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Penticton News

Sland Council Gets Raise

S""land Council Gets Raise

Mar 29, 2007 / 1:01 pm

Summerland city council is getting a pay raise. Councillors voted unanimously earlier this week to amend the city's indemnity bylaw, which will allow them to...

Vees Take Game One

Vees Take Game One

Mar 29, 2007 / 12:20 pm

The Penticton Vees are off to a good start. The hometown heroes took the ice against the Vernon Vipers at Memorial Arena Wednesday night to an enthusiastic...

Two Jeremy Kroekers

Two Jeremy Kroekers

Mar 29, 2007 / 10:46 am

Will the real Jeremy Kroeker please stand up? The Calgary resident has the same name as a man arrested in Princeton Monday morning in connection with a police...

Downtown Clean Awards

Downtown Clean Awards

Mar 29, 2007 / 5:00 am

The downtown Penticton business community gathered together for the annual Spring Clean Wednesday morning. From 8 to 9 residents and business owners went...

Hostage Taker Identified

Hostage Taker Identified

Mar 28, 2007 / 2:30 pm

RCMP have released the name of the man arrested in connection with the hostage situation in Princeton. Jeremy Scott Kroeker of Calgary, is facing eight counts...

Grow-Op Bust

Grow-Op Bust

Mar 28, 2007 / 2:01 pm

Immigration officials are investigating after Penticton RCMP arrested two men during a grow-op bust. Just before 4 pm on Tuesday, a search warrant was executed...

Hit And Run Sentence

Hit And Run Sentence

Mar 28, 2007 / 12:01 pm

It was a lesson learned the hard way for a Trail woman as she appeared in Penticton Provincial Court Wednesday morning to receive her sentence. Bindu PuCheok...

Hostage Update

Hostage Update

Mar 27, 2007 / 4:01 pm

RCMP are hoping to speak with anyone who witnessed Monday’s hostage situation in Princeton. Around 10 pm Sunday, a 26-year-old man took two people hostage as...

Flying Record Attempt

Flying Record Attempt

Mar 27, 2007 / 4:01 pm

An attempt to break a world record will bring a pair of British pilots to Penticton this week. Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill will be landing in the Peach...

Job Search Made Easy

Job Search Made Easy

Mar 27, 2007 / 2:31 pm

The search for employment just got a little easier for people in Penticton. More than 750 current job openings have been posted on the city’s economic...

Prairie Oyster In Penticton

Prairie Oyster In Penticton

Mar 27, 2007 / 1:45 pm

The popular Canadian band Prairie Oyster will be performing in Penticton Tuesday night. The Juno award winning group will be playing at the Cleland Community...

No Fire At Hair Salon

No Fire At Hair Salon

Mar 27, 2007 / 11:33 am

They aren’t there to get their hair done. Firefighters are on scene at Just Curl Up and Dye on Main Street in Penticton, responding to a call reporting a...

Sland Business Sells Big

S""land Business Sells Big

Mar 27, 2007 / 11:30 am

Playing in the dirt is paying off for a Summerland business. Dave’s Landscape Supply, run by Dave Kranjc, has been given vendor status with RONA, which will...

Princeton Hostage Taking

Princeton Hostage Taking

Mar 26, 2007 / 2:31 pm

It was a terrifying end to the weekend for three Princeton residents as they were taken hostage Sunday night by a man trying to escape police pursuit. Just...

Smith Murder Trial Date Set

Smith Murder Trial Date Set

Mar 26, 2007 / 1:30 pm

The man accused of the murder of a Penticton resident has his trial date. Douglas William Smith, 41, will face a charge of second degree murder in the case of...

Folk Fest Lost Money

Folk Fest Lost Money

Mar 26, 2007 / 11:45 am

The music is in the red. Even with big names such as Ian Tyson and Connie Kaldor, the Summerland Folk Festival lost money this year. Summerland Chamber of...

Art Award For Local

Art Award For Local

Mar 26, 2007 / 11:05 am

A Penticton artist has received some national recognition. Daphne Odjig, 87, won the Governor General’s Visual and Media Arts award in Ottawa late last week....

Big Cats On Prowl

Big Cats On Prowl

Mar 26, 2007 / 5:00 am

Four lynxes have been spotted feeding on garbage near Princeton. The animals were seen on a back road near Osprey Lake at the end of February. They were seen...

Sland Groundbreaking

S""land Groundbreaking

Mar 24, 2007 / 12:00 pm

Call it an exciting project that blends the best in community support, partnership between School District 67 and Okanagan College, and a great opportunity for...

Summerland Grow-Op

Summerland Grow-Op

Mar 24, 2007 / 6:20 am

Summerland RCMP have one man in custody following a raid on a home in Trout Creek Friday night. Police busted the home shortly before midnight. In the home,...

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