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Penticton woman feels betrayed after her offer to help homeless woman backfires
PENTICTON – A woman well known to police will spend six months in jail after…
Okanagan College adapts to budget cuts by upping revenue
INCREASES TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, CORPORATE SERVICE CONTRACTS HELP OFFSET DECLINE OKANAGAN – It’s a milestone,…
Crown looking for new senior counsel in Robotti murder trial
PENTICTON – The court proceedings the brother and sister charged with murder in connection of…
Record high temperature in Penticton
OKANAGAN – The mercury continues to rise but a new record has already been set…
UPDATE: Stolen Penticton puppy retuned to owner
PENTICTON – A four-month-old puppy stolen from outside a church in Penticton earlier this week…
Kelowna home beer brewer goes large scale with Penticton brewery
PENTICTON – A Penticton craft brewer is pairing up with the winner of the Okanagan…
Okanagan continues to flirt with record temperatures
OKANAGAN – For the second day in a row record temperatures were just out of…
Quick work by Penticton Search and Rescue to pluck injured snowmobiler from Apex
PENTICTON – An injured snowmobiler near Apex last night can count himself twice lucky. First,…
Mapping war memorials throughout the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – There are thousands of war monuments and memorials across the country and the…
South Okanagan theatre troupes ready to hit the stage with new spring productions
PENTICTON – Live theatre is alive and well in the South Okanagan as two local…
Rock slide puts a dent in Kettle Valley Steam Railway’s finances
PENTICTON – Summerland’s Kettle Valley Steam Railway has begun the 2016 season, and is safely…
School board decides to close schools in Summerland and Penticton
PENTICTON – The Okanagan Skaha school board is going to close three schools in the…
Time served for Penticton man fighting addiction
PENTICTON – A Penticton man will be released from jail in order to get treatment…
New program to aid South Okanagan women at risk
PENTICTON – A Penticton society that supports women at risk will benefit from seized proceeds…
Fight against invasive mussels in B.C. strengthened with funding of new inspection stations
KELOWNA – New permanent inspection stations will help in the battle to keep invasive mussels…
Seasons change, but property crimes continue in Penticton
PENTICTON – Break and enters at Penticton homes kept RCMP busy again last week. Police…
Penticton not great at recycling; city aims to educate
PENTICTON – The recycling program in Penticton is not panning out to be all council…
Goose egg addling program underway in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The annual effort to reduce burgeoning populations and negative effects of the Okanagan…
Penticton warehouse hit by cheese burglars again
PENTICTON – Penticton’s ice cream bandits have struck again. Or maybe it's a case of…
Warm weather avalanche warning issued across B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Visitors to the Interior backcountry are being warned of an increased avalanche hazard…
Chilliwack to open Peachfest in 2016
PENTICTON – Canadian classic rock lovers are going to want to mark Wednesday, Aug. 3…
Snowpack remains just above normal in most of Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Snowpacks in the region have increased slightly over the past several weeks, leaving…
Consultant wraps up research into South Okanagan labour market
PENTICTON – Among the findings of a city consultant discussing strategies to maximize opportunities for…
Okanagan Similkameen directors urge discretion when imposing evacuation orders
PENTICTON – Okanagan Similkameen Regional Distrct board members don’t want to see a one-size-fits-all policy…