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Its official: Canucks training in Penticton

It""s official: Canucks training in Penticton

Jun 16, 2010 / 1:30 pm

It was made official today, the Vancouver Canucks will hold their Training Camp this fall in Peach City. Canucks Assistant General Manager Lawrence Gillman says...

Many Oliver slide evacuees home

Many Oliver slide evacuees home

Jun 16, 2010 / 11:30 am

After assessing the potential for further debris flow in Testalinden Creek, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is allowing residents to return to the...

Deputy Solicitor Gen. to review mudslide

Deputy Solicitor Gen. to review mudslide

Jun 16, 2010 / 8:21 am

Deputy Solicitor General David Morhart has been appointed to review the circumstances leading up to the debris and mud torrent that occurred June 13 south of...

Water advisory for mud slide area

Jun 15, 2010 / 3:49 pm

Interior Health is issuing a Water Quality Advisory effective immediately for individual water licenses and shallow wells in the immediate proximity of the area...

Slide victims receiving financial aid

Slide victims receiving financial aid

Jun 15, 2010 / 12:30 pm

Financial assistance is on its way to victims of Sunday's devastating mud slide near Oliver. The province Tuesday approved Disaster Financial Assistance to help...

Missing camper located

Missing camper located

Jun 15, 2010 / 12:01 pm

A missing 22-year-old woman who attempted to walk from Elinor Lake to Chute Lake Lodge has been found after spending the night outdoors. According to Sergeant...

Residents asked to register with ESS

Residents asked to register with ESS

Jun 15, 2010 / 10:40 am

All residents, including home owners, renters and seasonal workers that have been evacuated from the Testalinden Creek debris flow area are asked to immediately...

Oliver State of Emergency declared

Oliver State of Emergency declared

Jun 14, 2010 / 3:50 pm

A meeting was held in Oliver Monday for residents affected by the Testalinda Creek mudslide. The main message was that those evacuated or under evacuation...

Oliver mudslide: Update

Oliver mudslide: Update

Jun 14, 2010 / 1:00 pm

Local and Provincial Emergency Services personel were alerted to a massive landslide between Oliver and Osoyoos around 2:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Oliver and...

Everyone accounted for after mudslide

Everyone accounted for after mudslide

Jun 14, 2010 / 9:45 am

Everyone has been accounted for following a mudslide in the South Okanagan. Emergency response services concluded their search of the affected mudslide area in...

Mudslide near Oliver

Mudslide near Oliver

Jun 13, 2010 / 5:05 pm

A major mudslide has badly damaged at least three homes in the South Okanagan. Details are just starting to come in of the slide which occurred around 2 p.m....

Naked teen found during drug bust

Jun 11, 2010 / 9:30 am

Two men have been arrested and a 14-year-old teen returned to her parents following a pair of drug busts in Penticton earlier this month. RCMP say they raided a...

S""land residents say no to detachment

Jun 10, 2010 / 1:02 pm

The chances of a new RCMP detachment for Summerland look bleak. The results of an alternative approval process are in and residents have said no. "We had the...

Goose hunting permits in Penticton

Goose hunting permits in Penticton

Jun 9, 2010 / 3:30 pm

Penticton City Council thinks it has found a solution to the goose problem, issue hunting permits. “Council has authorized staff to proceed with offering...

Three women injured in rollover

Three women injured in rollover

Jun 9, 2010 / 1:47 pm

It's a good thing the witnesses had keen eyes. A single vehicle crash Tuesday morning just outside of Penticton, southbound on Highway 97. Kaleden and Penticton...

Search ongoing for missing Oliver man

Jun 9, 2010 / 1:39 pm

Friends and family of the missing 23-year-old Indo-Canadian man from Oliver are still on the lookout. Sunny Gill's Mitshibuishi Lancer was pulled from the...

Sail boat stolen from a tree

Sail boat stolen from a tree

Jun 7, 2010 / 10:30 am

Summerland RCMP are searching for a stolen sailboat. Officers were made aware of the theft on Saturday, although the theft actually took place during the...

Man missing after car crashes into river

Jun 6, 2010 / 8:56 pm

Searchers in the South Okanagan are looking for a man who has not been seen since his vehicle plunged into the Ashnola River just east of Keremeos sometime...

Transplant recipient to run Half Iron

Transplant recipient to run Half Iron

Jun 6, 2010 / 7:00 am

Canadian Dwight Kroening is running the Persona Oliver Half Iron Sunday to prove that organ donation works—24 years after receiving a heart transplant. “The...

Man who died in police custody IDd

Man who died in police custody ID""d

Jun 5, 2010 / 9:00 am

Penticton RCMP have confirmed the identification of a man who died in police custody last week. RCMP say Gordon Brent Amyotte, 39, collapsed while in police...