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Vernon MLA disappointed by arena ‘hiccup’, says minister is on it personally

VERNON - Vernon’s MLA isn’t happy about ongoing delays surrounding a referendum for a new ice sheet.  The provincial government rejected, for a second time, a referendum proposal from the City of Vernon and the North Okanagan Regional District, putting the initiative even further behind schedule. Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster says he’s ‘disappointed with how...

New Okanagan disc golf course lands in Vernon

VERNON - You’ve got your putting and your driving Frisbees, your heavy ones and your sleek, thin ones, and now fans of the popular sport of disc golf — and curious newcomers — will have a scenic, and best of all, free, course in Vernon to fling them on. It’s all happening on a city-owned...

City hits home run with baseball diamond improvements

PENTICTON - Baseball fields around town are set to get much-needed improvements thanks to a new partnership between the City and Penticton Slo-Pitch League. The fields at Lions, Parkway and Skaha ball diamonds will get new rooftops, players’ benches, a new utility shed, tractor and metal base plates (the peg-system used in the past caused...

Early bird rates for Challenge 2015 end Sunday

PENTICTON - Time is running out to get early bird registration rates for next year’s Challenge Penticton race—North America’s oldest and most iconic long-distance triathlon. Early bird rates for full distance ($500), half distance ($250), full relay distance ($695) and half relay distance ($395) expire Sunday, Nov. 16. More information on regular registration rates will...

New Sun Peaks sport is like riding go-carts down a mountain

SUN PEAKS - There's a new sport coming to Sun Peaks — the first of it's kind in North America — and the resort will have it ready for adventures who want to extend their descents down the mountain into summer. A Mountain Cross Cart course is under construction on Sunbeam ski run, paralleling the...

Mount Baldy expected to reopen for skiing this season

PENTICTON - Mount Baldy may be up-and-running this season despite financial setbacks that kept the ski resort closed last year. The company that has been handling the Mount Baldy foreclosure account, G-Force Real Estate, says the only thing left to do is assemble all the required pieces to re-launch the resort this upcoming season. A...

Cycling: the Penticton tourism industry’s next target

PENTICTON - Cycling is a popular hobby and sport in the South Okanagan but it could soon be a major tourism driver. City representatives introduced the idea of Penticton as a province-wide cycling destination to provincial ministers at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler last week. But Tourism Penticton, an entity of the city, already...

Challenge accepted: Symonds defends triathlon title

PENTICTON - Family, friends, residents and volunteers lined the streets of Penticton yesterday to cheer on the 1,200 athletes that participated in the second Challenge triathlon, and to watch Penticton’s own Jeff Symonds defend his title as champion of the race. Symonds was the first to tear down the finish line ribbon after swimming, cycling...

Paddle your heart out this weekend at the Rattlesnake Island SUP Classic

PEACHLAND - If there's nothing like having the sun on your face and wind in your hair while pulling a paddle through the water along the lake on a Sunday morning, there's a new event happening that may be just the thing to do this weekend. The first ever Rattlesnake Island SUP Classic takes place...