Penticton News
Water service restored
The repairs to the water main break in Okanagan Falls on Oct 10 have been completed. To remove any sediment that may be in the lines, residents of OK Falls...
No water in Ok Falls
UPDATE 11:30 A.M. Ken Peters, water operator for the Okanagan Falls Irrigation District, says the water line broke this morning around 6:30 a.m. at the corner...
Truck rolls, apples cover road
One man was injured after a semi truck carrying bins of apples lost control at the bottom of West Bench Hill on Highway 97, spilling its load onto the highway...
Penticton house fire
Emergency crews responded to a house fire on Norton Street near East Nanaimo Ave. Thursday night. Penticton deputy fire chief Dave Spalding said the call came...
Thanksgiving at Soupateria
Penticton's Soupateria is again readying to serve turkey dinners with all the trimmings to the less fortunate, on Monday. Providing the abundance of food...
Sex offender turns himself in
A Keremeos man who failed to attend his sentencing Wednesday in Penticton has turned himself in. Roy O'Donaghey did so Thursday morning in Chilliwack,...
Drug arrests in Oliver
The South Okanagan RCMP Regional Drug Section, along with the Oliver RCMP, the Penticton Police Dog Service and South Okanagan Traffic Services executed a...
Classic rock turned down
Last week the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) shot down an application by a Kelowna radio station to relocate a transmitter...
Referendum will decide fire hall
The fate of the new fire hall in Osoyoos will be in the hands of voters next month after council decided Monday to hold a referendum rather than scrap the...
Highway 3 a drug route
Police in Osoyoos made two significant drug seizures over the weekend, both the result of what they’re calling routine traffic stops. The first seizure...
Apple theft leads to assault
Summerland RCMP are investigating an assault that occurred at an orchard early Sunday morning. According to police, a male resident on Bentley Road awoke to...
Summerland council hopeful
A long term Summerlander is announcing that he intends to run for Summerland Council in the Nov 15 municipal election. Richard Barkwill is the seventh of eight...
Fund the fire hall?
Faced with a rebuff from citizens, Osoyoos town council must decide Monday whether to hold a referendum to approve funding for its controversial new fire hall...
Rollshutter controversy
A four year debate over roll shutters on a series of condominiums in Penticton is coming to a head this week. The Cherry Lane Towers are a series of five condo...
Festival of the grape
The Okanagan’s largest family fall wine festival event is on today, Sunday Oct. 5, in Oliver. “We generally attract approximately 3500 guests to the...
Wine award debacle
Some BC winery owners are scoffing at an Ontario MP's invitation to a competition that excludes the majority of BC wineries from participating. John...
Autobody arson attack
One car is destroyed and several others are damaged after an early morning fire at Boyd Autobody and Glass Friday. The attack is the third this week, all seemed...
My home is a vehicle
A family is packing their belongings after spending the hot months of summer renting a derelict van at the Pleasant View Hotel and RV Park in Summerland. The...
Fire extinguisher training
In celebration of Fire Prevention Week, the Penticton Fire Department has partnered with Okanagan Fest-of-Ale Society to offer fire extinguisher training to...
New York calls local painter
A painter's passion is being showcased on the world stage in New York in two weeks. Marianne Meyer is a Swiss-born self taught painter, she has been living...