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Valley wide snowfall warning ended

Jan 1, 2009 / 6:25 am

UPDATE: At 6:15 pm the snowfall warning ended. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the entire Okanagan Valley including Penticton, Kelowna and...

Stolen guns, vehicle recovered

Stolen guns, vehicle recovered

Dec 31, 2008 / 3:30 pm

The guns have been recovered. Acting on a tip from the public, RCMP recovered a missing vehicle connected to a brutal attack on an elderly Penticton couple. The...

Free New Years Eve bus service

Free New Year""s Eve bus service

Dec 31, 2008 / 1:30 pm

Not having exact change for a bus will be no excuse not to take public transit home this New Year’s Eve. Penticton Public Transit is running two free buses...

Penticton top ten, part two

Penticton top ten, part two

Dec 31, 2008 / 5:00 am

Last Sunday we published a list of top 10 clicked on Penticton stories for 2008. Nine of the top ten related to the Summerland highway closure. Here is the rest...

Man accused of beating arrested

Man accused of beating arrested

Dec 30, 2008 / 11:34 am

A man wanted in connection with the brutal beating of an elderly Penticton couple has been arrested. The couple, both in their 70s, were beaten in their Balfour...

Elderly couple brutally attacked

Elderly couple brutally attacked

Dec 29, 2008 / 3:45 pm

A brutal attack on an elderly couple in the South Okanagan has RCMP concerned for the public’s safety. The attack against a Penticton couple, both in their...

Christmas tree pickup fundraiser

Christmas tree pickup fundraiser

Dec 29, 2008 / 2:00 pm

The Penticton Fire Department wants your Christmas tree. As part of a fundraiser to fight Muscular Dystrophy, Penticton fire fighters are picking up Christmas...

Top 10 Penticton stories for 2008

Top 10 Penticton stories for 2008

Dec 28, 2008 / 7:00 am

Castanet tracks which headlines get the most clicks. Here's what you the reader were clicking on the most in 2008 on the Penticton page. 1. Highway could be...

Fire damages service bay, mini-bus

Fire damages service bay, mini-bus

Dec 27, 2008 / 2:00 pm

A fire in a garage has made a mess out of a South Okanagan business. The service bay at Skaha Ford on Parkway Place in Penticton was damaged by fire early...

Summerland man reported missing

Dec 26, 2008 / 8:40 am

Summerland police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing Summerland man. Gilles Michaud, a 59-year-old Summerland resident, has been missing since...

Oliver man gets three years for trafficking

Oliver man gets three years for trafficking

Dec 23, 2008 / 1:00 pm

An Oliver man will spend the next three years in prison after pleading guilty to drug related charges. Henry Joseph Baptiste, 36, pled guilty to the charges...

Shovel out your fire hydrant

Dec 22, 2008 / 5:00 pm

SHOVEL OUT YOUR HYDRANT The Penticton Fire Department is concerned about the depth of snow around local fire hydrants. They are asking the public to ensure that...

Summerland power outage: update

Summerland power outage: update

Dec 19, 2008 / 5:30 pm

Update: As of about 4:40 p.m., power had been restored to all areas of Summerland. It's going to be a cold day in most parts of Summerland. Power is out in a...

Penticton gets early Christmas gift

Penticton gets early Christmas gift

Dec 19, 2008 / 5:00 pm

More federal dollars are coming to Penticton and the Okanagan-Similkameen. Okanagan-Coquihalla MP, Stockwell Day, was in Penticton Friday for two major funding...

Naramata sub-station overloaded

Naramata sub-station overloaded

Dec 19, 2008 / 5:00 am

The Naramata sub-station is in danger of crashing. Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Board Chair, Dan Ashton, says FortisBC has told the Regional...

Curbside calenders coming to RDOS

Dec 14, 2008 / 3:00 pm

Curbside garbage and recycling collection calendars will start arriving in the mailboxes of South Okanagan residents next week. Starting December 15, residents...

Drug dealer gets three years

Dec 14, 2008 / 7:00 am

A sentence of three years and seven days has been handed down to a South Okanagan drug dealer. Penticton resident, James Samos, was sentenced in Provincial...

Youths robbed at gunpoint

Dec 13, 2008 / 8:45 am

Two young men were robbed at gun point in the South Okanagan Friday night. The two youths were walking near the Hill Top Esso in Keremeos just before 6:30 p.m....

Princeton death a homicide

Princeton death a homicide

Dec 12, 2008 / 11:23 am

Police in Princeton are dealing with a murder. RCMP have now confirmed a man discovered in a residence at 133 Bridge Street on Tuesday was the victim of a...

Suspicious death in Princeton

Suspicious death in Princeton

Dec 10, 2008 / 1:19 pm

RCMP are dealing with a sudden death in Princeton. Police are releasing very little information at this time, except to say the body was discovered in a...