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Late snow to hit Interior highways this weekend
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A spring snow storm is expected to drop up to 10 centimetres of wet snow on Southern Interior highways this weekend. According to Environment Canada, an unseasonably cool frontal system will reach the coast by Friday evening and rain will change to snow over the mountain passes early Saturday morning. So far 5...
Naturist group appeals for respect and cooperation
PENTICTON - A local naturist group is appealing for calm following the latest debate over Three Mile Beach. The Okanagan Naturist Association issued a plea for naturists to be respectful following Penticton council’s decision not to endorse clothing optional use of Three Mile Beach. In a press release issued April 8, the Okanagan Naturist Association...
Daycare needs highlighted in Penticton debate
PENTICTON - Residents of a south Penticton neighbourhood made their feelings, good and bad, known about a proposed daycare this week. The zoning amendment application for 96 Yorkton Ave. first came before council Jan. 12 where it was read for a first time and forwarded to a public hearing three weeks later. Opposition to the...