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Health authority continues to monitor possible Ebola cases
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the ongoing Ebola epidemic has a human face within the Interior Health Authority, it’s that of Patrice Gordon, a nurse practioner who returned from West Africa last December and promptly began displaying the early signs of of the disease. Gordon tested negative for the virus, but since then the health authority has...
Amazing Race Canada returns to the Okanagan
PENTICTON - The Summerland area is about to get some nationwide publicity thanks to a popular national TV show that just finished taping in the area. The Amazing Race Canada recently wrapped up a shoot in the South Okanagan with a segment that is expected to air sometime in July. The Summerland Waterfront Resort was...
UPDATE: Police chase on Channel Parkway
PENTICTON - A police cruiser was damaged by an erratic driver while officers tried to pull over a cargo van Monday evening. At approximately 4 p.m., May 25, police were alerted to a complaint of erratic and possibly impaired driving involving an older cargo van on the Channel Parkway, Penticton RCMP confirms. Police located the...
Delays anticipated with Industrial Avenue paving project
PENTICTON - Motorists using Industrial Avenue west of Main Street might want to find an alternate route for the rest of the week. Final paving capping off a rebuild of Industrial Avenue in the city’s industrial area began today, May 26. Motorists faced delays earlier this morning as the paving project got underway on Industrial Avenue between...
Celebration marks centennial of first KVR trains into Penticton
PENTICTON - Penticton has a party planned for an important anniversary of the city’s rail transportation history. On May 31 the museum, Peach City Community Radio and the Department of Canadian Heritage will commemorate the arrival of the first trains on the Kettle Valley Railway into Penticton with 'Steamfest in the Park.' Fifteen hundred Pentictonites...