Hwy 1 closed for avalanche
New sites to train the police
Debt motivated murder?
Picking a new NDP leader
Liberal budget watchdog
MPs to debate Iran war 
Israel intensifies attacks 
No letup in war
Stock markets shudder 
Anthropic sues Trump admin
Uber's women-only option
$94.5M for jobs data 
Silverbacks' slide continues
Dunstone wins Brier
Flurry of goals lead to win
Boy George uses AI to write
Doja Cat blasts Chalamet
Rihanna’s home shot up
Penticton News
Cops out in force this weekend
Police will be in full force with one of the busiest long weekends of the summer upon us. Sgt. John Rasmussen, from South Okanagan Traffic Services, says the...
Watch your campfire this weekend
As campers get ready to flock the Okanagan Valley for a busy long weekend, there are some warnings you should be aware of. Fire Information Officer, Dale...
Blasting ties up Highway 97
Highway 97 was closed for about two-and-a-half hours Thursday afternoon at the site of road construction just north of Summerland. The highway is normally...
Rapist wants name off registry
A convicted rapist wants his name removed from the national sex offender registry. A judge has agreed to hear arguments in the case of Ronald Teneycke, an...
Oliver family can stay in Canada
It was a long time coming, but an Oliver family has been given permission to stay in Canada. German and Santos Molina Melgar, originally from El Salvador, moved...
Grass fire nearly consumes tents
A grass fire came very close to burning the temporary homes of a group of orchard workers in the South Okanagan. Fire broke out in a maintenance shed on an...
Colorado man drowns in Summerland
A vacation to the South Okanagan turned deadly for a family from Colorado over the weekend. A 34-year-old man from Denver drowned in Summerland Saturday...
Man caused three separate collisions
An impaired driver left a series of crashes in his wake in Osoyoos Thursday. RCMP arrested a 53-year-old Osoyoos man around 7:45 p.m. after witnesses stated...
Boat runs aground, injures passengers
It was a lesson on boating safety learned the hard way for a group of people in Osoyoos. Late Friday night, emergency crews responded to a call of a boat...
Fruit Tree Project starting again
If you don't feel like picking the fruit off your own tree, you can get someone else to do it for you, with a catch. The Summerland Fruit Tree Project connects...
Summerland cop charged
Summerland RCMP have charged one of their own. Corporal Andre Turcotte is facing charges stemming from an incident last August. RCMP spokesperson, Annie...
Kelowna man -- crash victim
A Kelowna man has been identified as one of two people killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 3 near Hedley, July 19. Shane Michael Charlton, 48, was...
PLEASE petition rejected
The destruction of the Pen-Hi Gym and Auditorium is scheduled for this fall, but not if the Penticton League of Sensible Electors has anything to say about it....
Collision now double fatality
It’s now a double fatality. A 20-year-old woman injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a Mercedes over the weekend has died. The woman was the...
Man crushed by car identified
The South Okanagan man who was crushed to death by his own car has been identified. The regional coroner’s office says 58-year-old Peter Von Burg of Osoyoos...
Pictures, ring wash ashore
It was the last thing she expected to find washed up on the beach in front of her Summerland home. Donna Clarke found a keepsake frame with three pictures and a...
Skaha Bluffs getting provincial funding
A South Okanagan tourist attraction is one of many infrastructures getting funding from the provincial government for upgrades. Environment Minister Barry...
Motorcyclist killed near Hedley
One man is dead following a collision between a motorcycle and a Mercedes. The crash, which happened just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday on Highway 3 about five...
Harvest workers made welcome
New, unfamiliar faces rolling into the Okanagan for the harvest sometimes causes tension between locals and visiting farm labourers, but one community is trying...
Crime of the week - Penticton
July 13 to July 19: Sometime around the 14 of July, a residence at 3 Mile Beach was broken into and vandalized by throwing paint around the inside. A few...
