Shannon Quesnel

PENTICTON - It's official — mayor Garry Litke has been sworn-in along with a new and familiar Coun. Katie Robinson. Litke completed the oath of office in a small ceremony at the Pan Pacific hotel in Vancouver recently. Litke and Robinson were attending the Union of B.C.'s Municipalities annual convention along with councillors Judy Sentes,...

PENTICTON - Location, location, location might be a good reminder for those looking to build a business or a home but in Penticton locations are hard to come by. While Vancouver enjoyed a bump in single housing starts in the first quarter of 2013, up 144 homes from the same period last year, Penticton's first...

PENTICTON - RCMP took down a prolific offender Wednesday who was carrying an assault rifle and a pistol fitted with a silencer. Andrew Robert Hardenstine was busted on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. when he came out of an apartment building in the 100 block of Roy Avenue carrying weapons, a sack full of ammo and a bottle...

PENTICTON - Completing the checklist for Penticton's summer construction season this year meant delaying a big project to protect tourism. While work crews improved road conditions and upgraded city infrastructure during this warmest time of year, city engineer Ian Chapman says they were hands-off when it came to the Okanagan Lake waterfront. From June to...

PENTICTON - The spirit of Hulkamania was running wild on Friday night at the Thrash Wrestling toss-a-thon. It was like a scene from a 1984 World Wrestling Federation event: A pony-tailed man in purple shorts was tossed around and out of the ring by a black-masked fighter, the referee was beaten with a barb-wire crutch,...

PENTICTON - How will Infotel's latest prize winners spend their loot? They'll use the $1,000 cheque to pay off a trip to Disneyland—it's like getting a free vacation. Slimline Manufacturing welder James Weir, 33 and his wife drove their six-year-old son 2,100 km to the 'happiest place on earth' recently. They came back satisfied with...

PENTICTON - Half of Sage Mesa gets to drink from their taps again as their boil water advisory is now lifted. The lower half is not so lucky. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has lifted the advisory for the upper zone of Sage Mesa only. Water quality results for the upper zone have met provincial...

PENTICTON - The search for a missing man in Okanagan Lake is now a recovery mission rather than a rescue. An Abbotsford man, 25, went missing three days ago and Penticton Search and Rescue official Dale Jorgensen says there's always hope the man will be found alive but is highly unlikely at this point. Vernon Search...

PENTICTON - "We live in a world that lies to us every single day." Song lyric? Conspiracy theorists? Nope, that was the outdoor advertisement outside Penticton's Seventh Day Adventist Church. While other churches offer simple platitudes like "Prayer That Heals" to entice potential pew-sitters, the Adventists went cerebral. Perhaps a little negative. But it worked and...

PENTICTON - Residents can borrow up to $10,000 from the city to save hundreds of dollars in energy bills every year but that's only if they qualify. Energy retrofits are home upgrades designed to cut down costly utility bills. Putting in insulation, plugging air leaks and installing efficient space and water heating systems are just...

PENTICTON/SUMMERLAND - Summerland is hoping two months of free transit service will encourage riders to pony up after Dec. 31. Summerland will launch its new route to Penticton on Oct. 28 and until the end of the year it will be free of charge. The route will also include stops throughout Summerland. There will be...

PENTICTON - Will Jason Voorhees smash a guy with a folding chair at tonight's Friday the 13th Thrash Wrestling match? If he does he'll be up against a wrestler dressed like the Karate Kid, a guy in a leather biker coat, the world's scariest luchador, an extra from Sons of Anarchy and a man who...

"WE ARE NOT THE VICTIMS. WE ARE THE SURVIVORS." PENTICTON - Penticton man Jamie Paul Wolanski was sentenced today to six years for stabbing a teenager to death at a 2011 graduation party. The sentence came after what Judge Gale Sinclair called "heartwrenching" victim impact statements from slain teen Andrew McAdam's family who are still...

PENTICTON - A street naming is cause for celebration in Penticton. The free Front 2 Backstreet Bash will dedicate the street name change of a portion of Westminster Avenue East to Backstreet Boulevard this Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. It will also be the launch of the Penticton Creek Restoration Project. Live music and...