Penticton

This mid-size Okanagan city experiencing biggest housing boom in valley
Kelowna is the obvious go-to place for newcomers to the Okanagan with one of the…

Snowbirds Peachfest performance in Penticton cancelled
The Snowbirds have been grounded and will not perform in Penticton today. The cancellation is…

UPDATE: Missing Penticton teenager located
UPDATE: 12:24 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 RCMP say a missing 16-year-old Penticton teenager has…

Driver who fled scene of Highway 97 crash fights with Penticton police officers
Penticton RCMP officers caught up with the driver of a vehicle that hit a median…

Little Penticton girl and garbage man form heartwarming friendship
Every Thursday morning, 3-and-a-half-year-old Rylee Petersen from Penticton looks forward to waving at her local…

Penticton’s Crazy Corn Man known for colourful personality (and great corn)
It doesn’t take long to see how the Crazy Chilliwack Corn Man in Penticton earned…

Penticton fire chief picking a water fight with kids
Penticton firefighters are trying to turn the down the heat this week by throwing down…

Wildfire south of Penticton now 1.4 hectares
A wildfire burning south of Penticton has more than doubled overnight. The Mount Hawthorne wildfire,…

The world’s largest hockey stick was made in Penticton
To help draw epic crowds to Vancouver for the '86 Expo, a Penticton business was…

Penticton’s drive-in streetcar diner was like a scene from ‘Happy Days’
There used to be a drive-in diner in Penticton where a romanticized era from the…

Outgoing Penticton city councillor reflects on 14-year tenure
Penticton’s longest-serving city councillor has decided to hang up her hat. Judy Sentes announced she…

Penticton fast food employee saves customer in medical distress
A burrito maker in Penticton is being called a hero after performing CPR on a…

Fun all around at kids tennis camp in Penticton
The Penticton Tennis Club is serving up aces at its annual summer junior tennis camp.…

Penticton man earns top spot in national arm-wrestling championship
For Penticton’s Richard Henson, winning the Canadian National Arm Wrestling Championship was hands down the…

An anniversary of tears and smiles for former Penticton woman
Three years ago, Alyssa Kroeker was sexually assaulted and now, on that anniversary, she looks…