South Okanagan

Charges stayed in pot farm shooting

Photo: Contributed - File photo Timothy Niven Tyler was found murdered on his Beaverdell acreage September 2, 2008. The final charges have now been stayed in connection with a slaying more than four years ago in the South Okanagan. Crown lawyers confirm charges...

Summerland to go pink

Photo: Contributed Bully Free effort continues to grow   The Summerland Bully Free initiative is picking up momentum. On Friday morning a gathering is planned on Main Street to draw attention to bullying that occurs for all ages at different stages...

Roof comes off housing market

  The number of home sales in the South Okanagan have decreased 38 per cent from this time last year and while the sample size is quite small in some areas, the most noticeable change is in Summerland. Last year there were 12 units sold in January, and only 5 units sold...

Logging to continue above Naramata

Photo: Contributed Initial stages of beetle attack, Naramata Creek, 2010   Trucks piled high with logs will be rolling in and out of Naramata again this year. West Kelowna-based Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. plans to harvest more Mountain Pine Beetle...

Manhunt ends in Summerland

  Photo: RCMP Andrew Hardenstine UPDATE 8:55 p.m. Feb. 3: The Penticton RCMP arrested Andrew Robert Hardenstine without incident in the Summerland area Sunday evening.  Hardenstine is a 33-year-old Federal Parolee wanted on a Canada-wide...

Employees raise $4000 for food banks

Fundraising efforts on the part of Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen employees over the last year have resulted in the donation of more than $4,000 in cash and foodstuffs to seven local food bank associations. Photo: Contributed “This is a voluntary effort...

Centre for injured birds sees increase

SORCO gallery Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer SORCO near Oliver Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer The old, original clinic Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer A snowy owl at SORCO Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer A great horned...

Osoyoos Lake water levels modified

  Photo: Contributed - Google Maps Some minor modifications will be made to how water levels on Osoyoos Lake are managed after the International Joint Commission issued an Order of Approval to renew Washington State's authority to operate Zosel Dam. The...

Vehicle rollover sends one to hospital

Photo: Contributed - Oliver Daily News- One utility pole sheared off. One woman has been taken to hospital following a single vehicle accident along Highway 97 north of Oliver. The woman, from Osoyoos, was the only occupant inside the late model red van when her vehicle...

Dog day for drug dealers

Photo: RCMP Dog finds stash of drugs. Photo: Contributed - RCMP Crack cocaine found in the vehicle. A pair of Vernon women...

Road approved for proposed prison

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer Site of proposed correctional centre   An access road to the proposed correctional centre in the South Okanagan has been given a recent go ahead by the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen board. The road will run from the...

Fire rips through Oliver home

  Photo: Contributed - oliverdailynews.com Story by Oliver Daily News   Photo: Contributed - oliverdailynews.com A fire destroyed a home in Oliver Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to the blaze just before 3:30 a.m. at...

Local on Canada's Handyman Challenge

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer John Rousseau with judges from the show   John Rousseau grew up working in a woodworking shop in Summerland, so it isn’t too surprising he will be making an appearance on Canada’s Handyman Challenge later this...

New telescope will be 'like time travel'

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Ground excavation is now under way for the new CHIME radio telescope in Penticton, B.C. When completed, it will have a footprint larger than six NHL hockey rinks and enable scientists to attempt the largest volume survey of the...

Oliver man guilty of sexual assault

An Oliver man was found guilty of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter in a Penticton court room on Thursday. Judge Meg Shaw handed down the decision at the end of a lengthy court case that began after the man was arrested in December of 2009. The man was found guilty of sexual...

Summerland ride offer not a threat

The Summerland RCMP have deemed there was no ill intention after identifying and speaking to a motorist who stopped to offer a young boy a ride. On Tuesday, the Summerland RCMP received a report of a suspicious incident from a local student. The boy informed police that a...

Actor tweets about Naramata

  Photo: CTV Actor Eric McCormack poses for a portrait in New York, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP / Jeff Christensen) Eric McCormack, the Canadian born actor best known for his role in the American sitcom "Will and Grace" recently sent out this...

South Okanagan riding changes

Two candidates who were set to run against each other in the same B.C. riding in the May election have quit, citing personal reasons. Boundary-Similkameen Independent MLA John Slater, a former Liberal, and New Democrat challenger Marji Basso each issued statements within an hour of each...

School bounces back after fire

When Marcus Toneatto took over as the principal at Southern Okanagan Secondary School this month, he inherited a set of challenges different from what most new administrators face. Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer Principal Marcus Toneatto at Oliver school His...

Former Oliver mayor to run for Slater

The BC Liberals have announced that Oliver municipal councillor Linda Larson will be the Party’s candidate in Boundary-Similkameen. Larson, the former three-term Mayor of Oliver, will run in place of current MLA John Slater. “I’m proud to be running for the BC Liberals...