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Opposition to 5 storeys

Opposition to 5 storeys

Peachland Aug 10, 2017 / 10:43 am

A new downtown Peachland development, set for fourth and final reading by council next month, is not wanted by some in the community. The Peachland Residents...

Mopping up a wildfire

Mopping up a wildfire

Peachland Aug 6, 2017 / 10:17 am

A 15-member forestry crew will be mopping up Sunday at the site of a small wildfire south of Peachland. The Munro Lake fire began Friday afternoon and was blown...

Fire fully contained

Fire fully contained

Peachland Aug 5, 2017 / 1:40 pm

UPDATE: 1:40 p.m. The wildfire burning south of Peachland is now fully contained, and fire crews don't expect it to grow any larger. Rachel Witt, fire...

Wildfire near Peachland

Wildfire near Peachland

Peachland Aug 4, 2017 / 8:00 pm

UPDATE: 8 p.m. The air tankers that spent Friday afternoon dropping retardant on the wildfire just south of Peachland have turned in for the evening, but two...

Crash on Drought Hill

Crash on Drought Hill

Peachland Jul 31, 2017 / 3:05 pm

A crash involving a motorcycle backed up highway traffic Monday afternoon in Peachland. The crash happened not long after 2 p.m., near the bottom of Drought...

Young boys rescued on lake

Young boys rescued on lake

Peachland Jul 25, 2017 / 1:20 pm

Strong gusting winds pushed two young boys who were fishing on Okanagan Lake Sunday almost a half a kilometre from the shore, before they were rescued by...

Crash with tree claims life

Crash with tree claims life

Peachland Jul 25, 2017 / 10:38 am

RCMP and the coroners office are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed one person on Brenda Mines Forest Service Road near Peachland Monday...

Van T-boned on highway

Van T-boned on highway

Peachland Jul 21, 2017 / 3:16 pm

A T-bone collision slowed traffic on Highway 97 in Peachland Friday afternoon. A van was hit by a pickup at Highway 97 and Princeton Road about 2 p.m. A...

Moviemaker returns home

Moviemaker returns home

Peachland Jul 20, 2017 / 5:45 pm

Peachland moviemaker Andrew Huculiak has returned home to film his second dramatic feature. I'm Not A Bad Person is set to begin filming Aug. 15. The movie...

Camper up in flames

Camper up in flames

Peachland Jun 30, 2017 / 9:15 pm

Traffic was stopped along Highway 97 near Antlers Beach Friday evening after a truck and camper caught on fire. Smoke and flames were visible hundreds of metres...

Garnet fire smouldering

Garnet fire smouldering

Peachland Jun 26, 2017 / 4:55 pm

A small wildfire in Garnet Valley, between Peachland and Summerland, is in the mop-up phase. The fire remains the same size as Sunday, at .53 of a hectare, fire...

Peachland water now safe

Peachland water now safe

Peachland Jun 26, 2017 / 12:14 pm

A long-standing boil-water notice in Peachland has finally been lifted. Residents using water drawn from Deep Creek and Trepanier Creek, affecting the entire...

Double collision on Hwy 97

Double collision on Hwy 97

Peachland Jun 23, 2017 / 1:29 pm

UPDATE: 1:28 p.m. The highway has reopened southbound and the crash has been cleared, drivers at the scene report. Traffic had backed up to the Glenrosa...

Boil advisory lifted

Boil advisory lifted

Peachland Jun 21, 2017 / 10:13 am

The Regional District of Central Okanagan has lifted a boil-water advisory for users of the Star Place water system. The community water system services eight...

Zip line with floaties?

Zip line with floaties?

Peachland Jun 19, 2017 / 5:00 am

ZipZone is taking flood protection one step further. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the Peachland zip lining company says it's testing floatation...

Huge delays on highway

Huge delays on highway

Peachland Jun 15, 2017 / 2:20 pm

Numerous motorists are reporting long backups heading south from Peachland on Highway 97. DriveBC reports maintenance work is being done in the area near...

Peachland needs water plan

Peachland needs water plan

Peachland Jun 13, 2017 / 12:08 pm

Peachland needs a comprehensive watershed protection plan, residents were told at a meeting last week. Nearly 100 people turned out to a town hall meeting held...

Antlers Beach closed

Antlers Beach closed

Peachland Jun 12, 2017 / 8:04 am

The Regional District has closed Antlers Beach Regional Park near the south end of Peachland. The waterfront park, beach, picnic and parking areas sustained...

All hands on deck: mayor

All hands on deck: mayor

Peachland Jun 9, 2017 / 2:08 pm

Peachland was hit hard by the storm Thursday, tearing up Highway 97 by Antlers Beach and pulling a large section of bladder dam into the lake. A retaining wall...

Amazing storm images

Amazing storm images

Peachland Jun 9, 2017 / 1:42 pm

Mother Nature unleashed its fury on Antlers Beach in Peachland Thursday afternoon. And, as always, Castanet readers came through with some amazing images of the...