candidate Sam Zaharia.

All other candidates from the Okanagan submitted their paperwork on time.

Sahlmark was the Green party candidate in Penticton in the 2017 provincial election, collecting 4,707 votes — 18.4 per cent of total votes — the best showing ever by a Green candidate in the riding.

Kelowna resident, 18, killed in crash

An 18-year-old Kelowna resident was killed in a collision on Highway 97 North near the UBC Okanagan overpass Friday morning.

Police say a vehicle collided with a commercial semi-trailer truck before 6:30 a.m.

Highway 97 was closed between the overpass and Edwards Road for several hours.

Just after midnight on Friday, a head-on collision on Highway 33 near Peregrine Road caused serious injuries, police also said.