Penticton news

Penticton gets reprieve from ‘social nuisance’ sentenced to one year in jail
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP won’t have to deal with a man well known to the…

Regional District celebrating 50 years in 2016
PENTICTON – The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen celebrates its 50th year in 2016. The…
Festival celebrating beards coming to the Okanagan
PENTICTON – Does your beard hang low? Well if it does, then sign up for…

Penticton council shakes up regulations with new blasting bylaw
PENTICTON – Rock removal at a construction site in the city last summer led to…

Fewer sites and a mobile hub among suggestions to improve Penticton vendor program
PENTICTON – The vending program used by the city could be changing with the hope…

Running away is a better form of self defence than stabbing a man, judge says
PENTICTON – A youth who claimed to have stabbed another man in self defence during…

Hundreds of new nurses coming to the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hundreds of new registered nurses are being recruited to work in local hospitals…

Unshovelled laneways may be invitation to thieves: Penticton RCMP
PENTICTON – Snowy winter weather might be contributing to a rash of household break and…

Rash of armed robberies in the region gets a closer look from RCMP
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – They would have had to drive awfully fast to make this date but…

Decision on South Okanagan school closures delayed until March
PENTICTON – With a deadline for a decision regarding school closures in School District 67…

Woman to remain in custody following shoplifting spree at Walmart
PENTICTON – A Penticton woman in custody since her Jan. 14 arrest for breaching bail…

Lengthy probation for Osoyoos man sentenced for indecent exposure
PENTICTON – An Osoyoos man faces three years probation for two counts of indecent exposure.…

Expansion plans for Penticton Lakeside Resort to come before council
PENTICTON – Penticton Lakeside Resort wants to expand and the resort’s plans go before city…

Alberta man facing charges after dangerous driving on Okanagan Connector
MERRITT – An Alberta man is facing numerous charges after a RCMP traffic stop on…

Warm temperatures sticking around in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The mercury is staying above seasonal normals and the snow is expected to…