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Penmar Arts Society creating investment cooperative
PENTICTON - The Penmar Community Arts Society has an investment opportunity for budding Ed Mirvish types in Penticton. The society held a rooftop party to announce a new investment opportunity for theatre-goers. The group plans to create a cooperative following discussions with Penmar property owners, who gave the society an option to purchase the property...
Money for merchants from moorage: city official
PENTICTON - Moorage space means money to business in Penticton, according to the city's economic development officer. A contested aspect of planned improvements outlined in the SS Sicamous Master Plan is the addition of seven day moorage slips on the jetty north of the SS Sicamous. About 30 people rallied against the planned moorage prior to...
Hospital Foundation celebrates new residence, imaging equipment
PENTICTON - Penticton Regional Hospital has some of the most state of the art X-ray equipment in the Okanagan following the completion of a major upgrade to the hospital’s radiology department. The hospital’s recent upgrades include updated X-ray rooms and a new portable, digital X-ray unit. The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation held an open...
Happy 10th birthday YouTube; local viral videos
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The very first YouTube video was uploaded ten years ago today so InfoNews has put together some of our regions most watched clips of the last decade. The first Okanagan classic is about a focused skater singing the national anthem at a Penticton Vees game in October 2014. It has more than 3-million...
Osoyoos RCMP help save hawk’s life
PENTICTON - Osoyoos RCMP handled a trio of incidents that involved land, water and air this week. In the air, on Friday, April 24, a Kestral Hawk flew into the grill of a commercial truck driver’s rig while travelling between Rock Creek and Osoyoos. The driver sought help at the Osoyoos RCMP detachment after finding...