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UBC Okanagan announces development of pot breathalyzer on 4/20
OKANAGAN – A new tool will help marijuana users and police monitor level of consumption,…
Pickup truck driver killed in crash on Channel Parkway in Penticton
PENTICTON – A pickup truck crash on the Channel Parkway in Penticton Sunday morning claimed…
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…
Okanagan Correctional Centre will be ready to house inmates this January
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan’s new jail, located just north of Oliver, will begin receiving…
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…
Enhanced health services coming to rural Interior Health communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A program offering paramedicine to rural residents around the province is expanding to…
Daughter’s courage prevented a much worse tragedy in Princeton stabbing: Judge
PENTICTON – James Buhler will spend another three and a half years in jail for…
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…
Spring warmth continues in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – After a week filled with record temperatures we can expect the mercury to…
Similkameen legend challenges notion fur traders were first Europeans to set foot in south central B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If your history books tell you fur traders were first to make contact…
Cops nab suspect after Penticton pub break, enter and theft
PENTICTON – A man is custody after a foot chase with police following an early…
Rain and thunderstorms follow another day of record heat in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – It was another record day for several communities in the Okanagan, but much…
Sounds of ABBA coming to Penticton’s events centre
PENTICTON – A Broadway musical will bring the songs of ABBA to the South Okanagan…
Third day of record temperatures in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Another round of record temperatures were set in the Okanagan yesterday, and today…