Peachland News
Bare in the air
Women from around the Okanagan gathered in Peachland, Thursday, to strip down and zip down for breast cancer research. This year marked the fifth Bare in the...
Search scaled back
The search for a Winnipeg woman missing for more than a week in the woods above Peachland is winding down. Police say the ground search, involving provincial...
Crash blocks highway
Highway 97 is backed up for kilometres following a collision at the Princeton Avenue intersection in Peachland. Castanet readers say they're stuck in...
Drunk driver gets jail time
An alleged drunk driver who caused a serious accident south of Peachland in 2013 will spend time behind bars. According to court documents, Tara Helena Hope...
Strip down to zip down
Zip-lining from unspeakable heights may be terrifying for some, but what about facing the diagnosis of breast cancer? According to the Canadian Breast Cancer...
Oliver man killed in crash
The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man killed in Thursday’s head-on collision, south of Peachland. Oliver resident Grant Orville Wheeler, 81,...
One killed in crash
UPDATE 3:00 p.m. DriveBC has confirmed that Highway 97 is now cleared in both directions. UPDATE 1:40 p.m. RCMP are now confirming this morning's crash...
Boat overturns on lake
Four people are cold and wet but uninjured after their boat capsized near Peachland. Fire and rescue crews were called out around 6 p.m. to Beach Ave after...
Crash snarls highway traffic
It's one heck of a commute for motorists heading into Kelowna from Peachland and points south this morning. A single-vehicle rollover at the Highway 97C...
Snowmobiler rescued
A snowmobiler is recovering today after being rescued Friday night. According to Central Okanagan Search and Rescue, they received a call just before midnight...
Pot factory clears hurdle
A medical marijuana grow-op near Peachland has received the green light from Health Canada to begin construction. The announcement brings Potanicals Green...
New food bank opens
The District of Peachland has a new food bank thanks to a partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Six families in need will also be getting new homes out of the...
Frustrated and hunkered down
Frustration rules the day in Peachland, as residents head into the second lengthy power outage of the week. After Wednesday's snowstorm damaged a power...
More power woes
Update -- 10 a.m. It was initially thought that Peachland would be the only community affected by today's power outage, but it now appears that some...
Hundreds line up for flu shot
The season of immunization is upon us once again. Hundreds are lining up at free flu clinics around the Okanagan, after the official vaccination effort began...
Pumpkin puts van in lake
UPDATE 12:15 P.M. A 33-year-old West Kelowna man is lucky to have escaped unscathed after his van ended up in Okanagan Lake Saturday morning. RCMP confirm the...
New Monaco gets green light
An Edmonton-based company has just received final approval to build a large community development in Peachland. The New Monaco Enterprise Corporation passed its...
Housefire in Peachland
A house fire on Huston Road in Peachland near the intersection of Shaw Road has sent one person to hospital with unconfirmed injuries. The fire started around...
Boat flips and sinks
An Okanagan boat owner had to abandon ship after a late night boating mishap on Sunday near the dog beach in Peachland. RCMP Cst. Kris Clark says the boat owner...
First paddleboard race a success
The first ever Rattlesnake Island paddleboard race saw 30 people compete in the cross-lake competition. There were 30 entries in this challenging race around...