Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Penticton News Today & Local Events
iN PHOTOS: Mountain bluebirds are back brightening up Kamloops, Okanagan
Photographers and outdoor enthusiasts are reporting the migratory mountain bluebirds are returning to the interior,…
MLAs want answers on delayed plan for Kamloops cancer centre
Kamloops Liberal MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar want more transparency from the provincial government on…
Elephant in the ‘dining’ room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted…
Kamloops kid becomes Kindness Dinosaur to make a difference
Commuters in Kamloops may have seen a dinosaur waving at them as they crossed Overlanders…
TRENDING NOW: Doggo gives his human the cold shoulder
Fritz wasn't impressed when his human took him to the doggie dentist. So much so,…
Kelowna considers May long weekend closure of Bernard Avenue downtown
The popularity of summer street closures in downtown Kelowna has grown to the point where…
Interior Health butting out tobacco sales to minors; 7 stores fined this month
Interior Health is catching businesses red-handed selling tobacco products to people under 19. Seven fines…
B.C. landlord fined $20K for ‘invalid’ eviction notices
A New Westminster landlord was fined $20,500 for serving, then repealing, eviction notices to tenants.…
Search for best Euchre team in the Okanagan is on
A Euchre tournament is about to kick off in Kelowna where the best pair of…
Bride fires Kamloops wedding planner, then sues
A bride has lost a legal challenge against a Kamloops wedding planner after she fired…
Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory infection
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing…
Interior Health has closed Oliver’s ER for 20 hours this week
The emergency department at the hospital in Oliver was closed again overnight, the second such…
Parents frustrated as Vernon daycare announces closure
Parents at a Vernon daycare are now scrambling to find childcare after the sudden announcement…
TRENDING NOW: Poor pup baffled by tasty treat on TV
Here's a sign the resolution on modern televisions is very, very life-like. This poor doggie…
The Lunch Bucket reopening for the season on Coquihalla Highway
You'll no longer have to go hungry when traveling the desolate stretch of the Coquihalla…
Japanese surfer nears 90 and talks of catching waves at 100
FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — A busy company owner for the early part of his life,…
Litigious B.C. movers lose in court after overcharging $2,300
A B.C. moving company that overcharged a customer $2,300 has been ordered to pay the…
Cracked concrete in Kelowna parkade makes stairwell look like a crime scene
Using one of the stairways in Kelowna’s Library Parkade can be a little daunting these…
Construction of cycling trail connection through wineries in West Kelowna set to begin
Construction is expected to start this week on a 2.4 kilometre, $4.2 million multi-use trail…
RCMP arrest five people near natural gas pipeline construction site in northern B.C.
The RCMP say five people have been arrested at two camps in the area where…
iN PHOTOS: After a century of damage, Okanagan nation caretakers restoring Trout Creek
During the eighth annual syilx siw?k? (Water) Forum, attendees visited a local creek which is…
Vernon pizza maker bringing flavours from Montreal hometown
Vernon resident Brian Hooles is making Montreal-style pizzas using ingredients and flavours from his hometown…
B.C. nurse suspended for two months for breaching regulator’s conditions
A B.C. nurse, who was previously facing criminal charges, has been suspended for two months…
B.C. immigration lawyer who forged medical notes loses licence
A B.C. immigration lawyer who was sentenced to 22 months in jail for forging medical…