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Fire destroys Cawston fruit stand
PENTICTON – Keremeos firefighters battled a blaze at a fruit stand in Cawston last night.…
SOUTH OKANAGAN HISTORY: The wintery death of Oliver pioneer Jim Madden
OLIVER – A pioneer resident of the Oliver area who once made his living cutting…
Penticton offender’s alcoholism treatment delays sentencing
PENTICTON – A Penticton man was given a final opportunity to prove he was serious…
Penticton prolific offender granted bail
PENTICTON – A Penticton man, with a long list of previous offences, was back in…
Minimum sentence for firing shotgun and breaking into Penticton school
PENTICTON – A man who fired his shotgun into a telephone and the adjoining wall…
New funding feeds South Okanagan medical research
PENTICTON – A team of local medical researchers has attracted grant funding from the Canadian…
Rejection of Summerland compost facility could be short term gain for long term pain
PENTICTON – Summerland Mayor Peter Waterman’s latest attempt to have his council look at building…
New communications officer at Penticton City Hall
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton has a new communications officer, the fourth in two…
Initial Penticton budget proposals include property tax increase
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton is contemplating a three per cent increase in property…
Organizer adds up economic impact of ITU Championship Festival in Penticton
PENTICTON – The organizer of this past summer’s International Triathlon Union championship festival in Penticton…
Penticton to participate in inaugural coast to coast Remembrance Day ceremony
PENTICTON – In what will be a first for Penticton Remembrance Day observations, the city…
Regional district board faces ‘hard decision’ to locate South Okanagan composting facility
PENTICTON – The establishment of a regional food waste composting facility in the South Okanagan…
Illicit drug overdoses on the rise in the South Okanagan in 2017
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan has not been excluded from the opioid crisis in B.C.,…
‘Ugly’ South Okanagan dock prompts request for regional district regulation
PENTICTON – An Osoyoos Lake resident wants to see the regional district provide regulations with…
Penticton man gets jail time for indecent exposure
PENTICTON – A Penticton man who exposed himself to a mother and two children will…
Penticton jury issues guilty verdict in weapons smuggling trial
PENTICTON – The trial for an Oliver indigenous man accused of smuggling two firearms across…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
Penticton visitor centre finds new home
PENTICTON – Travel Penticton Society has found a new home for its offices and the…
One South Okanagan graveyard mystery solved, but others remain
PENTICTON – A year after the search began, a local historian believes he has confirmed…
Trial for alleged Okanagan gun smuggler to get underway once jurisdictional question is answered
PENTICTON – The trial of an Oliver First Nations man accused of smuggling guns across…
Unprecedented activity in Penticton’s motel and hotel market
PENTICTON – These are changing times in the Penticton accommodation industry. After several years of…
Regional district begins process to get South Okanagan businesses to recycle more
PENTICTON – The regional district wants to see local businesses recycling more. To that end,…
Parking lot in the works for vacant downtown Penticton property
PENTICTON – A Westminster Avenue corner lot could see new life as a parking lot…
New Apple headquarters has Penticton connection
PENTICTON – Penticton city staff shared "not often heard" business success stories with city council…