Shannon Quesnel

OSOYOOS - A cyclist was struck in Osoyoos on Highway 97 Monday evening and police are looking for an additional driver who was at the scene. The cyclist Michael Geoffrey Holmes, 52, of Osoyoos, was lying on the road at the time he was struck by a Mazada 626 sedan sometime before 9:55 p.m.  He...

A small car fire on the Penticton Indian Band reserve almost handled itself. Band firefighters attended a car fire on Green Mountain Road and Penticton IR Road around 4:29 p.m. The flames stay confined to the car and destroyed it. Around the car was a dry and grassy area and just 20 feet away was...

PENTICTON - Faces light up when Angelo enters any of the rooms at the Trinity Care Centre which is precisely the reaction staff want to see. The small white dog was waiting with his handler Diana MacDonald and resident Betty Crowe, 86, in the front foyer Monday morning. The pooch sat on Crowe's lap, with...

PENTICTON - A different strategy for a better outcome is what Vic Powell has planned for the Sept. 7 byelection. Powell, a former military man, ran for the mayor's position in the 2011 Penticton election but only came away with 472 votes and lost to former mayor Dan Ashton. He said not using election signs...

PENTICTON - Thousands of worms are being plopped into people's homes to eat and turn human garbage into garden friendly compost. Years ago this might have been a turn-off to many but more and more residents are happy to invite the slimy invertebrates into their backyards and garage, according to Penticton Community Garden Society president...

UPDATE: 9:01 p.m., July 29, 2013 PENTICTON - The evacuation alert for Willowbrook and Yellowbrick Road properties in the White Lake area has ended. A 70-hectare wildfire, now 100 per cent contained, prompted the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen to issue the alert. This affected property owners at 3566, 3639, 3749, 3775 and 4351 Willowbrook...

PENTICTON - A suspended RCMP officer was found not guilty of perjury on Friday in Penticton Supreme Court. Justice Bruce Butler acquitted Cpl. Andre Turcotte of the charge as he was left in a reasonable doubt as to the accused's guilt. The events leading to the verdict started on Nov. 29, 2007 when Turcotte assaulted...

UPDATE: 4 p.m. July 27, 2013 PENTICTON - A 2-hectare grassfire that lit up the night on Munson Mountain Friday was human caused, and it was probably fireworks. The fire started around 11 p.m. and burned grass and sagebrush before it was put out at about 12:30 p.m. No structures were damage by the blaze....

PENTICTON - Penticton Fire and Rescue used to do fast-moving water rescues the hard way by improvising and using what tools they had. Captain Denis Noble said it was messy before but now the department has new $800 dry-suits and are receiving swiftwater rescue training from David Scott of Rescue Canada. Scott had several firefighters...

CHARGING UP-FRONT FEES FOR RETURN TRIP JUST BUSINESS: CHIEF KRUGER PENTICTON - Taxi cab operators are upset with Coyote Cruises hogging the lion's share of people paying for ferry service and might go on strike. Coyote Cruises rents floaties and charges for bus rides at the start of the Okanagan River Channel. If riders want...

PENTICTON - The city's waste water treatment system needs the newest parts and not a repair job, city engineer Ian Chapman said. He told city council at its last meeting to spend $170,000 for a new blower rather than refurbish the old one. He said it made more sense as a repair job will only...

OFFICER SUSPECTED TO HAVE IMPROPERLY USED POLICE COMPUTERS TO SPY ON HIS ACCUSER: CROWN PENTICTON - A Penticton supreme court judge will have to decide if a Penticton RCMP officer is guilty of a second offence stemming from an assault almost six years ago. In 2010, Cpl. Andre Turcotte was convicted of assaulting Ian Scott...

PENTICTON - A new search and rescue bike team, and new mountain bikes, will make it easier to find lost or injured cyclists. Penticton and District Search and Rescue are training their members to be part of a new team to better cover the Three Blind Mice mountain biking area and urban zones search manager...

SUMMERLAND - The investigation continues into the accident on July 15 when a transport truck carrying two-by-four lumber flipped on its side and slid just north of Summerland. The truck was heading south and took a right turn when it flipped on its side. The driver of a car heading north veered off the road,...

PENTICTON - No one should hold their breath for Penticton Creek improvements. Coun. John Vassilaki said at Monday's council meeting it's going to take years to transform the creek to its original state before it was modified to handle flooding. "If you had seen it then and seen it today it's as different as night...