Meaghan Archer
South Okanagan transit gets new transfer policy
PENTICTON - B.C. Transit has a new policy restricting transfers between the Summerland and Naramata bus systems. Penticton, Summerland and Naramata will have colour-coded transfer tickets to help the process, which begins Monday May 19. Penticton (blue tickets) will accept transfers from Penticton, Summerland and Naramata systems. Summerland (white tickets) and will accept transfers from...
Backyard Revitalization: City sells salvaged pavers
PENTICTON - The City has a landscaping deal for anyone looking for paving stones to add to their garden this spring. Excess paved stone, torn up from Martin Street as part of the Downtown Revitalization Plan, is up for sale at a cost of $75 per pallet. There are approximately 280 to 300 bricks per...
Penticton makes changes to recycling program
PENTICTON - The city’s recycling program is undergoing some changes as part of the implementation of a province-wide recycling program. Multi-Material B.C. is working with city’s across the province to create consistent recycling practices in communities. While there are bigger changes happening in other areas, Penticton will see only a few small additions to its...
Wild horses won’t drag us down
PENTICTON - The Penticton Indian Band is working to tame hundreds of wild horses that roam their expansive lands, and often cause safety issues. Band Council is working with the community, Penticton City Council and the Regional District of the Okanagan-Similkameen, among others, to construct an efficient and cost effective plan that will keep the...
City makes substation upgrade deal with FortisBC
PENTICTON - The City has come to an agreement with FortisBC to purchase and upgrade the Westminster substation. The deal is part of the city’s 2011 Electrical Distribution System Plan that outlines required electrical upgrades, including the installation of a 12 kilo-volt transformer at the Westminster Station. The purchase will cost the city $4,967,000 plus...
Peachfest adds high-flying acts
PENTICTON - A high-flying act was added to the lineup for the 67th annual Penticton Peach Festival. A trampoline show, performed by The Trampoline Wall and Power Track Show, will present daily in Okanagan Lake Park during the festival. “This system allows the acrobat to carry out performances where he may walk on a vertical...
VIDEO: Horse rescued from river
PENTICTON — A wild horse was rescued from Trout Creek in Summerland this weekend, with efforts from fire crews and volunteers. The female horse named River, fought hard against the water to get to the shore, where she collapsed from exhaustion, reported Global News. She is recovering at O.A.T.S. Horse Rescue, they said. If you...
This judge means business
PENTICTON — A Penticton Provincial judge laid into an offender for not following the rules of his conditional sentence. Judge Gregory Koturbash was stern as he spoke to Kevin Forgaard, who was under house arrest for a break and enter offense last year. A condition of the sentence was that he not leave the confines...
Rocks, socks and sentencing
PENTICTON — A young Penticton man will face a couple years in a jail for creating a weapon out of socks and rocks. Anthony Leonard Donald Samuelson was found guilty of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon during trial. He pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching probation. Samuelson, 20, has been in custody...
Downtown Penticton gets hooked up to free Wi-Fi
PENTICTON - Free Wi-Fi will soon be offered in Penticton’s downtown core as part of the downtown revitalization. The City made an agreement with Shaw Go Wi-Fi services to make internet accessible to the public downtown, even if they aren’t Shaw customers. Offering public Wi-Fi is something the city has been talking about for a...
That’s all she laid: hen pilot project approved
PENTICTON - City council agreed to a chicken pilot project last night, even though some residents remain unimpressed with the idea. Council has been discussing whether to allow backyard hens in residential Penticton neighborhoods for nearly a year. First, they shut down the idea of a pilot project, then enough people asked them to reconsider...
Second lift of radio telescope dish a success
PENTICTON - No dishes were damaged this morning as National Research Council engineers and staff transferred an 8.7 tonne telescope reflecter dish. The dish was brought to the South Okanagan conservatory in October via helicopter, but high pressure winds damaged the dish causing setbacks. Research engineer Gordon Lacy worked on getting the dish back to...
From excessive speeding to drug trafficking
PENTICTON — A Burnaby man was found guilty of cocaine possession with intent to sell, after police found a kilogram of cocaine powder in his car. Graham Jordan was pulled over on Highway 3 between Hedley and Keremeos for excessive speeding in November 2011 and was notified by highway patrol that his car would be...
Observatory takes second run at installing new telescope reflector
PENTICTON — After a failed first attempt, researches will try a second time to put in place a 200-square-metre telescope reflector for some serious star gazing. The National Research Council of Canada first tried to install the reflector — which looks similar to a satellite dish — in October, 2013, but heavy winds damaged it...
Urban Agriculture group closing garden gates
PENTICTON — Volunteers are closing their garden's gates because city council, under false pretences, shot down a licence renewal. The Penticton Urban Agriculture Association will be selling and giving away their gardening tools, boxes, compost and soil this saturday. The association’s board of directors decided to vacate the garden by June 30, the end of...