News Items tag as: Penticton Dragon Boat Festival

Windy conditions no problem for Penticton dragon boaters
September 12, 2016 - 5:30 PM

PENTICTON - High winds altered the race course on Sunday, but overall the 2016 version of the Penticton Dragonboat Festival was a success.
Dragon boaters hit the water in Penticton ahead of annual festival
May 13, 2016 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - Organizers are getting ready for the 16th annual Penticton Dragon Boat Festival in September off the shores of Skaha Lake Park.
Penticton's Skaha Lake dragon boat central on weekend
September 14, 2015 - 11:22 AM

PENTICTON - The Skaha Lake shoreline was a busy place this weekend in Penticton, as the city welcomed thousands to the 15th annual running of the Penticton Dragon Boat Festival.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Windy conditions no problem for Penticton dragon boaters