Shannon Quesnel

After electrician Brian Woodman of Penticton was killed at a Kelowna auto repair shop steps were taken to prevent others from sharing his fate. Brian's family attended a Day of Mourning event on Friday at Penticton's McLaren Arena. With them were several other families, Penticton firefighters, city staff members and elected officials. Everyone stood near...

David Bobbitt pled guilty to seven charges related to a July 31, 2011 attack on a Penticton woman. Bobbitt appeared via video at Penticton Supreme Court on Monday before Justice Geoff Barrow, Crown lawyer Deb Drissell, defence lawyer James Pennington and several family members of the victim. The family members said they were relieved Bobbitt...

A now-convicted child sex offender fooled school board officials into approving the transfer of one of his victims from one school to another so the boy could live with him. According to the boy's father, Rene Mark Burke walked into the Okanagan-Skaha School District office in Penticton in August 2011 to seek permission to transfer...

A now-convicted child sex offender fooled school board officials into approving the transfer of one of his victims from one school to another so the boy could live with him. According to the boy's father, Rene Mark Burke walked into the Okanagan-Skaha School District office in Penticton in August 2011 to seek permission to transfer...

A collision in Penticton earlier today resulted in a white pickup truck being spun and a larger moving truck losing its coolant. The two trucks collided at or near the McDougall Avenue and Main Street intersection around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. It appeared no one was injured. Firetrucks blocked off access and firefighters were cleaning up...

Silence is the response from the Okanagan-Skaha School District regarding a now-convicted child predator, Rene Mark Burke, getting approval to transfer a student from one school to another. Emails and phone calls requesting comment, were made out to school staff, school trustees as well as the lawyer representing the school board. School district superintendent Wendy...

A man accused of murdering two people and wounding a third appeared for the first time in Penticton Provincial Court on Wednesday via video. John Ike Koopmans, 49, is charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in connection to the deaths of two Princeton residents. Robert Wharton, 44, and Rose...

Patients with chronic Lyme disease are being caught in the middle of a fight between doctors arguing over treatment while suffering with the condition itself. On one side are physicians like retired doctor Ernie Murakami who believe Lyme disease can be a chronic condition. On the other, is a majority of the medical community who...

A new $110,000 park at Skaha Lake will show children how fragile the ecosystem is. Discovery Park at Skaha Lake is billed as a natural playground with boulders from area quarries, climbing ropes, balancing logs made from beetle-infested trees, earth berm slides and a water feature to remind children how valuable water is. This park...

Getting rid of large and unwanted objects will get a little easier from May 6 to 10. The City of Penticton will hold its annual spring cleaning week for large and bulky items. Residents can place out by 7 a.m. a maximum of two items on their regular garbage day. Furniture, large appliances and mattresses...

Thirty thousand books need to be recycled into money for some needed hospital equipment. The Rotary Club of Penticton is holding its annual used book sale Tuesday with 30,000 tomes up for grabs. The Penticton Curling Club at 505 Railway St. is packed with everything from modern spy thrillers to knitting textbooks. Funds raised will...

Penticton's famous Okanagan Lake waterfront gets caged and made over this month. Walkers, joggers and random visitors have had to go around or find new places to park their cars and their tired bodies. Further down the road many old trees were removed due to fears of root damage and windfall. There is also work...

Penticton's old bus barn on Ellis Street is still on the table to become the city's newest farmer's market attraction. The Downtown Penticton Association wants to turn the city-owned building into a year-round indoor market. It would not be a replacement for the regular Saturday markets on Main Street. It's been reported the bus barn...

Pestoe, a black labrador-great dane mix, runs for the ball Monday at Skaha Lake. His owner, seen in the distance, was in town from Calgary for some rock climbing. Nearby was a sign detailing the layout of a new park plan. The goal of the proposed Discovery Park is to provide a fun way to...

A Penticton man was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years today for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter and pimping her out to others. And he didn't take it well. He interrupted the sentencing proceeding by swearing and acting out. Neither he nor his stepdaughter can be identified by court order. He was convicted of five sex offences and three...