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Slow recovery for man jumped and beaten at Penticton nightclub
PENTICTON – The father of a man who was severely beaten in a downtown Penticton…
Fire destroys Cawston fruit stand
PENTICTON – Keremeos firefighters battled a blaze at a fruit stand in Cawston last night.…
SOUTH OKANAGAN HISTORY: The wintery death of Oliver pioneer Jim Madden
OLIVER – A pioneer resident of the Oliver area who once made his living cutting…
Minimum sentence for firing shotgun and breaking into Penticton school
PENTICTON – A man who fired his shotgun into a telephone and the adjoining wall…
Penticton to participate in inaugural coast to coast Remembrance Day ceremony
PENTICTON – In what will be a first for Penticton Remembrance Day observations, the city…
Regional district board faces ‘hard decision’ to locate South Okanagan composting facility
PENTICTON – The establishment of a regional food waste composting facility in the South Okanagan…
Illicit drug overdoses on the rise in the South Okanagan in 2017
PENTICTON – The South Okanagan has not been excluded from the opioid crisis in B.C.,…
‘Ugly’ South Okanagan dock prompts request for regional district regulation
PENTICTON – An Osoyoos Lake resident wants to see the regional district provide regulations with…
Penticton jury issues guilty verdict in weapons smuggling trial
PENTICTON – The trial for an Oliver indigenous man accused of smuggling two firearms across…
Battle brewing over Fortis B.C. electrical rate system
PENTICTON – A South Okanagan resident is joining forces with the regional district in a…
One South Okanagan graveyard mystery solved, but others remain
PENTICTON – A year after the search began, a local historian believes he has confirmed…
Trial for alleged Okanagan gun smuggler to get underway once jurisdictional question is answered
PENTICTON – The trial of an Oliver First Nations man accused of smuggling guns across…
Unprecedented activity in Penticton’s motel and hotel market
PENTICTON – These are changing times in the Penticton accommodation industry. After several years of…
Rising Penticton rents means RV parks are housing options
PENTICTON – As escalating rents in Penticton are adding to the number homeless people, RV…
UPDATE: Search continues for woman missing in Penticton house fire
PENTICTON – A 94-year-old woman is missing after a massive house fire that spread to…
How to avoid hiring an unqualified care aide for a senior
PENTICTON – If you are planning to hire a care aide for an aging member…
How a South Okanagan physiotherapy clinic is helping parents and kids map concussions
PENTICTON – Concussions in full contact sports like football and hockey at any age are…
Drunken care aid jailed in Penticton
PENTICTON – RCMP were called by a Penticton man who became concerned for his own…
VIDEO: Rare film footage offers glimpse of Southern Interior life in late 1930s
PENTICTON – Penticton and the Arrow Lakes were different places back in the 1930s as…
Finlay Creek wildfire 15 per cent contained
PENTICTON – The Finlay Creek wildfire has grown, but calm winds and cooler temperatures have…
Calm winds limit fire growth, air attack against Finlay Creek wildfire
PENTICTON – Relatively calm winds are both helping and hindering the battle to contain the…
Parachute teams deployed to battle Okanagan wildfires
PENTICTON – A group of professional wildfire fighters rarely seen in the Okanagan dropped in…
Cathedral Lakes Lodge near Keremeos evacuated as border fire goes international
PENTICTON – B.C. Wildfire continues to assess and monitor the Diamond Creek wildfire after it…
Munson Mountain wedding woes for couple after it collides with Penticton Multisport event
PENTICTON – A Summerland bride and groom’s big day was derailed by the seemingly inexplicable…