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Volunteers help clean up Peachland watershed, filling dumpster with junk

Volunteers help clean up Peachland watershed, filling dumpster with junk

Peachland May 10, 2021 / 10:46 am

A community cleanup of the Peachland watershed made quite a haul on Saturday. Volunteers and community partners including, BC Conservation Officer Service, GFL...

Volunteers to cleanup Peachland watershed on Saturday

Volunteers to cleanup Peachland watershed on Saturday

Peachland May 5, 2021 / 11:24 am

Volunteer groups will be giving Mother Nature some love on Mothers Day weekend during a backcountry cleanup event in the Peachland watershed. Organized by the...

Alleged drunken police impersonator arrested in Peachland

Alleged drunken police impersonator arrested in Peachland

Peachland May 4, 2021 / 1:57 pm

RCMP have arrested a suspected police impersonator in Peachland. RCMP say an off-duty officer noticed a non-police vehicle with police lights in its grill on...

3 arrested and released after shots fired in Peachland home

3 arrested and released after shots fired in Peachland home

Peachland May 3, 2021 / 11:50 am

Three days after a major police operation in Peachland, RCMP say they arrested three people in relation to a shooting at the south edge of the community. Police...

Significant police response to Brent Road area south of Peachland

Significant police response to Brent Road area south of Peachland

Peachland Apr 30, 2021 / 4:28 pm

Residents of Peachland are asking questions about a significant police operation in their community on Friday afternoon. Numerous RCMP vehicles were reported...

Alert issued about bear roaming Peachland

Alert issued about bear roaming Peachland

Peachland Apr 27, 2021 / 6:00 pm

WildSafeBC of the Central Okanagan have taken to social media to alert the public about a bear roaming the District of Peachland. The bear has been seen around...

Nearly 50 emergency personnel from across the Okanagan assisted in rescuing man from Pincushion Mtn.

Nearly 50 emergency personnel from across the Okanagan assisted in rescuing man from Pincushion Mtn.

Peachland Apr 27, 2021 / 9:01 am

Nearly 50 emergency and rescue personnel from multiple agencies around the Okanagan were called in to assist in rescuing a man who had fallen on Pincushion...

Emergency crews are attempting a high-angle rescue on Pincushion Mountain

Emergency crews are attempting a high-angle rescue on Pincushion Mountain

Peachland Apr 26, 2021 / 8:50 pm

UPDATE: 8:50 p.m. A witness who was hiking at Pincushion Mountain tells Castanet News a woman fell from the lookout next to the Canadian flag. The witness...

Both lanes open and moving on Highway 97 near Peachland after vehicle rollover

Both lanes open and moving on Highway 97 near Peachland after vehicle rollover

Peachland Apr 17, 2021 / 4:31 pm

UPDATED: 4:31 p.m. Both lanes of Highway 97 near Peachland are back open, according to Drive BC. An eyewitness stated traffic returned to single lane...

New Peachland water treatment plant operational

New Peachland water treatment plant operational

Peachland Apr 16, 2021 / 4:36 pm

Two years after construction began, water is flowing through Peachland's new water treatment plant. The district says that while some work around the site...

Peachland pop-up vaccine clinic was cancelled last minute Thursday

Peachland pop-up vaccine clinic was cancelled last minute Thursday

Peachland Apr 15, 2021 / 4:20 pm

UPDATE: 4:20 p.m. After a number of volunteers were left with no vaccines to give at a Peachland pop-up vaccine clinic Thursday morning, Interior Health has...

Water quality advisory for the Trepanier water system in Peachland

Water quality advisory for the Trepanier water system in Peachland

Peachland Apr 9, 2021 / 1:09 pm

The District of Peachland and Interior health have issued a water quality advisory for the Trepanier water system. With the spring freshet getting underway, the...

After controversial first attempt, Peachland pot workers unionized

After controversial first attempt, Peachland pot workers unionized

Peachland Mar 31, 2021 / 7:00 pm

It was a bumpy road, but a Peachland-area cannabis growing operation and extraction facility has become the first in Canada to unionize. United Food and...

Man jumps into action after watching motorist drive into ditch

Man jumps into action after watching motorist drive into ditch

Peachland Mar 19, 2021 / 4:00 am

A West Kelowna man jumped into action after witnessing a single-vehicle incident on Highway 97 just outside of Peachland this week. "That was scary,"...

Cause of mysterious fireball that sparked blaze in Peachland unknown

Cause of mysterious fireball that sparked blaze in Peachland unknown

Peachland Mar 17, 2021 / 12:37 pm

UPDATE 12:35 p.m. The cause of the fire behind Jackie Wilson’s Peachland home Tuesday night will go down, officially, as undetermined. But multiple...

BC's bat protectors need your help to track white-nose syndrome

BC's bat protectors need your help to track white-nose syndrome

Peachland Mar 15, 2021 / 6:21 pm

British Columbia's bat protectors are warning against white nose syndrome, a fungal disease responsible for the death of millions of bats in eastern North...

Rescue crews lift an injured hiker to safety Sunday evening

Rescue crews lift an injured hiker to safety Sunday evening

Peachland Mar 15, 2021 / 2:02 pm

UPDATE 2 p.m. Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig says firefighters, paramedics and search volunteers from the Central and South Okanagan joined forces for a...

The Okanagan was treated to beautiful sunrises this weekend

The Okanagan was treated to beautiful sunrises this weekend

Peachland Mar 14, 2021 / 10:00 am

The Okanagan has been spoiled with beautiful sunrises this weekend, and one early riser has been capturing them on camera. Kayla Scott has lived in Peachland...

Peachlanders plan protest against clear-cut logging in watershed

Peachlanders plan protest against clear-cut logging in watershed

Peachland Mar 9, 2021 / 11:04 am

Environmentalists in Peachland are planning a protest next week against clear-cut logging in the community's watershed. The rally scheduled for 12 p.m. on...

Peachland residents lament lack of positive signs after poster moves

Peachland residents lament lack of positive signs after poster moves

Peachland Mar 3, 2021 / 4:00 am

A Peachland woman who became an inspiration to the community over the last year says she hopes her effort to brighten people's lives will linger even now...