Penticton News
Vaccination Use Up
Traffic has been steady at Penticton flu clinics. Shelia Mcintosh, a public health nurse in Penticton, says response is up compared to last year. "We've had a...
Quist Family Update
Things are getting better for the Quist family. The Summerland family was involved in a head-on crash late last month and have been recovering ever since....
Multiple Okanagan Crashes
Poor road conditions have kept Princeton RCMP busy. Nine car accidents since Monday are being blamed on winter weather and driver inexperience. All of them took...
City Gets Money
Speeding pays off, at least for the cops. Penticton-Okanagan MLA, Bill Barisoff, has announced more than $400,000 will be given to the City of Penticton. The...
Naramata Road Update
Weather permitting, the portion of Naramata Road currently affected by the water system upgrade project will be paved by the end of November, at which time the...
Ogopogo Poop
Emily and Chanel Chartrand are expanding their poop business. The Summerland residents, ages 12 and 15 respectively, are branching out from their 'Ogopogo Poop'...
RDOS Board Highlights
For the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen Rural Land Use Matters Board Meeting of November, 2006. The Board approved a development variance permit to allow...
Star Cleaners Closing
A piece of Penticton's history is going down the drains. City-owned Star Cleaners on Main Street is set to be demolished early next year, after more than 70...
School Lock-Down
A school in Oliver went into lock down mode after a gun threat was received. Early this week, two young men from Southern Okanagan Secondary School got into a...
Crime Of The Week
November 5th, 2006 to November 11th, 2006: Sometime during the week of October 29th and November 5th unknown persons broke into a cabin at Apex Ski Resort and...
Car Crash
A hunting trip almost proved deadly for a South Okanagan couple. Around 6 pm on Wednesday evening, a 36-year-old Penticton woman and a 56-year-old Oliver man...
Dog Missing After Car Crash
They call her a furry angel and now a Surrey couple is offering $1,000 for her safe return. Jasmine and Tim Meger of Surrey are asking for the public's help in...
RCMP Acted Appropriately
Penticton RCMP say they acted appropriately. A Penticton man has gone to the media, claiming he was roughed up by the cops nearly a week ago. Jedd Laduer claims...
Water Use Down
Penticton's H2O consumption is down. Water conservation officer, Carolyn Stewart, says the city's water consumption is down. “Our water consumption for 2006...
School Chair Steps Down
After eight years, Connie Denesiuk says she doesn't want to run things anymore. The Chair of the Okanagan Skaha School District has announced she will not put...
Spotted Owl Dies
A rare owl has died, despite best efforts of veterinarians. The tiny spotted owl was discovered on the road by a work crew near Hedley two weeks ago. It was...
High Rise Proposal
A proposed multi-million dollar high rise is one step closer to approval. The Penticton Waterside Resort and Spa passed the first zoning step this week when...
Tulameen River Recedes
Overnight and throughout today the water levels have receded and the rain has eased up in the Tulameen River basin (upper Similkameen River watershed). Although...
Crash Victim Speaks
Westley Quist says he remembers everything. The Summerland man was involved in a head-on crash on Highway 97 last month that sent his new family to different...
Drug Busts
The Penticton RCMP Crime Reduction Team had a busy weekend. The team arrested two men in Okanagan Falls for drug trafficking on Sunday morning. One of the men...