Shannon Quesnel

PENTICTON - Don't mistake Thursday for Monday if you see zombies shuffling on downtown Main Street. The Downtown Penticton Association is kicking off Halloween tomorrow with a zombie and costume event starting at 4:30 p.m. Everyone in costume or without is welcome to attend the free parade which starts on Nanaimo Avenue and ends on...

PENTICTON - Boonstock will be bringing blasts of music and hordes of tourists to Penticton next summer. The Boonstock Music and Arts Festival, billed as one of Canada's biggest concerts, made its name in Sturgeon County, Alta. for nearly 10 years and has attracted big-name artists such as Guns N' Roses former lead guitarist Slash,...

OLIVER - A pair of brothers believed responsible for bombing a car in Oliver will undergo psychiatric assessment before returning to court on Nov. 20. Stephan, 19, and Eric Daoust, 23, were before Penticton Provincial Court on Monday to learn they will be held in custody and assessed. The two face one count each of...

"SOMETIMES OUR OFFICERS HAVE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION TO EUTHANIZE." THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Killing animals is the last thing conservation officers want to do after joining a service aimed at protecting the environment. "None of our officers have ever liked that," Inspector Barb Leslie said. In September, conservation officers had to shoot a deer near...

PENTICTON - There's only a few days left to tell the province how to change the rules regarding liquor, its sale and where it can be bought. Parliamentary Secretary for Liquor Policy Reform MLA John Yap said input has come from law enforcement, medical professionals, city staff, liquor licensee holders and the average citizen regarding...

PENTICTON - If the municipal election was held the same year as the provincial one MLA Dan Ashton would never have considered giving a $30,000 cheque to the City of Penticton. That's the estimated cost for Penticton's byelection held to replace Ashton when he resigned as mayor to run in the provincial contest. He had...

PENTICTON - Summerland residents enjoyed a free chauffeured ride to Penticton earlier this morning thanks to B.C. Transit and their community's leadership. The route will run four times a day, for free, with two morning shifts starting at 7:15 a.m. at the Summerland Okanagan Regional Library before heading to Victoria North at Jubilee Road, then...

PENTICTON - Car thieves drove a Corvette through a showroom's glass wall at a Penticton car dealership Thursday night. Penticton RCMP received a report near midnight of smashed glass and a car speeding away from the Huber GMC dealership at 933 Westminster Ave. West. Officers arrived on scene and found a showroom glass bay door...

PRINCETON - A fatal accident closed Highway 3 east of Princeton for hours on Friday. The driver, 50, died at the scene after his rig left the road in Bromley Rock Provincial Park at about 5:41 a.m. Road and weather conditions were poor at the time of the crash with dense fog and ice covered...

OKANAGAN FALLS - Engineers exchanged their high-tech electronics for hammers and nails after a large radio dish was damaged during air transport. The 200-square metre prototype dish was blown around and twisted out of shape while being delivered by helicopter to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory on Oct. 17. Engineers were already dreaming up repair...

PENTICTON - The fear forecast for this weekend looks filled with chills thanks to Halloween-themed events. The Penticton Public Library invites all kids aged five to 12 for some scary fun at its Haunted Halloween celebration on Friday with spooky stories, creepy craft time and a petrifying puppet play. Children can come in costumes or...

PENTICTON - A Princeton man charged with murder will get his preliminary inquiry on Feb. 11. John Ike Koopmans, 49, has been in custody since being arrested in the spring. He faces two murder charges connected to the killings of Rose Fox and Robert Keith Wharton. The two were found dead at a Princeton residence...