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Dangerous offender hearing postponed due to judge’s illness
PENTICTON - The dangerous offender hearing for an imprisoned Penticton man has been postponed to an unknown date. Justice Geoff Barrow fell ill unexpectedly and is unable to oversee the Supreme Court trial, said Crown Counsel. David Wesley Bobbitt is in custody at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre after pleading guilty last year to charges of...
Boonstock organizers say event planning on track
PENTICTON - With only two months left until Boonstock Music Festival, event coordinators say planning and construction are still on track. The festival’s main coordinator, Barb Haynes, gave an up-to-date presentation of the plans to stakeholders Wednesday. Haynes said she understands some people expected the planning to move faster than it is, but as an...
Boonstock lines up board of directors
PENTICTON — A community-based board of directors was announced this weekend for the Boonstock Entertainment and Arts Society, a group created to support and promote local arts, music and culture in the Okanagan Valley. “This board is independent with its own mandate but will work in tandem with the Boonstock Productions executive team to ensure...
Chamber of Commerce endorses Boonstock Music Festival
PENTICTON - The Penticton Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsement of the Boonstock Music Festival, coming to Penticton in August. The announcement was made Wednesday at the Commerce’s Board of Directors meeting. The endorsement acknowledges the work organizers have put, and are putting safety and success into the planning of the event. “I am extremely...
Let’s talk about the benefits of medical marijuana
SUMMERLAND - A medical marijuana conference is coming to Summerland this weekend in support of the Nuessler-Williams family who recently spoke out to media about their need for weed. Kyla Williams, 2, has epilepsy and suffers daily from hundreds of seizures. Doctors have not been able to find a cure to help her. The family’s...
Power struggle puts tourism funds in jeopardy
'IMMEASURABLE AND IRREPARABLE HARM' PENTICTON — An estimated $350,000 to $700,000 is sitting in bank accounts doing nothing for tourism while the City of Penticton and Penticton Hospitality Association continue a power struggle that began before they even signed an agreement on tourism tax funds in 2012. And it appears from documents filed in Kelowna...
Security a concern for RCMP, Boonstock organizers say planning is on track
PENTICTON - The Boonstock music festival has some authorities worried but Penticton Indian Band Chief Jonathan Kruger is focusing his attention on the economic development opportunities the festival can bring, rather than its shady history. The Indian Band has agreed to let Boonstock promoters use a section of their reservation land as a campground and...
Boonstock without security plan, PIB Chief not worried
PENTICTON - The Boonstock music festival has some authorities skeptical but Penticton Indian Band Chief Jonathan Kruger is focusing his attention on the economic development opportunities the festival can bring, rather than its shady history. The Indian Band has agreed to let Boonstock promoters use a section of reservation land as a campground and concert...
Sentencing delayed for sex offender
PENTICTON — The sentencing for former city councillor Gary Leaman, who pleaded guilty to sex assault charges, has been delayed until June. Defense counsel Michael Welsh said the system is backed up because they are waiting on results of a psychological evaluation that was ordered as part of the pre-sentencing report. Leaman, 58, a one-term...
Judge says Teneycke needs to deal with charges
PENTICTON — An Okanagan Falls man with a long, serious criminal record and history of…
Macklemore headlining Boonstock lineup in Penticton this summer
PENTICTON — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were announced today as headliners in The Boonstock festival in Penticton this August. This is the first year Penticton is hosting Boonstock, the largest music festival in Western Canada. The festival was held in Sturgeon County, Alberta for the last several years, until their council banned the festival from...
New charges made against Teneycke
PENTICTON — New charges have been added to the latest case against Ronald Teneycke, well…
Tourism Penticton plays musical chairs
PENTICTON -- Tourism Penticton is playing a round of musical chairs, with newly appointed vice chair and board members. Diana Stirling, who has been a member of the Society since its foundation in 2012, was promoted to the position of vice chair. She is also a local businesswoman and owner of LocoLanding Adventure Park. The...
Former city councillor guilty of sexual assaults
PENTICTON -- A publication ban has been lifted on a prominent Penticton man charged with several accounts of sexual assault. Gary A. Leaman, a former Penticton city councillor and 2008 mayoral candidate plead guilty to two charges of sexual assault during an arraignment hearing in Penticton Provincial Court on Jan. 29, 2014. Leaman was General...