Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

2,500 Central Okanagan teachers, school staff get their COVID-19 jabs
May 05, 2021 - 10:34 AM

Thousands of teachers across the Central Okanagan have rolled up their sleeves and taken their COVID-19 jabs.
Home prices continue to rise in hot Okanagan real estate market
May 04, 2021 - 4:41 PM

Compared to the same time last year, housing sales across the Okanagan were up in some areas by as much as 562 per cent.
Kamloops real estate market remains hot, setting new records
May 04, 2021 - 11:17 AM

The average home in the Kamloops area neared $550,000 with 382 homes sold last month.
Demand sees Kamloops Y create program for adults with anxiety
May 03, 2021 - 4:30 PM

More than 200 requests in the past year citing stress from the COVID-19 pandemic spurred the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA to start a new program helping adults with anxiety.
Award-winning, Indigenous B.C. athletes represent 'reconciliation in action'
May 02, 2021 - 3:07 PM

High-performing athletes from Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon and other points across the B.C Interior have been honoured for the 2020 Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport.
Housing prices in South Okanagan, Kamloops higher than B.C. average
May 02, 2021 - 10:00 AM

March was a record-setting month for the B.C. real estate market with sales hitting an all-time high.
Culture, entrepreneurial spirit makes Okanagan viable for psychedelic research
May 02, 2021 - 9:00 AM

A former Kelowna resident believes the Okanagan has the perfect blend of culture, scientific research and entrepreneurial spirit to make it a viable place for the psychedelic industry but doesn't believe it will hit the legal recreational market anytime soon.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna RCMP, Mayor ask people to avoid upcoming anti-COVID-19 restriction rally
April 30, 2021 - 9:56 AM

The mayor of Kelowna and the city's top cop are asking residents to avoid an anti-COVID-19 restriction rally planned for this weekend citing safety concerns.
2nd vaccine dose delays leave Kelowna woman and many cancer patients unprotected
April 29, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Elya Martinson has two important milestones approaching: the anniversary of her cancer diagnosis on Friday, and on Tuesday, the day she'd be fully immunized against COVID-19 — if her second vaccine dose is not delayed four months.
Ecologically valuable land on Skaha Lake in South Okanagan sold to anonymous buyer
April 28, 2021 - 8:33 AM

A controversial five-acre property on the shore of Skaha Lake in the South Okanagan has been purchased by an anonymous Vancouver family.
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Ontario wants in: Local, Alberta, Vancouver real estate buyers have new competition
If you're seeing a lot of out-of-province licence plates on Okanagan or Kamloops streets, they might not be tourists — they could soon be your neighbours. A growing part of the real estate boom in recent months is coming from buye

The View Winery: Think pink (and green)
Jennifer Turton-Molgat at The View Winery and Wards Cidery has always been an innovator. Always a step ahead of the trends in the industry, Jennifer and her team were pioneers in canning wines and were also large contributors to the early craft c

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