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  • Draft #2 of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan now available

    April 21, 2017 - 2:02 PM

    After over 5,000 contacts with the community and a year of work by Steering Committee members, the City of Penticton is pleased to share the second draft of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The draft is available online today and contains over 150 recommendations for City parks, beaches, trails, outdoor recreation amenities, indoor recreation facilities and recreation programs and services.

  • Event passes on sale Friday for 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton

    February 14, 2017 - 2:24 PM

    The country’s best women’s curling teams will not only be chasing a Canadian championship, they’ll also be playing under a new format at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, B.C.

  • Penticton infrastructure challenge community open house

    November 25, 2016 - 12:55 PM

    Like other communities across Canada, Penticton is facing the challenge of funding the rising costs of aging infrastructure.

  • Topics from the 2016 Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention

    October 02, 2016 - 3:28 PM

    PENTICTON - The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Directors and Bill Newell, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), have been attending the 2016 Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention this week.  UBCM is the venue each year where local government elected officials, are provided the opportunity to meet with Provincial Ministries regarding local issues.

  • Have a say in how you play — a robust engagement process for Penticton

    May 11, 2016 - 12:00 PM

    PENTICTON - The City of Penticton invites the public to participate in the creation of our new Parks and Recreation Master Plan. This important document will guide planning and decision-making related to parks and recreation services for the next 10 years.

  • Kelowna highlights of Sept. 23 City Council meeting

    September 25, 2013 - 5:00 PM

    Awards at UBCM
    Mayor Walter Gray shared information about three awards presented to the City of Kelowna at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention last week. The City won the UBCM Community Excellence Award for Best Practices for its mobile service request system. It received the Open for Business Award from the B.C. Small Business Roundtable and a Community Recognition Award from WoodWORKS! B.C. for the use of wood in the new Glenmore Landfill administration building.

  • B.C. Liberals creating a crisis by failing to address need for mental health services

    September 18, 2013 - 1:22 PM

    VANCOUVER— More than half a decade since the Vancouver Police Department last raised the alarm about the growing reliance on police and emergency rooms to fill gaps in mental health services, the problem continues to grow, says New Democrat mental health and addictions critic Sue Hammell.

    “We’ve seen that cutting vital mental health services as this government has done simply results in greater costs overall,” said Hammell.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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