Penticton news
TV pilot highlights luxury homes being built in the Okanagan
KELOWNA - A local TV producer is putting the finishing touches on a pilot TV episode that gives viewers a glimpse of what goes into building Kelowna’s newest and most expensive homes. Pamela Tomlinson, who produced The Carnies, The Canadian Culinary Championships and a feature length film called Hitler’s Speech Writer, has turned her lens towards a local construction...
Orange Shirt Day remembers residential school victims
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you saw someone wearing orange today, don’t assume they are supporters of the federal NDP. “Orange Shirt Day is a reminder of the pain and anguish of residential school survivors and their families,” Rose Caldwell says. “For the ones who made it through and the ones who never came home.” Caldwell is...
Top female sailors to race in Kelowna this weekend
KELOWNA - Some of the best female sailors in the country will be in Kelowna this weekend for a competitive sailboat race that hasn’t been held in Kelowna since 2007. The 2015 Re/Max Canada Women’s Keelboat Championships is a fast-paced weekend of racing that takes place over three days in front of Waterfront Park in...
Downtown business owners affected by Penticton blaze call fire suspicious
PENTICTON - Several Penticton businesses and services have lost their livelihood, at least temporarily, due to a downtown fire this morning and some of them are calling the blaze suspicious. Crews responded to a fire in the 200 block of Main Street around 5:40 a.m. today, Sept. 30, where they found smoke coming from Fibonacci...
Fire rips through downtown Penticton businesses
PENTICTON - Penticton firefighters are on scene of a fire at two downtown businesses this morning. The Penticton Fire Department was called to the 200 block of Main Street around 5:40 a.m., Sept. 30, on a first alarm and immediately noticed smoke visible from coming from Fibonacci Roastery and Cafe and the neighbouring Hooked on...
TAYLOR TRIAL: Witnesses describe finding body of teen in Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS — The walking trail by a ravine near Guerin Creek was often littered with beer cans, bottles and garbage, but three dog walkers, a hydro worker and a letter carrier noticed something out of place the morning of Dec. 5 before a 16-year-old girl’s body was found in the neighbourhood. The body was CJ...
Kelowna science lecture will address confusion over GMOs, fluoridation and other controversial topics
KELOWNA - Whether scientists can be trusted or not will be the topic of conversation at a Kelowna lecture tonight. Dr. Susan Jacobs-Kaufman, a professor from the University of Alberta, will be at the Okanagan Jewish Community Centre at 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 30, discussing the reasons many people do not believe scientists when it...
Donation will help Penticton Search and Rescue save lives
PENTICTON - Penticton Search and Rescue received a welcome gift from a North Vancouver company this week. MediQuest Technologies donated two automated external defibrillators to the local search and rescue organization in an unexpected act, Penticton Search and Rescue spokesperson Randy Brown says in a media release. Search and rescue medical coordinator Scott Pettendreigh says...
Record grape harvest bodes well for Fall Okanagan Wine Festival
KELOWNA - It's been a stellar year for Okanagan vineyards and it will continue with a ten-day celebration of all things wine, which is expected to attract more than 20,000 visitors. Many local wineries are picking grapes earlier than ever before this year, according to Lori Pike-Raffan, the public relations director for Okanagan Wine Festivals...
UPDATE: Body of missing man found
UPDATE: 8:28 A.M., SEPT 30, 2015 RCMP has located the body of German Santana and his truck. Santana was involved in a fatal single vehicle crash about 20 kilometres west of Princeton on Highway 3. The investigation has been turned over to the B.C. Coroners Service and RCMP South Okanagan Traffic Services. 7:14 A.M., SEPT....
TAYLOR TRIAL: Teen and accused were ‘getting along’ hours before her death
KAMLOOPS — In the hours leading up to her death, a pregnant 16-year-old was getting along with her boyfriend and didn’t want to leave him the night before their trip from Kamloops to Terrace, a jury heard in Kamloops Supreme Court yesterday, Sept. 29. Claude Royer, a ministry of children and families worker, was among...
New waste collection program coming to Penticton
PENTICTON - Penticton residents will soon be wheeling their garbage and recycling to the curb after council agreed to move to a cart-based system for collection. Penticton Public Works Manager Len Robson says there will be no changes to the current program of waste, recyclable and yard waste pickup when the new program, which will...
Tagging down in Penticton core
PENTICTON - City streets are looking better thanks to a graffiti removal program, but constant vigilance will still be needed to keep tagging in check. City of Penticton Bylaw Services Supervisor Tina Siebert is asking council to include $28,800, half the cost of the graffiti removal pilot program, in next year’s budget for continuation of...
Search and rescue groups could get more funding
KELOWNA - Search and rescue volunteer organizations are a step closer to receiving more funding from the province. A funding model that has been in development for two years is being sent out to other search and rescue groups in the province for input before it gets forwarded to the government. Director Jim McAllister of...
Why you’ll want to centre your wine collection around this year’s Okanagan vintage
PENTICTON - Okanagan Valley winemakers and growers are raising a glass to the growing conditions of 2015 as one of the earliest harvests on record comes to an end. Pènèlope Roche is co-owner of Roche Wines along with her husband Dylan on Penticton’s Upper Bench Road. She is also an instructor at Okanagan College’s Wine...