Shannon Quesnel
Gated communities hit and miss with emergency services
GATES CAN ALSO KEEP OUT POLICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES PENTICTON — Gated communities of the South…
Convicted sex offender back in court
PENTICTON – Convicted rapist Ronald Teneycke is back before the courts again pleading guilty to…
Violent predator to serve six months
PENTICTON – An "extremely violent sexual predator's" past caught up with him in Penticton Provincial…
Questions surround RCMP officer, alleged bad conduct
OSOYOOS – Questions over alleged complaints about an RCMP officer's conduct have gone unanswered by…
Ice wine harvest started early this year
ICE WINE PRODUCTION NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART PENTICTON - Ice wine grape picking might have stopped at about 7 a.m. this morning at the 1775 Bench winery but that didn't mean a break for the tired and frozen staff. The grapes were picked and hauled directly to the processing rooms to be pressed...
No noise is good noise in downtown Penticton
Martin Street resident wants less, not more, nightclub hours A Penticton woman says her plea to curb late-night noise on Martin Street has fallen on deaf ears. Martin Street resident Vicki Ashman says city council hasn't done enough to prevent people from making noise after downtown clubs close in the wee hours of the morning....
Bobbitt expected to plead guilty to seven counts
By Shannon Quesnel David Wesley Bobbitt is expected to enter guilty pleas to seven counts on April 2 in Penticton Supreme Court. Bobbitt was before a packed courtroom today, via video feed. His lawyer James Pennington, told Justice Alison Beames his client wanted to plead guilty to seven charges. Bobbit has been charged with attempted...
City, PHA break off talks about tourism dollars
PENTICTON - Negotiations between the city and Penticton Hospitality Association might be bound for the courtroom after all. Mayor Garry Litke said the two sides were to meet Monday to discuss the hotel room tax which generates roughly $400,000 per year in marketing money. According to the mayor the association canceled that meeting. “We reached...
Troubled tourism group down two board members
STILL NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS PENTICTON - While the Penticton Hospitality Association fights city council over marketing money, it lost two board members in recent months. Association treasurer Marko Crucnik left the board last fall and resigned as manager at Penticton Lakeside Resort Convention Centre, according to a resort official. Graeme Jenkins, another board member, resigned...
No tax money for legal fees: Hospitality association president
PENTICTON - The Penticton Hospitality Association hasn't spent any taxpayer money on legal fees in its battle with the city over marketing funding but board members feel so strongly, they are prepared to spend its own money on the fight if it comes to that, according to board leadership. The city stripped the association control...
Former tourism chair quit with no regrets
PENTICTON - Former Tourism Penticton board chair Miranda Halladay said she's not the type to quit but she did because of disagreements with the Penticton Hospitality Association. Halladay, who stepped down on Wednesday, has been on the Tourism Penticton board since 2012 and later became its inaugural chairperson in 2013. She said she wanted to use...
Tourism Penticton board chair resigns
PENTICTON - Tourism Penticton just started a hunt for a new board chair following Miranda Halladay's resignation at the group's regular board meeting Wednesday. Halladay said she resigned due to the Penticton Hospitality Association choosing "a program of stall and delay" when discussing the formation of one tourism group marketing the city and the demands...
Resolution in Penticton hotel tax dispute is win-win: tourism minister
PENTICTON - If all the sides in Penticton's tourism dispute came to a resolution it would be a win-win situation, according to B.C's Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business. Naomi Yamamoto was in town Friday spreading the word about the benefits of spending vacation dollars at home by taking a "stay-cation." She also...
No fake Hollywood life for this Penticton teen actor
PENTICTON - Before he was old enough to go to school Penticton teenager Nikolas Filipovic, 14, had to be reminded he was a real boy. Filipovic's ability to be someone else has landed him roles on TV movies such as Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man, on the TV series Falling Skies and Fringe and...
No charges after theft of trailer, firearm
OLIVER - A stolen firearm and vehicles from Penticton and Osoyoos were found by a team out of two RCMP detachments. A trailer stolen from a Penticton residence Jan. 16 was located Feb. 3 by Oliver and Osoyoos RCMP in the 4000 block of Highway 97. Members also recovered a firearm, ammunition, a battery charger...