Pnapr2016

Similkameen legend challenges notion fur traders were first Europeans to set foot in south central B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If your history books tell you fur traders were first to make contact…

Pickup truck driver killed in crash on Channel Parkway in Penticton
PENTICTON – A pickup truck crash on the Channel Parkway in Penticton Sunday morning claimed…

Crown looking for new senior counsel in Robotti murder trial
PENTICTON – The court proceedings the brother and sister charged with murder in connection of…

Lawyers want trial for murder of Roxanne Louie moved from Penticton
PENTICTON – If lawyers representing the accused murderers of Roxanne Louie have their way, the…

Overdose deaths prompt province to declare public health emergency
INTERIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY HARD HIT THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Responding to a continuing surge in drug overdose…

School board decides to close Osoyoos Secondary School
RCMP ESCORT SCHOOL TRUSTEES FROM MEETING OSOYOOS – People were yelling and screaming at trustees…

Okanagan politicos to get first look at rail trail plans
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Councillors and directors from various communities will get their first look soon…

South Okanagan conservation fund finds new life with director’s motion
PENTICTON – Efforts by a South Okanagan environmental group to establish a conservation fund has…

Princeton stabbing: System failed when charges were reduced: Advocate
PENTICTON – James Buhler wrote a suicide note, then lured his former wife to a…

Penticton charity has plans to help homeless over the summer
PENTICTON – A local charity continues to work to help the homeless in the city…

No decision yet on what to do with donations to failed Penticton community theatre effort
PENTICTON – The dream of a community theatre in the former Penmar Theatre building on…

No firm date for overdose tracking system for Interior Health
PROVINCE DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MID APRIL THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Interior Health is still working…

Car shows, garage sales and wine celebrations in Penticton this weekend
PENTICTON – It’s spring in Penticton, and nothing signals that better than what’s happening on…

Start of May to bring more warm temps and sunny skies to the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – April is expected to go out warm and May to come in even…

RCMP summer operations can be a ‘juggling act’ in the South Okanagan, says region’s top cop
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan’s top cop says keeping up with the pace in the…