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Fire damages Penticton home

Fire damages Penticton home

Jan 17, 2008 / 2:00 pm

Fire at a home on McCulloch Drive in Penticton late Wednesday afternoon caused significant damage to a bedroom and smoke damage to the rest of the home....

Summerland curbside pickup closer

Summerland curbside pickup closer

Jan 17, 2008 / 9:00 am

The details are still being sorted out, but Summerland will soon have a new curbside collection service in operation. Waste collection coordinator, Beth Cavers,...

Border jumper caught in truck

Border jumper caught in truck

Jan 16, 2008 / 4:01 pm

It was an interesting case for Canadian Border Services officers at the Port of Osoyoos Monday. Communications manager for the CBSA, Paula Shore, says officers...

Summerland council issues

Summerland council issues

Jan 16, 2008 / 9:00 am

Summerland council is dealing with parking problems. Councillor Lorraine Bennest says they’ll go back to the drawing board on the issue of parking in the lane...

Money for local training

Money for local training

Jan 15, 2008 / 4:00 pm

With beds set to open later this year at Orchard Haven in Keremeos and Mariposa Gardens in Osoyoos, new funding is coming from the B.C. Health Education...

OC Penticton fees protest

OC Penticton fees protest

Jan 15, 2008 / 2:00 pm

It’s becoming an annual event this time of year, students protesting tuition fees. Okanagan College students will be attending a Board of Governors tuition...

Summerland chemical spill

Summerland chemical spill

Jan 15, 2008 / 12:30 pm

On the same day it received funding, a water treatment plant in Summerland had a big mess on its hands. An estimated 900 litres of Sodium Hydroxide was spilled...

Hearing into Hill murder continues

Hearing into Hill murder continues

Jan 14, 2008 / 4:30 pm

A lengthy hearing that started last Monday continues this week in Penticton Provincial court. Corey Swite, 23, was charged last year after police discovered the...

Summerland gets water cash

Summerland gets water cash

Jan 14, 2008 / 9:39 am

Summerland is swimming in federal and provincial cash to help upgrade the community's water supply. Okanagan Westside MLA Rick Thorpe and Okanagan Coquihalla MP...

Wind warning for South Okanagan

Wind warning for South Okanagan

Jan 14, 2008 / 5:42 am

Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the South Okanagan. The warning was issued shortly before 5:30 a.m. Monday. Environment Canada says southerly...

Crime of the week

Crime of the week

Jan 13, 2008 / 10:00 am

January 6 to January 12: During the night of January 8/9, unknown persons smashed the front door of Easy Home Furniture in the Plaza Shopping Center and stole...

Justice committee meeting

Justice committee meeting

Jan 13, 2008 / 9:00 am

The Pacific Regional National Justice Committee is meeting in Penticton for a workshop this week. Deputy Chief, Constable Doug Lepard of the Vancouver Police...

More charges for parole breakers

More charges for parole breakers

Jan 12, 2008 / 9:00 am

Three South Okanagan residents have been arrested on drug charges over the last two days. A 28-year-old man from Okanagan Falls was arrested in a vehicle along...

Packinghouses to amalgamate

Packinghouses to amalgamate

Jan 10, 2008 / 11:00 am

Members of the Okanagan Similkameen Cooperative Growers Association have overwhelmingly approved amalgamation with the three other Okanagan cooperative...

Vees Dalpe projected first round

Vees Dalpe projected first round

Jan 10, 2008 / 9:30 am

Penticton Valley First Vees Forward, Zac Dalpe, is listed in the first round, 26th Overall (among North American skaters) in the mid season rankings released...

Look out for the truck!

Look out for the truck!

Jan 9, 2008 / 10:52 am

Let this be a warning for drivers, don’t assume that big rig can see you. A Penticton resident is lucky to have escaped injury after getting stuck underneath...

Osoyoos man in serious shape

Osoyoos man in serious shape

Jan 9, 2008 / 10:03 am

An Osoyoos man is in intensive care after being hit by a car. The 20-year-old man was walking along 62nd Avenue near Osoyoos Secondary School on January 7 when...

Wellness Centre will be added to SOEC

Wellness Centre will be added to SOEC

Jan 8, 2008 / 1:15 pm

A wellness centre will be added to the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton. Director of corporate services, Jack Kler, explains how the centre will serve...

Southern Interior avalanches kill three

Southern Interior avalanches kill three

Jan 7, 2008 / 6:30 pm

It was a deadly weekend for avalanches in the Southern Interior. Three people have died following separate incidents over the weekend. Avalanches killed two...

Multiple motel drug arrests

Multiple motel drug arrests

Jan 7, 2008 / 12:15 pm

Several people are facing charges following a series of drug arrests over the weekend. Penticton RCMP arrested four adults in a motel parking lot on Main Street...