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Highflying rescuers stage exercise on Okanagan Lake
May 03, 2015 - 10:07 AM

PENTICTON – Penticton Search and Rescue teamed up with RCAF 442 Squadron for a joint exercise above Okanagan Lake Saturday morning.
Penticton Vees win first Western Canada Cup
May 03, 2015 - 8:07 AM

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Connor Chartier won the Penticton Vees their first Western Canada Cup championship , as he was the overtime hero, in the Vees 4-3 win over the Portage Terries on Saturday at the Casman Centre.
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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

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. Eby made his comments toda

Highflying rescuers stage exercise on Okanagan Lake