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UPDATE: Police search for truck in ice wines theft
UPDATE: 10:33 a.m. Nov. 28, 2013 PEACHLAND - West Kelowna RCMP say they're looking for a light silver-blue Ford Explorer possibly associated with the theft of wines worth $30,000 and an Acer Notebook computer from the Hainie Vineyards Estate Winery November 24. The truck was seen in the area at the time of the offence....
GMO is serious health concern, former Summerland scientist says
PENTICTON - Genetically modified foods, such as the non-browning Arctic Apple, can be unsafe for humans according to two scientists. Dr. Thierry Vrain, a retired soil biologist and former staffer at the Summerland Research Station and Dr. Shiv Chopra, a former Health Canada advisor, told about a dozen people at the Lier House Cultural Centre,...
Excess weight big factor in plane crash: TSB
PENTICTON - Excess weight contributed to the crash of a Piper plane that departed Penticton Regional Airport on Aug. 13, 2012. Two out of the four people onboard were killed. A Transportation Safety Board report released today stated too much weight, a reduced rate of climb and reduced power in the right engine were major...
Bootlegger chooses Penticton woman for fall campaign
"I WAS LIKE A BASKET CASE" PENTICTON - When she was told she'd be a Bootlegger model, Amberlee Erdmann, 24, squealed with glee but was then told to keep it to herself for a little while. "I even avoided telling my dad because he's (bad) at keeping secrets." The clothing company called her where she...
The Band Perry plays SOEC this January
PENTICTON - Half-a-million fans and counting is the score for the all-sibling group The Band Perry. The trio of Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry will bring their youthful country sound to the South Okanagan Event Centre on Jan. 9. This will be another nick on their guitar cases as they have already toured in spots...
Trailer fire put out on Green Ave. W
PENTICTON - Someone was towing a hot load down city streets on Monday near Walmart but no one was injured. The Penticton Fire Department responded to a utility trailer fire on Green Avenue West near Paris Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. Only one fire truck and its crew were needed to spray foam onto the...
Child porn charge nets Penticton man 90-day sentence
"IF YOU WOULDN'T LOOK AT THIS STUFF, IT WOULDN'T BE MADE" PENTICTON - A Penticton man will not have to spend Christmas in jail for possessing child pornography as his 90-day intermittent sentence will be served on weekends. David Thorp, 57, was in Penticton Provincial Court on Monday after pleading guilty to one count of...
Kelowna law firm hired to fight City of Penticton
PENTICTON - The Penticton Hospitality Association is hiring a law firm to help fight the city for control of the two per cent hotel room tax. The association and the City of Penticton are taking their disagreement on who should be handling the approximately $400,000 generated annually from the two per cent hotel room tax...
Oliver tree fire suspicious
PENTICTON - An Oliver firefighter is calling a Sunday morning tree blaze suspicious. Two pumper trucks headed out to a mobile home park across from Oliver Car and Truck Sales near the corner of Okanagan Highway and Road 1 at 2:24 a.m. The crews found a tree burning beside one of the mobile homes when...
The Penmar will see its name in lights once more
PENTICTON - The curtains will go up at the Penmar cinema again if Penticton movie and theatre fans and $100,000 have anything to do with it. That's how much money will be neeed just to get the overhaul ball rolling. More renovations will be required in the future. CoWork Penticton and the Penticton Community Arts...
Pickers scour ice wine fields thanks to cold snap
PENTICTON - Ice wine picking was almost a communal experience at 1775 Bench winery Thursday night. Seen from afar the pickers looked like blue glowing stars thanks to their headlamps. There were laughs, brief conversations and cheers about how there was no snow on the ground to drag one's feet through. General manager and co-owner Val...
Penticton man wants plastic bags off planet
PENTICTON - A local man is trying to raise money to bring thin natural fibre bags from Bangladesh to stores in Penticton so shoppers will have an alternative to buying plastic sacks. Tarik Sayeed started this project, Zero Plastic Bags, to reduce the erosion of the environment by First World consumers. To pay for his...
Glass Tiger proves durable after 30 years
PENTICTON - Glass Tiger wants no one to forget about them in their journey to find another hit song. The Canadian rock band has been hitting the bars and concert halls since 1983 and plan to prowl the stage at the Barking Parrot Bar tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $38 per person. The music...
German machine guns given to Naramata as thanks
PENTICTON - Solving the mystery of how two First World War German machine guns came to Naramata hasn't dulled Jack Godwin's enthusiasm. They were tucked away in the back of the Naramata Heritage Museum for an unknown number of years when Godwin learned of their existence. Knowing how they came to be in his hometown...
RCMP take down Mcinnis Road grow-op
WEST KELOWNA - Cops raided a pot grow op in the 3200 block of McGinnis Road today. The search revealed a sophisticated, illegal marihuana growing operation with 227 mature marijuana plants and other offence-related property. Several West Kelowna residents face potential drug charges after police executed their search warrant. They might be charged with production...