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South Okanagan-West Kootenay: Green candidate Samantha Troy
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South Okanagan-West Kootenay: NDP candidate Richard Cannings
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South Okanagan-West Kootenay: Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk
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South Okanagan-West Kootenay: Conservative candidate Marshall Neufeld
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School closures looming in South Okanagan as enrolment levels decline
PENTICTON - Years of declining school enrolments have taken their toll on School District 67 and the board is finding itself running out of options when it comes to future budget cuts, meaning school closures could be coming. Approximately 60 residents gathered in the IMC Building behind the school board offices Wednesday evening, Oct. 14,...
Osoyoos-based Columbia River Treaty workshop highlights Okanagan impacts
PENTICTON - A public workshop held recently in Osoyoos to discuss the Columbia River Treaty highlighted Okanagan issues stemming from the 50-year-old pact. The workshop, which took place at the Sonora Centre in Osoyoos on Oct. 7, was held in the Okanagan to raise the profile of the treaty’s impacts on the valley and prioritize...
Fire ban fully rescinded in Kamloops Fire Centre this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As the weather continues to cool off and fire season comes to a close, open burning is now allowed throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. As of noon today, Oct. 15, the current open burning ban will be completely rescinded in the areas under the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. Many local municipalities are following...
Police concerned over motorist’s inattention in school zones
PENTICTON - Motorists are being reminded to pay attention to new signage within school zones in the community. Penticton RCMP issued a release this week reminding parents and others using school zones that several new regulatory signs are now in effect surrounding certain schools within the local school districts. Police are concerned many motorists are...
Fest-of-Ale provides $35,000 to community groups
PENTICTON - The 2015 Okanagan Fest-of-Ale Craft Beer and Cider Festival gave back to the community following another successful festival earlier this year. Okanagan Fest of Ale representatives distributed $35,000 back to the community last week during a presentation held at the Shatford Centre. The annual Fest-of-Ale event, which takes place in early April, is one...
ELECTION 2015: Strategic voting group calls for Liberals to vote NDP in three Southern Interior ridings
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Stephen Harper says strategic voting doesn’t really exist but Just The Facts Canada Inc. says it does and it is using a full-page ad in the Globe & Mail newspaper to get the message out. The pitch by the strategic voting group includes a call for Liberal supporters in three Southern Interior ridings...
Cross border water conference shares ideas, compares notes during drought year
PENTICTON - Those with a stake in the Okanagan River watershed on both sides of the 49th parallel gathered in Osoyoos last week to exchange ideas, discuss this year’s drought conditions, and work towards a more cooperative relationship in the management of the Okanagan River. The conference, which first took place in 2007, happens every...
Cougar sighting in east Penticton
PENTICTON - A recent cougar sighting has the conservation office reminding residents to be diligent with pets and attractants to reduce the potential of conflict between visiting wildlife and residents in Penticton. Penticton Conservation Officer Dave Cox’s warning comes on the heels of a cougar sighting in the Adams Crescent and Ridgedale Avenue area of...
Still time to provide input on SS Sicamous park plan
PENTICTON - The City of Penticton has extended its deadline for pubic input on design concepts for the SS Sicamous park area. Residents interested in commenting on the project will now have until Oct. 16 to do so. First phase of a multi-phase plan to reconstruct the area around the SS Sicamous includes improvements to...
Penticton Community Centre leisure pool repair work underway
PENTICTON - The leaky leisure pool in Penticton will be fixed, but it will be several weeks before the pool can be used again. Work crews and professionals have come up with a solution to fix the pool’s leaking drains, which were discovered while refilling the pool following a summer shut down for pool deck tile...
Penticton police dodge rocks and deal with fake guns
PENTICTON - Police spent a busy week tracking thieves, dealing with imitation handguns and dodging rocks while breaking up an unruly party. For the second time in two weeks, thieves struck a roofing supplier, police reported today, Oct. 13. Penticton RCMP spokesperson Don Wrigglesworth says thieves broke into a fenced compound at Proline Suppliers on Oct....
Casino looking for new digs as Lakeside Resort looks at expansion of convention facilities
PENTICTON - Penticton Lakeside Resort, Convention Centre and Casino will be sporting a name change, along with other more significant changes over the next two years. The hotel’s General Manager, David Prystay, recently announced the hotel would not be renewing their lease with Lakeside Casino when it expires in 2017. Prystay says the hotel plans...
Kelowna woman sentenced for trying to smuggle 35 kg of cocaine into Canada
KELOWNA – A 27-year-old Kelowna woman was sentenced to more than six years in jail for trying to smuggle 35 kilograms of cocaine into Canada from the United States, according to Global Okanagan. Caitlin Gladdish was arrested at the Waneta border crossing near Trail in July last year. Her Volkswagen Jetta had been outfitted with...
Investigation into Penticton fatal crash continues
PENTICTON - Police continue their investigation into a head-on collision that killed one person Friday evening, Oct. 9. RCMP media spokesperson Don Wrigglesworth says the crash took place at approximately 7 p.m. Friday evening when a red Ford pickup travelling southbound on Lakeside Road crossed the centre line of the highway and struck a 2002 Kia...
Man accused of bringing gun into Penticton Law Courts denied bail
PENTICTON - The man accused of bringing a shotgun into the Penticton Law Courts earlier this year will remain in jail for the time being. Jessy Arthur Michaud appeared by video in front of Judge Gale Sinclair this morning, Oct. 13, when he was denied bail on five charges, three of which related to an...
Expect a sunny fall week in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN - The temperatures will be warm and the sun will be bright following the Thanksgiving long weekend in the Okanagan. Environment Canada is calling for highs of 15 Celsius to 19 C all week, a few degrees warmer than the seasonal normals of 13 C, while lows will be just below seasonal normals of...
Restoration efforts underway following downtown Penticton fire
PENTICTON - The owner of a downtown Penticton building damaged by fire last week says it will not have to be torn down. Nikkos Theodosakis says restoration work has begun on the building, which caught fire in the early hours of Sept. 30, with cleaning of the ten office units on the building’s second floor....
Dying Nsyilxcn language given new life in classroom
OKANAGAN - Reviving an endangered language is a daunting task but Syilx Language House is going to try to do just that with Nsyilxcn, the Okanagan language. Thirteen beginning students have signed on with five co-teachers, who are also students. Lead teacher Michele Johnson says in a media release there are fewer than 100 fluent...
UPDATE: Penticton car crash victim dies in hospital
PENTICTON - One of the two people seriously injured following a head-on crash in Penticton last night has died in hospital. RCMP say the crash happened at about 7 p.m., Oct. 9, on Lakeside Road. “A Ford pickup truck, which was travelling south, and a Kia car, which was travelling north, hit head-on,” Const. Michael...
Gap between rich and poor getting wider in South Okanagan-Similkameen: Vital Signs report
PENTICTON - The third annual Vital Signs report has given the South Okanagan-Similkameen failing grades when it comes to jobs, affordable housing and the gap between the rich and poor. The report is produced by the Community Foundation of Okanagan-Similkameen and studies 11 issues in an attempt to define the overall health and wellbeing of...