Meaghan Archer

PENTICTON - Challenge Penticton may have lost money its first year, but it’s nothing the city wasn’t expecting. Mayor Garry Litke said the city was well aware that the triathlon was going to lose money during the first year, second and potentially third years. Profit is expected to be made by the fifth year. The...

PENTICTON - The Penticton Downtown Revitalization Process kicked off today, Wednesday Feb. 19, and this time the city has the support of local businesses. Mayor Garry Litke was concerned businesses wouldn't agree to pay a portion of the costs, as outlined in the plan. Local landowners — many owning businesses in the downtown core —...

PENTICTON - People were lined up against the back wall of council chambers, some even listening carefully to the proceedings from the hallway, as council discussed new neighbourhood plans during Monday night’s public hearing. The Spiller Road and Reservoir Road Neighbourhood Concept Plan will include the construction of a residential area in Penticton’s Northeastern Hills...

PENTICTON - A Penticton man with nowhere else to go remains in custody until a new sentencing date is scheduled. Clad in the red uniform of Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, Mark Henry Snowden appeared before a Penticton courtroom via video conferences again today. Convicted of possession and importation of child pornography, Snowden was originally due...

PENTICTON - The first phase of Penticton’s Downtown Revitalization Plan kicks off tomorrow, February 19 at 2 p.m. with a celebration along the streets. Westminster Avenue and Martin Street will receive the first improvements, with new paving, waterworks, furniture and sidewalks. Once the digging starts next week, roads will be reduced to one lane in...