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Peachland News

Rubber ducks dash for cash

Rubber ducks dash for cash

Peachland Apr 7, 2016 / 5:00 am

If you find yourself in Peachland next week and see a horde of yellow rubber duckies barreling toward you down Trepanier Creek, don’t fear —...

Star Place water advisory

Star Place water advisory

Peachland Apr 3, 2016 / 4:51 pm

The Regional District of Central Okanagan has issued a precautionary Water Quality Advisory for residents served by the Star Place Water System near Peachland....

Water advisory issued

Water advisory issued

Peachland Apr 2, 2016 / 10:30 am

The District of Peachland has issue a water quality advisory. The advisory, effective immediately, was issued after turbidity of the source water increased...

Legion in dire straits

Legion in dire straits

Peachland Mar 24, 2016 / 5:00 am

The Peachland Legion is sinking under a mountain of debt, and a solution to prop it back up has been turned down by its membership. Legion president Patricia...

Too lazy to go to dump

Too lazy to go to dump

Peachland Feb 22, 2016 / 1:51 pm

An illegal dump in Peachland is angering residents of the Trepanier Bench. Christine Heinrick says there seems to be an increase in such activity. The latest...

Highway safety addressed

Highway safety addressed

Peachland Feb 18, 2016 / 3:56 pm

Changes could be coming to Highway 97 through Peachland following a second fatality in just 12 days. On Monday, a 33-year-old Sicamous man was killed in a...

Crash takes a life

Crash takes a life

Peachland Feb 16, 2016 / 6:09 am

UPDATE: 6 a.m. RCMP have revealed more details about Monday evening's fatal collision near Peachland. The crash claimed the life of a 33-year-old Sicamous...

Child porn charges dropped

Child porn charges dropped

Peachland Feb 10, 2016 / 11:01 am

A former Peachland journalist has avoided conviction by accepting a peace bond Tuesday in Kelowna. David Andrew Preston, 52, was charged in 2013 with three...

A glimpse into the past

A glimpse into the past

Peachland Feb 8, 2016 / 11:00 am

A Peachland man has stumbled upon a literal goldmine in the hills behind his house and surrounding area. In fact, he's found 14. Ron Barkwill first became...

Woman dies following crash

Woman dies following crash

Peachland Feb 5, 2016 / 5:37 pm

A crash that sent two people to hospital, in Peachland on Wednesday, has claimed the life of a 47-year-old Summerland woman. The woman was rushed from the scene...

Crash closes highway

Crash closes highway

Peachland Feb 3, 2016 / 6:30 pm

UPDATED: 6:30 P.M. Highway 97 is now reopened in both directions north of Peachland. UPDATE: 4:30 P.M. Highway 97 has been closed in both directions due to the...

A place to call home

A place to call home

Peachland Jan 30, 2016 / 1:20 pm

Two Okanagan families will be making monthly payments towards a mortgage rather than rent starting in February, thanks to Habitat for Humanity and the hard work...

Who pays policing costs

Who pays policing costs

Peachland Jan 25, 2016 / 5:00 am

Could Peachland be heading back to the days where taxpayers didn't have to foot policing costs? Current population trends provided by BC Stats suggest that...

Jake put to rest

Jake put to rest

Peachland Jan 21, 2016 / 2:08 pm

Jake the dog has been put down. The presa canario belonging to Peachland resident Drew Panton was euthanized earlier today. A Supreme Court decision came down...

Cat dies in house fire

Cat dies in house fire

Peachland Jan 18, 2016 / 7:15 pm

A family of four is safe in the care of emergency services, but their family pet did not survive after a fire broke out in their home. Peachland fire crews were...

Make a splash Jan. 1

Make a splash Jan. 1

Peachland Dec 27, 2015 / 12:01 pm

For those brave enough, the new year can be brought in with a splash. Hailed as the largest polar bear swim in the Valley, Peachland will once again be daring...

Peachland bypass studied

Peachland bypass studied

Peachland Dec 15, 2015 / 2:55 pm

A transportation study launched by the province will look at Highway 97 improvements through and around Peachland. In making the announcement Tuesday, the...

Fight over death-row dog

Fight over death-row dog

Peachland Dec 9, 2015 / 3:55 pm

A Peachland man is representing himself in Supreme Court this week, appealing the court's decision this summer to euthanize his dog, Jake. Andrew Panton...

A home for those in need

A home for those in need

Peachland Nov 28, 2015 / 2:30 pm

Two families have brand new homes to call their own after the keys were handed over by Habitat for Humanity Saturday. The Nixon and Evans families were joined...

Hunter stranded on shore

Hunter stranded on shore

Peachland Nov 25, 2015 / 12:03 pm

A Summerland man in his 30s is safely home after a Tuesday hunting excursion left him calling for help. The man was on the east side of Okanagn Lake, hunting...

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