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Rising Penticton rents means RV parks are housing options
PENTICTON – As escalating rents in Penticton are adding to the number homeless people, RV…
UPDATE: Search continues for woman missing in Penticton house fire
PENTICTON – A 94-year-old woman is missing after a massive house fire that spread to…
Similkameen woman returns from eye-opening world archery competition
KEREMEOS – A Similkameen woman was the highest placing North American in her category at…
City finds way to use Penticton Creek restoration grant money before it expires
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton will be able to take advantage of a grant…
South Okanagan highway crews scramble to catch up with road maintenance
PENTICTON – The long, hot summer has left regional highways maintenance crews scrambling to catch…
How to avoid hiring an unqualified care aide for a senior
PENTICTON – If you are planning to hire a care aide for an aging member…
How a South Okanagan physiotherapy clinic is helping parents and kids map concussions
PENTICTON – Concussions in full contact sports like football and hockey at any age are…
Penticton woman finds homeless camp in unexpected place
PENTICTON – A Penticton woman feared for her safety during an early morning walk on…
Drunken care aid jailed in Penticton
PENTICTON – RCMP were called by a Penticton man who became concerned for his own…
Wildfire in Similkameen 100 per cent contained
PENTICTON – A grass fire that broke out yesterday afternoon near Cawston in the Similkameen…
Changes in the works for regional fire department operations
PENTICTON – The operation of the regional district’s seven fire departments continues to develop in…
Proposed extension to Penticton city limits includes Skaha Bluffs Park expansion
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton wants to expand its boundaries to include a parcel…
Backlash begins over Greyhound’s request to reduce service
PENTICTON – Municipalities in the South Okanagan and Similkameen are concerned and responding to a…
VIDEO: Rare film footage offers glimpse of Southern Interior life in late 1930s
PENTICTON – Penticton and the Arrow Lakes were different places back in the 1930s as…
Keremeos mayor grateful for credit union as village’s only bank set to close
KEREMEOS – Main Street in Keremeos is about to lose the last major bank in…
Canada’s largest radio telescope introduced at observatory near Penticton
EXPECTED TO BE A "GAME CHANGER" IN UNDERSTANDING NEWLY DISCOVERED SPACE PHENOMENA PENTICTON – Canada’s…
Finlay Creek wildfire 15 per cent contained
PENTICTON – The Finlay Creek wildfire has grown, but calm winds and cooler temperatures have…
South Okanagan student bush partiers get the ‘no bonfire’ message
PENTICTON – An exceptionally dangerous year for wildfires prompted the regional district to issue a…
Calm winds limit fire growth, air attack against Finlay Creek wildfire
PENTICTON – Relatively calm winds are both helping and hindering the battle to contain the…
Parachute teams deployed to battle Okanagan wildfires
PENTICTON – A group of professional wildfire fighters rarely seen in the Okanagan dropped in…
Cathedral Lakes Lodge near Keremeos evacuated as border fire goes international
PENTICTON – B.C. Wildfire continues to assess and monitor the Diamond Creek wildfire after it…
Munson Mountain wedding woes for couple after it collides with Penticton Multisport event
PENTICTON – A Summerland bride and groom’s big day was derailed by the seemingly inexplicable…
Penticton summer camp teens go behind the scenes of police detachment
PENTICTON – The Penticton RCMP played host to a children’s summer camp group at the…
Motorcyclist airlifted after head-on collision in South Okanagan
PENTICTON – A serious head-on collision between a motorcycle and an SUV pulling a camper…