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iN VIDEO: Iconic Penticton sign gets fresh paint job
June 10, 2025 - 5:00 PM

The giant letters on a mountainside in Penticton that spell out the city’s name got a fresh coat of paint at the end of May.
Countdown to a 'navigable' Oyama canal begins with dredging underway
September 11, 2024 - 6:00 AM

After years of fighting through bureaucratic red tape, community organizing and raising nearly $100,000 dollars, the Oyama Canal will soon be safe for boats to pass through.
Massive joint effort needed to clean up 'historically messed up' Kelowna sawmill site
March 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM

There is no question the former Russo Sawmill site in Kelowna is one of the city’s longest standing unsightly and problem properties.
iN PHOTOS: 'Still our territory’: Annual canoe journey crosses border on Osoyoos Lake
July 06, 2023 - 2:30 PM

For the 22nd year in a row, syilx Okanagan people took a canoe journey across the invisible border between Canada and the United State” that divides their territory — challenging a colonial marker that continues to infringe upon their unceded homelands.
Penticton cop shot and killed by 'Jesse' James on Okanagan Lake more than a century ago
April 23, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The sordid story of the Okanagan’s version of Jesse James led to the shooting of a popular Penticton police officer travelling on the SS Okanagan in 1912.
Spiritualists, Japanese warlords and mispronounced words: Where the Okunaakan got its names
January 08, 2023 - 9:00 AM

When Europeans explored, then settled, much of North America they ignored the names given to creeks and lakes by the First Nation inhabitants.
Ashcroft returning to its heyday as a major inland port
January 08, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Back in the days of the Cariboo Gold Rush, Ashcroft became a major shipping port after CP rail tracks were laid down nearby.
This boat is not abandoned in Kelowna and will be moved soon
December 21, 2022 - 7:30 AM

A large boat has been hanging around Sutherland Bay in Kelowna, apparently abandoned, for quite some time.
There was a time when it could take weeks to get from Vernon to Penticton
September 20, 2022 - 7:00 PM

On a good day it will only take a couple of hours to drive the 113-km-length (by road) of Okanagan Lake from Vernon to Penticton.
Canada’s largest marine dredging company brought thousands of invasive mussels into B.C.
July 17, 2022 - 6:02 PM

A barge from Lake Ontario containing thousands of invasive zebra mussels that was intercepted in late June on its way to work in the Lower Mainland belongs to a B.C. company that was well aware of its obligations to clean it.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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