Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Penticton News Today & Local Events
Tragically Hip fully completely on board for Boi-1da’s World Cup music project
"I'm very excited to work with all these people … I can't wait for everyone to hear it."
THOMPSON: America is still a democracy despite Trump
"The results of last Tuesday’s off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California are unmistakable evidence that Americans are getting weary of Donald Trump."
Review: Zelda setting elevates hack-and-slash gameplay of ‘Age of Imprisonment’
It deftly expands on the source material's narrative and uses some of its trademark gameplay features to spice up the relentless combat.
Give caterpillars a ‘soft landing’ under your trees. The ecosystem will thank you
“But those caterpillars drop from the tree and they pupate in the ground. And how we landscape under those trees determines whether or not those caterpillars will survive.”
Vintage Hudson’s Bay blankets, more paintings headed for online auction
Some of them are almost 100-year-old point blankets with HBC's classic green, red, yellow and indigo motif, while others are slightly more recent and feature scarlet, lavender, wild cranberry, rose, empire blue and gold hues.
Prince Harry apologizes to Canada over ‘Hat Gate.’ Duke sorry for wearing Dodgers cap
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry went to Toronto for events marking the end of World…
CFIA employees face harassment and death threats after BC ostrich cull
"In the current climate, any CFIA employee who is publicly identified immediately becomes the target of harassment, including death threats, from individuals opposed to the CFIA's eradication policy in British Columbia at the ostrich farm.”
BC gov’t fined $760,000 for fatal wildfire ATV crash and crew entrapped by fire
The incidents date back to the 2023 wildfife season.
‘No credible evidence’ of gun at Kamloops high school after lockdown
Police are keeping a presence in the area of the school due to threatening social media posts.
iN PHOTOS: Farm animals love donated pumpkins in Okanagan, Kamloops
“Most of our animals eat pumpkins and it’s quite funny to watch them."
B.C. government workers voting through to Thursday on tentative agreement
BURNABY — Members of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union have begun voting on the…
Brewing Up Art: Memo Cups Are Turning Every Sip Into a Marketing Masterpiece
Business Spotlight
Since time immemorial, necessity has inspired innovation — and for one Kelowna business owner, that…
Gunshots ring out at B.C. ostrich farm as cull moves ahead
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Numerous gunshots rang out in the night at a British…
Penticton council votes to delay decision on tiny homes project
iNhome
Mayor Julius Bloomfield warned council any delay would make the province’s offer “dead in the water because the funding may be pulled."
Conservative MP announces resignation days after another crosses the floor
Matt Jeneroux, MP for Edmonton Riverbend, said in a letter that it was "not an easy decision" but he believes it is the "right one."
Driving a tractor without a seatbelt nets Kelowna orchards $13,500 in fines
They can add their names to a list of farms all fined for the same thing.
Raided Kelowna business owner says she got the drugs from India, won’t get a licence
"I don't believe in licensing."
The Supreme Court of Canada wants you to call 911 if someone is overdosing
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
Gun report prompts lockdowns at Kamloops schools
Police locked down North Kamloops schools this afternoon after a report of someone with a…
iN NUMBERS: Many British Columbians using food banks have a job
70: Per cent of people who use the Central Okanagan Food Bank aren’t on any kind of social assistance.
TRENDING NOW: Beagle and toddler band rocks
This is the video the internet was made for.
iN PHOTOS: Vernon photographer zooms in on miniature world of mushrooms
"I take pictures of these tiny mushrooms because they're so beautiful to look at, yet with a quick glance you’d miss them.”
Antique car and its trailer stolen in Princeton
iNwheels
If you see this car rolling along on a road or highway you'll definitely do a double take.