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VIDEO: Animal advocate wants unnecessary suffering by injured wildlife to end

PENTICTON - A Penticton animal advocate believes a change in policy is necessary when it comes to police and conservation officers dealing with injured wildlife. Theresa Nolet was driving along Highway 97 near the intersection of Duncan Avenue and the Channel Parkway in Penticton on June 23 when she saw a wounded deer with a...

Central City Foundation continues to seek new operator for The Crossing

KEREMEOS - Five months after the Portage residential treatment centre for addicted youth, known as The Crossing at Keremeos closed its doors, the owner of the property says work to reopen the facility continues. Central City Foundation president Jennifer Johnstone says a made-in-B.C. solution is being sought to reopen The Crossing and the foundation has...

Hot time in Penticton this weekend

PENTICTON - The Peach city is heating up in more ways than one this weekend as two major events at the same time temperatures expected to soar into the high 30s. The Penticton Elvis Festival runs June 26 to 28 for the 14th year, as Elvis fans come from all over to celebrate the “King...

Regional heritage strategy looks at local values

PENTICTON - Seeking grassroots input into what is historically important, rather than relying on historical experts' opinions, is at the heart of the regional district’s heritage program. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen continues work on the Regional Heritage Strategic Plan following a director’s workshop at a board meeting earlier this month. Public consultations were completed...

Penticton lawyer new vice-president of B.C. branch of Canadian Bar Association

PENTICTON - A Penticton lawyer has been acclaimed vice-president of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Michael Welsh, an Okanagan lawyer with a practice based out of Penticton with Mott Welsh and Associates Law Offices and Mediation Services accepted the role at the provincial council meeting held in Richmond, B.C. on June 20....

Tubers reminded of channel restrictions until July 1

PENTICTON - This weekend’s prediction of sizzling temperatures will likely result in one of the busiest weekends so for this year for Penticton channel tubing. Be warned, the full length of the channel will not be open until Canada Day, so floaters are being asked not to go past the under construction Satikw Bridge. Chris...

Woman who went missing in Okanagan bush has outstanding warrants

PEACHLAND - The Winnipeg woman who went missing for more than a week and then was found by two men checking on livestock on an old logging road near Peachland is due for a court appearance in Manitoba. Kara Jo Leigh Stoyanowksi, 24, went missing for nine days after she left a recreational area near...

Forecast heat wave prompts warning for people to be prepared

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hot desert air moving into the Southern Interior this weekend is behind a Special Weather Statement warning people to get ready. Record breaking high temperatures of 40 Celsius are forecast for Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, in the South Thompson, Nicola and South Okanagan. In the statement, issued today, June 25,...

South Okanagan roadside checks result in arrest for outstanding warrant

PENTICTON - RCMP in the South Okanagan have arrested a man wanted in Calgary in connection with the sexual assault of a young child. Police say it all started with an uninsured driver who was stopped during one of the roadside checks conducted by the police on Saturday, June 20. Four days later, RCMP arrested...

Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan

PENTICTON - The search for two Ontario hikers missing since Monday in the Similkameen is escalating as the search enters its third full day. Keremeos RCMP first received a report about two hikers overdue to return to the Cathedral Lakes Lodge in the Similkameen Mountains southwest of Keremeos at 8:36 p.m. Monday, June 22. Lynne...

Police-themed party gets surprise police visit

PRINCE GEORGE - Police-themed birthday parties are all the rage with young boys, often complete with badges and hats, but not all young boys get to have actual cops at their birthday party too. When Cpl. Dave Tyreman found out four-year-old Capper was hosting a police-themed birthday party on June 20 he decided to roll...

Magic of Enchanted Forest put new owner under its spell

REVELSTOKE - The Enchanted Forest had its new owners spellbound from the first time they saw the woodland wonderland many years ago. The roadside amusement park located between Sicamous and Revelstoke on the Trans Canada Highway has, for the fifth time in its 55 years, changed hands, but longtime visitors need not fear any drastic changes;...

Ski hill agreement nets benefits for Osoyoos Indian Band

PENTICTON - Next year’s ski season will see Mount Baldy operate under a new partnership agreement with local First Nations. The Osoyoos Indian Band recently signed an agreement with Baldy Capital Corporation that will provide an annual lease payment by the corporation for land on the hill and allow band members greater access to the...

Second assault at Kamloops jail this week

KAMLOOPS - Emergency personnel were on scene at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre for an inmate assault this morning, June 24. Dean Purdy, chair of the corrections and sheriffs services component of the B.C. Government and Service Employee’s Union, says an ambulance and fire truck arrived at the jail this morning. “The inmate-on-inmate violence occurs...

Staff at Okanagan owl rehab centre trying to understand reason behind poisoning

PENTICTON - A break and enter and food poisoning at the South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls has left staff wondering what the reasons were for the weekend crime. Centre Manager Dale Belvedere says the rehab centre was broken into sometime overnight Saturday. It appears whoever broke in poisoned a bucket containing food for rats, which ...

No fireworks and possibly no campfires allowed this weekend

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Without a significant amount of rainfall Tuesday night, the Southern Interior could see a fire danger rating of ‘extreme’ by the start of the weekend. And that could mean no campfires on the weekend before Canada Day. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the fire danger rating in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which...

B.C. sending more firefighters out-of-province

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - B.C. is answering a request for assistance from the Yukon, sending 31 firefighters there to help fight wildfires. According to B.C. Wildfire, the request was made through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, responsible for coordinating sharing of firefighting personnel and resources with other jurisdictions. B.C. just sent 21 firefighters, four fixed wing...

A fine day to walk the family pet

PENTICTON - The weather this week is proving to be perfect for a pleasant walk in the park, or for Pete Godwin and Rachel Bourgeois, ideal weather for taking their pet to the beach. Nothing unusual about that, except maybe for the fact their pet is a ferret. Walking through Gyro Park this week Godwin...

Penticton water park opens to naked trespasser and wild winds

PENTICTON - Penticton's newest form of entertainment on the water began operations on the weekend and it is already attracting unexpected visitors. Penticton’s Wibit Water Park opened on Saturday, June 20, but a security breach — apparently in innocent fun — that night has operator Randy Gallagher already stepping up security around the inflatable water park....

UPDATE: Search for missing hikers in Similkameen

PENTICTON - Efforts are increasing in a search to find two missing hikers. Search and rescue teams are working with police in looking for two people who failed to return from a hike in the Similkameen yesterday. Cpl. Dave Tyreman says Rick Moynan and Lynne Carmody, both believed to be in their 50s, left a...

Busy start to summer for Penticton RCMP

PENTICTON - The summer season is barely underway but Penticton RCMP are already feeling the heat as they deal with a high number of calls. The Penticton detachment dealt with a total of 80 calls in what acting media spokesperson Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth referred to as a 'crazy day' yesterday, June 22. While there was...

Young boy with Down syndrome airlifted to Vancouver after work van ran over his chest

WEST KELOWNA – An eight-year-old boy with Down syndrome from West Kelowna is in critical condition in Vancouver Children’s Hospital today after a commercial van ran over his chest in his neighbourhood yesterday, June 22. Jonah Pevach's mother Candice Loring says the accident happened around 4:30 p.m. and they were airlifted to Vancouver yesterday evening....