
Penticton News Today & Local Events

iN VIDEO: Getting creative to attack housing crisis in Kamloops, Okanagan
New housing isn’t being built fast enough to ease the rental shortage let alone revive…

Most Kamloops, Okanagan housing prices fell in May
The sale of houses picked up in Kamloops and the Okanagan in May compared to…

BC strata found negligent, ordered to pay $14,000 over leaky wall
A BC strata has been ordered to pay a resident $14,000 after it was found…

Bank of Canada raises key interest rate amid stubbornly high inflation
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada announced a quarter-percentage point rate hike Wednesday, the first…

Kamloops needs to tow the provincial housing line or go on its ‘naughty’ list
Kamloops has been singled out as one of 10 BC communities that need to build…

Kelowna, Kamloops among few Canadian cities with homes under $200,000
There was a time when it was not unusual to find a nice single-family house…

June is rhubarb picking time in the garden, so pucker up
Years ago, when my now-grown daughter Justine was a toddler, we visited a U-pick farm…

YO MAMA: Family bonding over dog poop
OPINION We assembled at the maple tree at the furthest corner of our backyard where…

Kamloops councillor hits back at the province to get more housing
A Kamloops city councillor is throwing the province's threats to install someone to push forward…

Kelowna sliding down list of most expensive places to rent in Canada
Despite a 0.3% increase in the rental cost of a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna between…

Rebound in BC’s real estate market missing Kamloops and the Okanagan
BC saw real estate sales increases of almost 10% in May compared to last year but…

Lack of building inspectors bottlenecking home building in Kamloops, Okanagan
The fact that there’s a shortage of skilled tradespeople to build the homes needed for…

‘Too busy’: BC realtor makes excuses to delay disciplinary hearing
A BC realtor who was found to have committed professional misconduct by loaning a buyer…

12-storey towers with up to 1,500 homes proposed for Penticton
An ambitious plan to turn a 10-acre underutilized industrial site into a “Health and Innovation…

Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters at severe risk of homelessness
More than 9,000 renter households in the Thompson-Okanagan regions pay more than 50% of their…

