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Gunshot incident being investigated

Gunshot incident being investigated

Apr 6, 2008 / 1:00 pm

An incident involving a gunshot is being investigated in the South Okanagan. Osoyoos RCMP responded to a call of a domestic dispute on Old Richter Pass Road...

Highway 97 blasting updates

Highway 97 blasting updates

Apr 6, 2008 / 9:00 am

Arthon Contractors will be continuing with smaller rock blasts at the south end of the Highway 97 widening project near Summerland and in areas towards the...

Curbside pick up next week

Curbside pick up next week

Apr 6, 2008 / 7:00 am

The year’s first yard waste collection in the South Okanagan will take place next week. On April 7, homes in Okanagan Falls, Twin Lakes, Oliver, Osoyoos,...

Mail thief arrested in South Okanagan

Mail thief arrested in South Okanagan

Apr 5, 2008 / 3:00 pm

An arrest has been made in connection with a series of mail thefts in the South Okanagan. RCMP in Oliver and Osoyoos have arrested a 26-year-old man in...

Crime of the week - Penticton

Crime of the week - Penticton

Apr 5, 2008 / 11:30 am

March 30 to April 5: At approximately 1 a.m. on April 2, an elderly man was leaving the Lakeside Casino and was approached from behind by a male with a knife...

Search for 100-year-old residents

Search for 100-year-old residents

Apr 5, 2008 / 8:30 am

If you were born in 1908, the Penticton Centennial Advisory Committee wants to talk to you. A reception is being planned to honour people born in Penticton...

Secondary suites open houses

Secondary suites open houses

Apr 5, 2008 / 6:00 am

Public input will be taken into consideration following a pair of open houses in the South Okanagan. The City of Penticton is holding the open houses May 6 and...

Development concerns Osoyoos Council

Development concerns Osoyoos Council

Apr 4, 2008 / 5:30 pm

The Town of Osoyoos is stepping up to the plate to help protect the water quality of Osoyoos Lake. Town Council announced Friday that if the large Willow Beach...

Arrest made in multiple vehicle B&Es

Arrest made in multiple vehicle B&Es

Apr 2, 2008 / 1:00 pm

Penticton RCMP have arrested a man believed to be responsible for damaging numerous vehicles. Tyler Crispens, of no fixed address, was arrested Monday...

Casino knife point robbery

Casino knife point robbery

Apr 2, 2008 / 11:02 am

An Abbottsford man did not have a pleasant trip to Penticton’s Lake City Casino. The 66-year-old man was robbed at knife point and punched in the eye after...

Former Oliver firefighter pleads guilty

Former Oliver firefighter pleads guilty

Apr 1, 2008 / 10:10 am

It’s been an emotional time for members of a South Okanagan community, but an end is in sight. Mike Hagel, a former volunteer firefighter in Oliver, plead...

Arrested six weeks after leaving jail

Apr 1, 2008 / 9:42 am

Just six weeks after finishing a jail sentence, a Penticton woman is in trouble with the law again. Constable Jason Burndred says a 35-year-old woman was...

Youth arrested for assaulting senior

Youth arrested for assaulting senior

Mar 29, 2008 / 1:00 pm

It didn’t take long for Penticton RCMP to make an arrest in connection with the assault of an elderly man earlier this week. The 77-year-old man, who is...

Man with 50 priors arrested

Man with 50 priors arrested

Mar 29, 2008 / 11:30 am

A man with a lengthy criminal past has been arrested in the South Okanagan. Jason David Kornyk, 29, was arrested in Penticton on March 26. Corporal Brad Myhre...

Crime of the week - Penticton

Crime of the week - Penticton

Mar 29, 2008 / 8:00 am

March 23 to March 29 The police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding the person/s responsible for breaking into several roadside mailboxes in the...

Highway 97 construction delays

Mar 27, 2008 / 2:10 pm

Rock blasting will continue for the next week at the south end of the Highway 97 road widening project just north of Summerland. Blasting will result in 30...

Goats interrupt Highway 97 widening

Goats interrupt Highway 97 widening

Mar 27, 2008 / 12:30 pm

The expansion of Highway 97 north of Summerland is being hampered by the presence of a local mountain goat herd. Environmental agencies are preventing blasting...

Drug house identification questionnaire

Drug house identification questionnaire

Mar 27, 2008 / 5:00 am

Could you identify a drug house in your neighbourhood? RCMP in Oliver and Osoyoos have created an eight page questionnaire to help residents identify suspicious...

Oliver man pleads guilty to drug charges

Oliver man pleads guilty to drug charges

Mar 26, 2008 / 4:06 pm

A South Okanagan man will be going to jail for drug offences. Blair Thompson, a 23-year-old Oliver resident, has plead guilty to charges of possession of...

Valley-wide governance final report

Valley-wide governance final report

Mar 26, 2008 / 1:00 pm

The final report is in. The committee looking into the options for possible area-wide governance in the Okanagan-Similkameen area has handed its report to...