Shannon Quesnel

PENTICTON - Two alleged mailbox thieves were busted yesterday at 3 a.m. when RCMP spotted them trying to steal license plates in Olalla. Keremeos RCMP followed up a report of a suspicious vehicle, RCMP Staff Sgt. Kurt Lozinski said. Upon arrival a man and a woman from Keremeos were observed stealing plates from another vehicle....

PENTICTON - After watching a woman who was deaf struggle to buy groceries Tarik Sayeed knew software could be a solution to her communication problem. The Penticton computer engineer said she was trying to tell the grocery store clerk what she wanted but the clerk didn't understand sign language. "It was a lose-lose situation," Sayeed...

PENTICTON - Four brand new Toyotas parked on the Penticton Toyota lot went missing and there was no sign whether the alleged thieves even unwrapped their gifts. General sales manager Larry Pidperyhora said the four vehicles were covered in protective plastic wrappings, which are difficult to remove, and each had minimal fuel in the tanks....

PENTICTON - Paying bills is a popular choice for spending Infotel's $1,000 cash prizes. Nav Canada flight service supervisor Garth Hillman will use his cash prize to recover from his Christmas expenses much like welder James Weir used his to pay off his family's vacation bill. But then, Hillman also said he might buy a tablet....

PENTICTON - It was not warm enough to go swimming in Penticton yesterday but it felt pretty darn close as yesterday's temperature of 15.1 Celsius broke a 68-year record high of 11.7 C set on Jan. 13, 1945. Yesterday people were wearing a mix of breezy T-shirts and shorts to warm winter jackets and boots....

"WE'VE REALLY HURT THESE PEOPLE." SUMMERLAND - Mayor Janice Perrino is upset by the eight jobs cut at the District of Summerland but argues they were absolutely necessary. The staffing changes announced Monday will save about $500,000 this year. The savings are something the community sorely needs Perrino said, but added in doing so, council...

UPGRADES TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY PENTICTON - Council said yesterday it will spend $250,000 for city hall renovations and this comes nearly a month after it raised taxes and cut two firefighter positions to solve a million-dollar deficit problem. Greyback Construction received a $153,562 contract for the bulk of the project with the remaining money...

PENTICTON - An alleged gangster will give a DNA sample to local police forces despite apparent animosity between him and the RCMP. Steven King, 40, was in Penticton Supreme Court today to hear Justice Susan Griffin sentence him on a simple drug possession charge. He was given one year probation and he accepted an order to...

PENTICTON - A convicted Penticton man called "a bricklayer in a wall of harm" by Justice Susan Griffin, was given probation instead of jail for the remorse he's shown in court and for his service to friends and the community. Keenan Lance Owens, 22, was sentenced in Penticton Supreme Court on Wednesday for pleading guilty...

PENTICTON - An ex-cop wants a lawyer on his side in his fight to get a bail breach charge erased. Keith Gregory Wiens appeared in Penticton Provincial Court today but his efforts to find representation were delayed. Judge Meg Shaw adjourned the case to give the former Mountie more time to file the necessary paperwork, Crown...

PENTICTON - A family of rockers performing in Penticton might be the biggest thing this week but there will still be options for those looking for a smaller more intimate event. Those heading outdoors will meet a mix of sun and cloud and a 30 per cent chance of snow late in the afternoon Friday....

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT PENTICTON - A woman permanently injured in a vicious assault learned on Tuesday her attacker was to serve another two years and ten months in prison. Brian Douglas Louie, 35, was found guilty in 2012 for aggravated sexual assault and assault causing bodily harm. These actions were committed against a woman at...

PENTICTON - Former Penticton Secondary School student Travis Turner joins the cast of Some Assembly Required, a live-action comedy which debuts tonight on YTV at 6:30 p.m. The show's premise is about a group of teenagers running the fictional Knickknack Toys company. Turner plays graphic designer Aster Vanderberg under the direction of a very young...

PENTICTON - Penticton's city budget was finalized Friday with no change in the two per cent tax increase proposed at an earlier meeting. Councillors Andrew Jakubeit, John Vassilaki and Helena Konanz were against the two per cent increase claiming it was too much. They were out-voted at an earlier budget meeting as the rest of...

PENTICTON - An Oliver man accused of bombing a car is headed to trial this summer. Eric Olivier Daoust, 23, was in Penticton Supreme Court today to find out his next court appearances are July 22 for a pre-trial conference and Aug. 25 which kicks off a three-to-four day trial. Daoust has been charged for...

PENTICTON - The value of the average Summerland home creaked up a notch to $419,000 in 2014 from $417,000 in 2013 and it was the only south Okanagan community out of 10 to do so. Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos and Keremeos homes saw their assessed value drop just a bit according to B.C. Assessment. In Penticton...