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Public Works preparing to patch Penticton Avenue pipeline

PENTICTON - Residents living in the upper Penticton Avenue area are preparing for several weeks of road construction as the city replaces a section of the large water main connecting Okanagan Lake to the city’s water treatment plant. Work is scheduled to start Monday at 7 a.m. “We are moving ahead quickly and hope to...

Penticton website outs nudists, claims “illegal activity”

PENTICTON - Penticton’s famous nude beach continues to make headlines, even in the dead of winter. The beach began making regular headlines in June 2014 when a private landowner, who owns a strip of the beach along with the City of Penticton and the province fenced off a portion after claiming a nudist had scared off...

Rock-in-sock attacker loses appeal

PENTICTON - A man convicted of two years less a day for a vicious attack on a Penticton man will serve his full sentence after losing his appeal this week. Anthony Leonard Donald Samuelson argued his sentence was unduly harsh and requested instead a three-year suspended sentence or a reduction of the present jail term....

Apex community saddened by death of co-owner

PENTICTON - One of the most popular and highly respected residents in the village at Apex Mountain Resort died this week. Resort co-owner Louise Burgart, 68, died of a suspected heart attack on Sunday, Jan. 25. When Burgart hadn't been seen for a few days an Apex staff member, sent to check on her, found...

Lots to do in Penticton on Family Day

PENTICTON - You won’t have far to go to enjoy a full slate of Family Day activities in Penticton. The city’s community centre is teaming up with Coldwell Banker Okanagan Realty to assemble an all-ages road hockey game with the Penticton Vees from noon to 2 p.m. on Feb. 9.  Some equipment courtesy of Pacific...

Summerland woman putting the pedal to the metal at ARCA racing event

SUMMERLAND - A Summerland woman is getting ready for the ride of her life as she prepares for an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race at Daytona. Sarah Cornett-Ching has been driving for half her life — and she’s only 24. She began her racing career at Penticton Speedway, where she first got behind the...