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'Surreal' first-year journey

Photo: Contributed The Penticton Silver Bullets are hoping to bring home some hardware at the provincial championships later this month. Penticton's comeback senior hockey team the Silver Bullets have made it all the way to the Coy Cup

Vacation rental results

Photo: Contributed File photo. The results of a Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen survey on vacation rentals have now been published, part of an ongoing process to inform a board review of short-term rental regulation. The survey

Back in the spotlight

Photo: Rob Balsdon An Okanagan comedian who has recently been focused on bringing others to the stage is getting back behind the microphone himself. On Wednesday, March 29 at Slackwater Brewing in Penticton, catch the man behind Train Wreck

More power to bylaw?

Photo: Castanet Penticton city council will soon ponder new bylaws aimed at providing more solid legal ground for local bylaw officers to respond to social nuisance complaints. A package of three proposed bylaws will be presented to council

Battled over tax boost

Photo: City of Penticton The 2022-2026 Penticton city council. Left to right from top: Ryan Graham, Isaac Gilbert, Campbell Watt, James Miller, Amelia Boultbee, Mayor Julius Bloomfield, Helena Konanz. Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield says

911 upgrades coming

Photo: Gord Goble/Vancouver Courier A dispatcher at work. Mandated upgrades to 911 services are coming to the South Okanagan in the next few years, and local politicians from rural areas are hoping to ensure their community's issues

9.5 per cent tax hike

Photo: Contributed After contention, a lengthy discussion and a narrow vote by council, Penticton finally has a 2023 budget plan. Deliberations took place over three days this week, concluding shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, with council

Bike lane back in business

Photo: City of Penticton The lake-to-lake bike lane looks likely to be finished after all. A final leg of Penticton's contentious bike path has made it into the municipality's 2023 draft budget, following a freshman councillor announcing

Comms worth the cash

Photo: City of Penticton The 2022-2026 Penticton city council. Left to right from top: Ryan Graham, Isaac Gilbert, Campbell Watt, James Miller, Amelia Boultbee, Mayor Julius Bloomfield, Helena Konanz. Penticton city council, for the most

Bike lane not dead yet

Photo: City of Penticton UPDATE: 3 p.m. It appears a Penticton council member made a mistake during a key vote to shoot down completion of the lake-to-lake bike lane. At the end of Wednesday's budget deliberations, Coun. Ryan Graham

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