Peachland News

Penticton councillor Tarik Sayeed accepts B.C. NDP nomination
PENTICTON – A Penticton city councillor will represent the B.C. NDP in next year's provincial…

Rash of mailbox mischief and theft in Peachland
PEACHLAND – Community mail boxes in Peachland have been targetted by theives for the last…

Transit union making last ditch effort to avoid strike in Central Okanagan
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The president of the union representing bus drivers in the Central Okanagan…

Central Okanagan bus drivers file 72-hour strike notice
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS COULD START SUNDAY CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Bus drivers in most of the Central…

Peachland bypass could result from new traffic study
PEACHLAND – What to do with the highway through Peachland is the question a new…

Guilty plea from Peachland man who refused to let date out of his car
PEACHLAND – A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to forcibly confining and threatening a girl…

School bus fees dropped for Central Okanagan students
KELOWNA – Central Okanagan families will no longer have to pay to send their kids…

They know how it got there but West Kelowna still doesn’t know who owns abandonded hulk in Gellatly Bay
WEST KELOWNA – Bylaw enforcement is still trying to contact whoever owns an overturned metal…

Tips from the public lead to discovery of stolen U-Haul in Peachland
VERNON – A young family moving from Vancouver to Calgary had all their belongings taken…

McCall Creek fire in Peachland well under control
PEACHLAND – The McCall Creek fire above Peachland is still burning but barely. “The’re making…
Charges laid in connection with Peachland online date that turned into a kidnapping
PEACHLAND – The man arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman he met through online dating…

Peachland online date turns into forceable confinement, police say
KELOWNA – RCMP say a man is custody after a meeting arranged through an online…

Man drowns at Peachland beach despite assistance of bystanders
PEACHLAND – Despite the efforts of bystanders, a 76-year-old man has drowned in Okanagan lake.…

School speed zone times extended in Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA TO CONSIDER REQUEST FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT LATER THIS MONTH CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Your…

Heavy rain prompts boil water notice for Peachland
PEACHLAND – A heavy rainfall is behind the boil water notice issued in Peachland on…