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Construction begins on bridge to economic development in Penticton

PENTICTON - Preliminary construction on the new bridge across the Channel Parkway at Green Avenue began this week. Flaggers and traffic cones lined the road north and south of the Green Avenue intersection on Friday as workers removed traffic islands, causing some confusion to motorists as well as some minor slowdowns. Penticton Indian Band Chief...

Nine days jail time for knock-knock assault

PENTICTON - A Penticton man who knocked on a stranger's door then beat the man who answered was sentenced this week to nine days in jail. Michael Cravens was sentenced Jan. 5. He was also given 15 months probation, with conditions. He got a further 21 days for breaching release conditions just two days after...

Digital eyes spark assessment spikes

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — If your 2015 property assessment is up drastically, blame it on slightly creepy technology. B.C Assessment says Interior real estate has jumped in value by almost $2 billion and some of those price hikes are the fruit of last summer’s push into the Interior using digital photo vans and enhanced aerial photography to update assessments...

Biggest jump in Okanagan real estate sales in seven years

OKANAGAN – Real estate sales across the Okanagan had the biggest jump in seven years last December, according to the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board. Overall the region saw sales increase 24 per cent during the last month of 2014, with apartment sales up a massive 42 per cent over the previous year. Townhouse and...

The price of electricity on the rise in Penticton

PENTICTON - The cost of electrictiy in Penticton is going up by 4.4 per cent as of Feb. 1. The 4.4 per cent rate hike works out to about $4.50 more a month for the average residential customer and is the result of a 4.55 per cent B.C. Hydro rate hike. Pencticton city councillors decided...