Shannon Quesnel

PENTICTON - An Oliver man accused of bombing a car is headed to trial this summer. Eric Olivier Daoust, 23, was in Penticton Supreme Court today to find out his next court appearances are July 22 for a pre-trial conference and Aug. 25 which kicks off a three-to-four day trial. Daoust has been charged for...

PENTICTON - Former Penticton Secondary School student Travis Turner joins the cast of Some Assembly Required, a live-action comedy which debuts tonight on YTV at 6:30 p.m. The show's premise is about a group of teenagers running the fictional Knickknack Toys company. Turner plays graphic designer Aster Vanderberg under the direction of a very young...

PENTICTON - A new hunter was fined $1,495 for illegally killing a female bighorn sheep and a deer last year. Conservation officer Bob Hamilton said the man, 51, was seen shooting the ewe on Dec. 6 near Saiken Drive just outside of Penticton city limits. A witness used binoculars to track the hunter back to...

OLIVER - Fire officials say a trailer that burned down Jan. 2 was suspicious. Oliver firefighters put out a burning fifth-wheel trailer "fully involved" with flames off Highway 97, on No. 6 Road. Fire spokesperson Rob Graham said this was the second time in 12 months a crew responded to the same property. The first...

PENTICTON - Summer lovers shouldn't let the snow get them down. They should instead get on top it with skis, snowboards and/or snowshoes. Apex Mountain Ski Resort has its traditional skiing runs as well snowshoe trails run by operators like Hoodoo Adventures. And for today and tomorrow only there will be night skiing over the...

PENTICTON - The fight to improve Penticton Regional Hospital might not be as visible at it was in February when doctors staged a street protest but it doesn't mean the need has gone away. Dr. David Paisley and the Penticton Medical Staff Society took their concerns of no-room and outdated infrastructure, which force some exams...

PENTICTON - The value of the average Summerland home creaked up a notch to $419,000 in 2014 from $417,000 in 2013 and it was the only south Okanagan community out of 10 to do so. Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos and Keremeos homes saw their assessed value drop just a bit according to B.C. Assessment. In Penticton...

PENTICTON - Former Penticton mayor Mike Pearce and wife Sharon never would have guessed the crashing noise they heard on New Year's Eve was a car falling into their backyard. The couple live at 1624 Holden Rd. and their backyard is inaccessible to vehicles. When they moved into their new home this fall, they cut...

PENTICTON - A father is getting the silent treatment from Okanagan Skaha School District 67 which allowed a child predator to transfer the father's son from one school to another. Since Rene Mark Burke, 56, was arrested and charged with sex offences against a person under the age of 14, the victim's father has been...

SUMMERLAND - There's nothing like throwing yourself into a freezing lake. Apparently it's a very Canadian thing to do. Pinky Reidman of Summerland thought so. She's a recently landed immigrant from South Africa, only arrived in October, and was one of the hundreds who turned out on Wednesday to throw themselves into freezing Okanagan Lake...

PENTICTON - "No one wants to play nice in the sandbox." In nine words Penticton Coun. Andrew Jakubeit summed up the conflict between city council and Penticton Hospitality Association that has Tourism Penticton caught in the middle. There's been a lot more words spoken from all sides in the fight to control the two per...

SUMMERLAND - Icy winter water and hypothermia fans can rejoice tomorrow thanks to the Summerland Kinsmen 29th annual polar bear dip. Typically, hundreds of people turn out every year at the Sun-Oka Beach to throw themselves into the frigid waters of Okanagan Lake. This year's event will have prizes for best costume and best group...

PENTICTON - There's treasure in Christmas lights so make sure to keep them. At least until they are taken to one of the many recycling depots across the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen. Christmas lights contain recyclable metal wire so the regional district urges residents to turn in their lamps, light strings, flashlights and type...