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CROSSING CLOSURE: Portage insists closure was budgetary
PENTICTON - The company that closed its youth residential treatment centre in Keremeos earlier this month without any notice disputes claims by the provincial government that it was closed due to unlicenced staff. Portage B.C. is sticking to its assertion that it closed the facility because of funding issues from the B.C. government, despite a...
Penticton’s problems with potholes plummet after pleasant winter
PENTICTON - It’s pothole season in Penticton - but cruising the city streets, one would have a hard time noticing it. Penticton’s paved streets got a reprieve from severe winter damage this year due to the unseasonably mild and dry winter. Penticton Communications Officer Simone Blais said public works crews have been working throughout the...
High temperature records continue to fall
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Though the spring equinox is still just over a week away the spring-like weather has resulted in temperatures reaching the mid- to high-teens most days this past week, warm enough for several new records. On Wednesday, March 11, Kamloops hit 19.9 Celsius, shattering previous weather records of 17.8 C last recorded back in...