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Penticton’s top bureaucrat says city targeting ‘behaviour not people’ in security crackdown
PENTICTON – Homelessness has become a major problem in Penticton as people with nowhere to…
Another day of scorching weather for the Southern Interior
More than a dozen fires have been sparked across the Okanagan after a lightning storm…
Here’s why Interior Health has concerns about needle buyback programs
KAMLOOPS – At least two communities in the Southern Interior have created a grassroots needle…
Penticton pharmacy buys used needles, offers safe space for drug addicts
PENTICTON – A Penticton drug store is doing what it can to reduce the hazards…
Penticton man caught with loaded sawed-off shotgun gets three years in jail
PENTICTON – A Penticton man has been sentenced to three years in jail after RCMP…
Penticton city councillor seeking federal Conservative nomination
PENTICTON – Helena Konanz wants to win the local Conservative Party of Canada nomination in…
Gateway Casino workers in Kamloops, Okanagan get ready to strike
Workers at four casinos in the Thompson-Okanagan are preparing to walk off the job tomorrow.…
WILD WEDNESDAY: Watch how wild animals live together in a B.C. forest
The forests in B.C. may have a lot of space, but the animals that live…
Inappropriate relationships were just cause for dismissal of Penticton mental health worker
PENTICTON – A Penticton mental health worker who repeatedly violated workplace codes of conduct by…
Penticton firefighters running test with lights and sirens
PENTICTON – If you see fire trucks with emergency lights on and sirens blaring in…
VIDEO: Iconic Penticton bookstore thrives by being passionately unique
PENTICTON – It’s an iconic business on Penticton’s Main Street having been at same location…
City of Penticton payroll exceeds $23 million
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars on…
Scorcher in the Okanagan this week
KELOWNA – The first day of summer is officially on Thursday, but it definitely feels…
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch for parts of Southern Interior
The weather could get nasty across the Southern Interior today. Environment Canada has issued a…
Here’s how to protect yourself from those pesky mosquitoes in the Southern Interior
Each year once the snow melts and the sun comes out, mosquitoes hatch and begin…
Multi-million dollar development in Penticton shelved
PENTICTON – A proposed development expected to transform Front Street in Penticton appears to be…
Housing starts holding strong in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Housing starts were strong in Kelowna and Vernon last month, while Penticton held…
Million dollar leaky condo settlement ‘remnant of a distant past’: City of Penticton CAO
PENTICTON – It would have cost taxpayers a lot more to continue to fight a…
Theft from autos troubling Penticton crime statistic
PENTICTON – A nagging statistic that costs the Penticton RCMP a great deal of time…
Keep your guard up Okanagan, flood threat not entirely over
OKANAGAN – A mainly warm, dry long-range forecast means properties on Okanagan Lake are likely…
From a block party to bulls, flamenco to fair trade, there’s lots to do this weekend
PENTICTON – This weekend begins in a community-friendly way with a block party in Penticton.…
Cost of flood prevention in Penticton on the rise
PENTICTON – It isn’t something Penticton city council is happy about spending money on, but…
Penticton city council places limits on election sign placement
PENTICTON – A cleaned up Penticton bylaw and limits on placement of election signs within…
Penticton city council looking at joining pawnshop database in effort to spot stolen goods
PENTICTON – Penticton council is being asked to support bylaw amendments that would allow for…