Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
PIB
Young people working for Coyote Cruises on Penticton channel victims of racial slurs from floaters
Many of the staff at Coyote Cruises in Penticton are teenagers from the Penticton Indian…
Penticton Indian Band eyes ‘Adrenaline Super Park’
PENTICTON – The Penticton Indian Band is looking at the idea of developing an adventure…
Penticton Indian Band hopes to win over Gateway Casinos in bid for new location
PENTICTON – With the future location of the Lakeside Casino in Penticton up in the…
Fire fighters put out shed fire near Kaleden
PENTICTON – A fire crew from the Penticton Indian Band made short work of a shed fire early this morning. Fire fighters were called to the fire on Marron Valley Road, north of Highway 3A, near Kaleden at about 12:48 a.m., Saturday, March 14. Fire chief Barry Phillip says the shed was fully involved when...
How the Penticton Indian Band is handling wild horses
PENTICTON - Wild horses are becoming a greater problem in Penticton as they continue to wander off band land and onto highways, causing injury to themselves and drivers. But despite the need to remove hundreds of horses, the band chief says there will always be horses on their land. There are over 600 horses on...
Wild horse carcass left by South Okanagan roadside for three days
PENTICTON - Last week, a feral horse was struck and killed by a passing motorists and left on the side of the highway for three days just south of Penticton, according to Global Okanagan. The young animal was discovered in the ditch beside Highway 97 Monday afternoon. It had two broken legs. It was later...
City of Penticton no longer leasing Airport Beach
PROPERTY OWNERS PROMISE NO CHANGE TO PUBLIC ACCESS PENTICTON – The Kruger family has leased Airport Beach to the city of Penticton for so long no one seems to remember when the arrangement was first put into place. The long-term public access is meaningful to the family and the reason they have no plans to...