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Penticton RCMP nab prolific Lower Mainland offenders
PENTICTON - Penticton RCMP had a busy but successful night May 6. Police previously responded to a number of break ins of both vehicles and residences in Okanagan Falls and Penticton on May 5, where identification, credit and bank cards, cash, jewellery, garage door remotes, keys and various other items were taken. Investigation revealed a...
Family grieves as timely treatment for mental health issues prove elusive
PENTICTON – As a Penticton family mourns the death of a daughter and sister, they…
New pet registry promotes microchip implants
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The SPCA is promoting a new province-wide pet identification registry where animals with microchip implants can have their information stored in a centralized database. "We’ve created a first for British Columbia — a centralized database for pets who receive permanent identification at any B.C. SPCA shelter, veterinarian or microchip clinic across the province,”...
Valley mayors push for early start to water conservation
OKANAGAN - Mindful of the dry winter the Okanagan has just experienced, valley mayors and councillors joined the Okanagan Basin Water Board for an early launch of the Make Water Work conservation campaign today. Mayor Doug Findlater, who chairs the water board, used his own community of West Kelowna as an example of why the...
Retiring RCMP sergeant transitioning into Crime Stoppers role
PENTICTON - The police officer who helped get Crime Stoppers off the ground in Penticton following a riot in 1991 is now going to head the South Okanagan chapter of the organization. Sgt. Rick Dellebuur announced his pending retirement from 38 years as an RCMP officer to members of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen board...
Townhouse development for idle lots on Power Street
PENTICTON - Three lots on Power Street could soon be home to a 15-unit townhouse strata complex after City councillors approved it Monday. Developer Nick Bevanda put together a design for the complex on three lots located at 152, 168 and 184 Power Street that will leave a central, private courtyard for the residents and...
Penticton’s oxbows an important but neglected water resource
PENTICTON - A Penticton group concerned about the health of the Okanagan River oxbows says more can be done to restore and rejuvenate the remaining river channels in Penticton. Rick McKelvey updated Penticton City Council earlier this week on progress his group, “Friends of the Oxbows” was making with respect to restoring the wetland habitat....
Fintry Queen still waiting for forever home
KELOWNA - She looks a little lonely out there, anchored in Sutherland Bay, waiting for something to happen but the man tasked with selling the iconic Fintry Queen says interest has been steady since it was put up for sale two months ago. “We’re still marketing it, still waiting for the right buyer but we’ve...
Union takes fight for hospital laundry services to the street
KELOWNA - Hospital Employees Union members took to the streets outside Kelowna General Hospital today to push for the Interior Health Authority to reconsider a plan to privatize laundry services. “These are workers that perform a very important health care service, they ensure that operating rooms are stocked with clean linens. Here at KGH 17,000...
Locomotive pulls out of Lakawanna Park
PENTICTON -The Lakawanna Park locomotive has left the station for good. The wooden replica of a train locomotive has been a familiar sight at the small Lakeshore Drive park for years. As part of the children’s playground, it was often used by children for climbing and playing on. City of Penticton spokesperson Simone Blais said...
What’s good for the master is good for the pets: Natural remedies at a vet clinic near you
"PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS" KELOWNA – When you walk into Pandosy Village Veterinary Hospital, it feels like a combination of old fashioned apothecary, modern day pet store and coffee shop. As a licenced veterinarian, Dr. Jason Rowan does all the procedures that a normal...
Woman charged for making up story about Christmas break in: Global Okanagan
PENTICTON - A woman whose story of a lost Christmas captured people’s charity and goodwill last Christmas faces a day in court after being accused of falsely reporting the crime. Global News reported yesterday police received a tip shortly after the Dec. 22, 2014 break-in report that led them to believe Jackie Ann Hooper may have lied about...
Special occasion liquor licences now available online
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A program by the provincial government to make it easier to get a special occasion liquor licence has been opened up to the Southern Interior. The licences are now available online in the Thompson-Okanagan. The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch began a pilot program in the Lower Mainland in early February and has now opened...
Peach City Radio licensed to hit the airwaves
PENTICTON - Penticton’s Peach City Radio moved a big step closer to their goal of an FM radio station this week. Members of the Peach City Radio Society were delighted to hear from the Canadian Radio and Television Commission their license to broadcast a low power community radio signal in Penticton had been approved. “We’re...
Resident charged up over electrical bill mailing fee
PENTICTON - A Penticton woman upset over the idea of being charged a $1 postage cost for mailing her electrical bill decided to do something about it. Jean Mitchell sent the City of Penticton a letter after seeing the city's April newsletter, where it cited rising postal costs for instilling a postage fee of one...
Gyrocopter tours coming to Kelowna
OKANAGAN – The next big thing to hit the skies over the Okanagan is part of a growing trend around the world. The gyrocopter, sometimes called an autogyro, looks like a helicopter but instead of getting its thrust from the top rotor, the engine sends power to a propeller mounted at the rear. Gyrocopters are...
Satik Bridge reaches construction milestone
PENTICTON - The last of 36 concrete girders were installed on the Satik Crossing Bridge spanning the Okanagan River at Green Avenue in Penticton this week, meaning the bridge is on pace to open to traffic before the end of June. Penticton Indian Band Chief Johnathan Kruger says the bridge has been 20 years in...
Meteors to shower the Southern Interior sky this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A nearly full moon may play havoc with the Aquarids Meteor Shower as it peaks this week but there is still a chance to see some of the brightest meteors if you can find a patch of clear sky and are patient. The product of dust particles left behind by Halley’s Comet, the...
Jail time for Osoyoos man convicted in drunken hit and run
PENTICTON - An Osoyoos man with an apparent alcohol problem will have plenty of time behind bars to test his sobriety after he was sentenced to jail for an Osoyoos hit and run accident in 2014. Steven Troy Fields, 28, was sentenced today, May 4, after pleading guilty to one count of failure to stop...
Beneficial ants being mistaken for invasive species in Naramata
PENTICTON - A beneficial native species of ant is being mistaken for an invasive species that doesn’t, according to a Thompson Rivers University researcher. Following an InfoNews story on the European fire ant last week, several people have taken to social media to express fear those ants have taken up residence in their neighbourhood. University researcher...
Highflying rescuers stage exercise on Okanagan Lake
PENTICTON – Penticton Search and Rescue teamed up with RCAF 442 Squadron for a joint exercise above Okanagan Lake Saturday morning. Two local Search and Rescue swift water technicians were dropped into the lake off Three Mile Point from a hovering helicopter in a simulation of an overturned boat with survivors. “The RCAF Cormorant approached...
Penticton Vees win first Western Canada Cup
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Connor Chartier won the Penticton Vees their first Western Canada Cup championship , as he was the overtime hero, in the Vees 4-3 win over the Portage Terries on Saturday at the Casman Centre. Chartier poked a loose puck over the goal-line after a Dakota Conroy shot squirted through the legs...
Investigation underway into cause of Osoyoos condo complex fire
OSOYOOS – Fire investigators were on the scene of a blaze at an Osoyoos condominium complex today looking for the cause of the Friday afternoon fire. Osoyoos firefighters were called to the blaze at the Sunshine Cove complex at 4231 Oleander Drive at about 12:30 p.m., Friday, May 1. Fire chief Rick Jones says the...
Okanagan Spring Wine Festival is happening now
PENTICTON - The clink of wine glasses will be a common sound up and down the valley for the next nine days as the 21st annual Spring Okanagan Wine Festival is underway. The Best of Varietal Awards and Reception was the first signature event in this year’s festival, kicking things off Thursday with the best...