Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Annie the cat needs your help
March 17, 2014 - 2:28 PM

PENTICTON – A stray brought into the SPCA shelter in Penticton needs expensive surgery.
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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

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

The Latest | A second seated juror is dismissed from Trump's hush money trial by judge
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money case encountered setbacks Thursday as two previously sworn
April 18, 2024 12:05 PM
CP Rail fined $150,000 for Interior BC wildfire fighting costs
CP Rail was ordered to repay the province more than $150,000 for firefighting costs after causing multiple fires.
April 18, 2024 12:00 PM
Kelowna RCMP officer who abandoned wellness check committed no crime: IIO
A Kelowna RCMP officer “fail(ed) to properly comply with his sworn duty to protect life” when he abandon
April 18, 2024 11:22 AM
The Latest | US and UK announce new sanctions on Iran as EU leaders promise more
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation a
April 18, 2024 11:21 AM
B.C. woman tries to coax trapped killer calf out of tidal lagoon with her violin
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Nanaimo woman says she is serenading a killer whale calf with her violin, hoping to entice the or
April 18, 2024 9:30 AM

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