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Penticton News

Public input sought on provincial budget

Public input sought on provincial budget

Sep 17, 2010 / 4:30 pm

Residents of Penticton will have a chance to provide input on the 2011/12 provincial budget when the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government...

Charges pending in kayak accident

Charges pending in kayak accident

Sep 16, 2010 / 2:30 pm

A West Kelowna man faces several charges in connection with a boating accident on Okanagan Lake. Penticton RCMP say the man was arrested last week after a...

Armed robbery at Penticton Shell

Armed robbery at Penticton Shell

Sep 16, 2010 / 10:00 am

RCMP in Penticton are on the lookout for a woman who held up a Penticton gas station at knife-point early Thursday morning. Police say the incident took place...

Council shutting down Oliver Taxi

Council shutting down Oliver Taxi

Sep 15, 2010 / 12:00 pm

The community of Oliver may soon find itself without taxi service. Oliver Council held a special hearing Monday night to address allegations against Oliver...

School zone drivers not slowing down

School zone drivers not slowing down

Sep 15, 2010 / 10:30 am

It's been a week since schools began, and drivers are not slowing down through school zones. The Penticton Speed Watch volunteers have been monitoring school...

Summerland voting on RCMPs future

Summerland voting on RCMP""s future

Sep 15, 2010 / 5:00 am

Summerland voters head to the polls starting Wednesday to determine whether the municipality should pay to construct a new RCMP building. The municipality would...

Bear cub evading conservation traps

Bear cub evading conservation traps

Sep 14, 2010 / 11:00 am

Conservation officers in the South Okanagan are having a hard time trapping an orphaned bear cub. The cub's mother was shot and killed last week after the...

Missing hiker found in good spirits

Sep 13, 2010 / 4:25 pm

Quick action by emergency crews brought a missing hiker back home within a day of his disappearance. On Friday, September 10, the Grand Forks RCMP received a...

Young Stars take the ice at SOEC

Young Stars take the ice at SOEC

Sep 13, 2010 / 11:04 am

The 2010 Young Stars got underway at the South Okanagan Events Center in Penticton Sunday. The Canucks rookies lost 4-1 to the Oilers. Taylor Hall and Jordan...

NY firefighter speaks on 9-11

Sep 11, 2010 / 12:00 pm

New York City Fire Department Battalion Chief John Selka was in Penticton earlier this summer as the keynote speaker at the B.C. Fire Chiefs conference. Selka...

Annual Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival

Annual Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival

Sep 10, 2010 / 11:00 am

The 14th Annual Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival gets groovin' Friday. Just like in years past, five different venues play host to 12 bands. President Michael...

Town meeting to discuss RCMP building

Town meeting to discuss RCMP building

Sep 8, 2010 / 1:00 pm

Summerland residents will have their chance to voice their opinions regarding the proposed development of a new RCMP building. On Thursday, a town hall meeting...

Hwy 97 four lane expansion opened

Hwy 97 four lane expansion opened

Sep 8, 2010 / 5:00 am

The completion of the Highway 97 Bentley Road to Okanagan Lake Park project was celebrated Tuesday by community leaders. Stockwell Day, President of the...

Princeton fatal crash victim ID""d

Sep 7, 2010 / 11:11 am

The man who died in a car crash near Princeton Saturday evening has been identified. John Garry Vanderhook was killed after the vehicle he was driving lost...

Wet bridge blamed for crash

Wet bridge blamed for crash

Sep 7, 2010 / 10:19 am

Four people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a collision on a bridge Monday night. The two vehicles collided on the Whipsaw Creek Bridge just...

Albas back at helm of United Way

Sep 7, 2010 / 5:00 am

Penticton City Councilor Dan Albas has returned as chair of the 2010 United Way campaign. Albas, also a local businessman, felt compelled to take up where he...

Rollover closed highway 5A

Sep 6, 2010 / 11:53 am

Highway 5A was closed for several hours over the long weekend as crews dealt with a logging truck rollover. The accident happened in the early morning hours...

Fatal crash near Princeton

Sep 5, 2010 / 10:40 am

One man is dead following a single vehicle crash near Princeton Saturday night. RCMP South Okanagan Traffic Services Corporal Dave Cramm says at approximately...

Police ready for the return to school

Police ready for the return to school

Sep 3, 2010 / 4:00 pm

The Labour Day Long weekend means the start of school for thousands of valley children is right around the corner. Tuesday will see a lot more vehicles on the...

College centre receives financial boost

College centre receives financial boost

Sep 3, 2010 / 2:00 pm

The Okanagan College Centre of Excellence in Penticton came another $100,000 closer to its fundraising goal of $5 million Friday. The Centre of Excellence...

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