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UPDATE: 16-year-old girl located

UPDATE: 2:48 P.M., OCT. 1, 2015 RCMP say Susan Clark has been found safe and sound. 3:55 P.M., SEPT. 29, 2015 KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance to help locate a missing 16-year-old girl. Susan Clark was reported missing on September 23. She is described as a First Nations female, five...

Top female sailors to race in Kelowna this weekend

KELOWNA - Some of the best female sailors in the country will be in Kelowna this weekend for a competitive sailboat race that hasn’t been held in Kelowna since 2007. The 2015 Re/Max Canada Women’s Keelboat Championships is a fast-paced weekend of racing that takes place over three days in front of Waterfront Park in...

TAYLOR TRIAL: Teen and accused were ‘getting along’ hours before her death

KAMLOOPS — In the hours leading up to her death, a pregnant 16-year-old was getting along with her boyfriend and didn’t want to leave him the night before their trip from Kamloops to Terrace, a jury heard in Kamloops Supreme Court yesterday, Sept. 29. Claude Royer, a ministry of children and families worker, was among...

New waste collection program coming to Penticton

PENTICTON - Penticton residents will soon be wheeling their garbage and recycling to the curb after council agreed to move to a cart-based system for collection. Penticton Public Works Manager Len Robson says there will be no changes to the current program of waste, recyclable and yard waste pickup when the new program, which will...

Tagging down in Penticton core

PENTICTON - City streets are looking better thanks to a graffiti removal program, but constant vigilance will still be needed to keep tagging in check. City of Penticton Bylaw Services Supervisor Tina Siebert is asking council to include $28,800, half the cost of the graffiti removal pilot program, in next year’s budget for continuation of...

Search and rescue groups could get more funding

KELOWNA - Search and rescue volunteer organizations are a step closer to receiving more funding from the province. A funding model that has been in development for two years is being sent out to other search and rescue groups in the province for input before it gets forwarded to the government. Director Jim McAllister of...

Why you’ll want to centre your wine collection around this year’s Okanagan vintage

PENTICTON - Okanagan Valley winemakers and growers are raising a glass to the growing conditions of 2015 as one of the earliest harvests on record comes to an end. Pènèlope Roche is co-owner of Roche Wines along with her husband Dylan on Penticton’s Upper Bench Road. She is also an instructor at Okanagan College’s Wine...