Pnmay2016

Health authority working to deal with elevated lead levels in water at three Penticton schools
PENTICTON – Interior Health and the Okanagan Skaha school board are working together to remedy…

Okanagan Rail Trail fundraising begins with website launch
FUNDRAISING DRIVE AIMS FOR NEARLY $8 MILLION OKANAGAN VALLEY – A grassroots campaign to raise…

Funding could help save Trout Creek, West Bench schools
PENTICTON – The Okanagan-Skaha school district is being asked to use the $266,000 in funding…
Travel trailers broken into on Penticton lot
PENTICTON – Trailers around the city were targeted last week, with thieves continuing to break…

Funding inadequate to keep schools open in Okanagan Skaha School District
PENTICTON – Okanagan Skaha School District Superintendent Wendy Hyer says today’s funding announcement by the…

SHOULDA WALKED: Why a drunk Penticton man was arrested after trying to take a safe ride home
PENTICTON – A Penticton man who said he mistook a parked taxi for his ride…

Bigger fines for distracted drivers in B.C. start this week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Distracted drivers across B.C. will be getting heavier fines and receive more penalty…

Multi-tasking motorist knocks over lamp post in Penticton
PENTICTON – A Penticton motorist learned multi-tasking is not his strength after knocking over a…

Funding not enough to keep Osoyoos Secondary open: trustee
OSOYOOS – It’s too soon to say for certain what impact today’s provincial school funding…

May had lots of days with rain, but little overall rainfall in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – With rain recorded roughly a third of the days this past month you…
Young Penticton fraudster gets nine months
PENTICTON – A teenage Penticton man with a lengthy criminal record will serve eight more…

One-year-old found wandering in Penticton alley
PENTICTON – A one-year-old child found walking alone down an alley led to a frantic…

Former Penticton man gets rose; still in the running on The Bachelorette
PENTICTON – A local secondary school grad trying to win the Bachelorette's heart put aside…

Cawston man avoids jail time for replica handgun incident
PENTICTON – A man accused of brandishing a replica handgun in an unprovoked incident in…

Penticton residents get advice protecting property from wildfires
PENTICTON – Residents of Sendero Canyon braved the rain to take part in a session…