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Electric skateboarding is a crime in BC but enforcement in Kelowna is inconsistent
September 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Zipping through the streets on an e-bike or an e-scooter has become the norm in the Okanagan and Kamloops, but it’s a crime to ride an electric skateboard of any variety on the road in B.C.
New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
September 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages.
Keremeos senior texted daughters before slashing wife's throat, stabbing himself
September 10, 2025 - 6:00 PM

In the minutes before Keremeos senior Brian Reum sliced his wife's throat with a knife before stabbing himself in the chest, he sent a text message to his daughters.
Anger over $11M lake-to-lake bike lanes in Penticton dominates public meeting
September 08, 2025 - 11:30 AM
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City of Penticton staff and Mayor Julius Bloomfield likely expected the controversy — but it didn’t take long for anger over the lake-to-lake bike lanes to dominate last week's public meeting on a proposed infrastructure levy.
Harlem Globetrotters come to Penticton for 100th season
September 08, 2025 - 10:21 AM

Basketball icons the Harlem Globetrotters are making a stop in Penticton for the team’s centennial season.
Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
September 05, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space.
27th annual Penticton Hot Jazz Festival this weekend
September 03, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Variety is the spice of life — and it’s also one of the key reasons why Penticton’s Pentastic Jazz Festival continues to thrive.
Indigenous healer convicted of assaulting client sentenced to probation
September 03, 2025 - 2:30 PM

An Indigenous healer convicted of assaulting a woman during a healing ceremony was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and banned from all Syilx Okanagan Nation lands.
iN NUMBERS: One of the hottest summers on record for Kamloops, Okanagan
September 03, 2025 - 5:00 AM

Hopefully you’re inside somewhere with air conditioning, or even better, heading down to the beach with some cold drinks. It has been a hot and dry summer for Kamloops and the Okanagan, and August was especially brutal.
Penticton walk-in clinic helping to reshape healthcare delivery
September 02, 2025 - 12:00 PM

The Colleen Schneider Medical Centre in Penticton officially opened its doors this summer — and it’s already being hailed as a model that could reshape how primary healthcare is delivered across British Columbia and Canada.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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