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Penticton Search and Rescue add drones to their rescue toolkit
PENTICTON – Penticton Search and Rescue have a new tool to add to their rescue…
Snow pack melting fast in Southern Interior
CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH BUT STEADY THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Spring freshet, the annual snow melt,…
Large swing in temperatures for the Okanagan this weekend
OKANAGAN – At first glance it will be a very warm weekend with lots of…
The Fort McMurray wildfire would completely engulf your city
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We know a thing or two about wildfires in the B.C. Interior, but…
Meteor shower could light up the Southern Interior sky tonight
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With skies expected to be clear across the region tonight you may be…
Elevated lead levels in tap water at three Penticton schools
PENTICTON – Officials with the Okanagan Skaha School district are taking action after the discovery…
Helping hands show close connections between Okanagan and Fort McMurray
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While the country watches the wildfire situation in Fort McMurray in shock, it’s…
Railway ties along CN rail corridor off limits to Okanagan gardeners
SOME TIES MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE LOCALLY LATER THIS SPRING OKANAGAN VALLEY – Tempting…
Youth treatment facility to reopen near Keremeos
KEREMEOS – A residential treatment facility for addicted youth is being resurrected in the Similkameen.…
Missing without a trace, now someone’s torched his cabin
TERRANCE MICHAEL LANDON HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE 2013 CENTRAL OKANAGAN – It’s a strange story…
More high temperature records could fall in the Okanagan this week
OKANAGAN – With temperatures expected to soar well above seasonal normals, new record temperatures could…
Princeton stabbing: System failed when charges were reduced: Advocate
PENTICTON – James Buhler wrote a suicide note, then lured his former wife to a…
No firm date for overdose tracking system for Interior Health
PROVINCE DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MID APRIL THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Interior Health is still working…
Start of May to bring more warm temps and sunny skies to the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – April is expected to go out warm and May to come in even…
Crash on Highway 97 near Summerland
SUMMERLAND – A two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 between Summerland and Penticton this morning has…
City impostors run out of Penticton
PENTICTON – The City of Penticton and Penticton RCMP feel they have resolved the issue…
Female sommelier’s creating small batch wine to help women in their industry
OKANAGAN – A team of young, female sommelier’s from the Okanagan are giving back to…
Why a Princeton man won’t be sentenced for attempted murder despite stabbing his ex wife 11 times
HE WROTE A SUICIDE NOTE BEFORE MEETING HER AT RESTAURANT PENTICTON – A Princeton man…
UPDATE: Internet restored to Thompson-Okanagan residents
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you were having some technical difficulties today, you weren’t alone. Shortly after…
Brazen copper theft at Penticton foundry
PENTICTON – Brazen thieves took off with a hefty haul from a business in Penticton’s…
Lawyers want trial for murder of Roxanne Louie moved from Penticton
PENTICTON – If lawyers representing the accused murderers of Roxanne Louie have their way, the…
Thief allowed drug-addiction counselling instead of jail… so far
PENTICTON – A Penticton woman narrowly escaped a jail sentence in Penticton Provincial court today,…
Rivers receding as streamflow advisory for Southern Interior ends
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Thanks to the cooler weather, river levels are dropping and the high streamflow…
Local businessman buys MRI for Penticton hospital
PENTICTON – He’s already donated $2 million to the current campaign to buy medical equipment…