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'This cannot continue': Penticton mayor demands alternate route after bridge closure
January 29, 2025 - 3:01 PM

The mayor of Penticton is calling for alternate routes after people got stuck on a forest service road detouring around the congestion caused by a bomb threat on the Bennett bridge in Kelowna.
How much did it cost to get elected in Kamloops, Okanagan?
January 28, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Elections BC has released data on how much each MLA candidate spent in the 2024 provincial election in Kamloops and the Okanagan and for the most part, more money meant more votes.
Okanagan Falls residents to vote in referendum on incorporation
January 22, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Voting day is only eight weeks away for residents of Okanagan Falls to determine their future.
Clean Streets Penticton founder running for council seat in byelection
January 22, 2025 - 5:00 PM

The Penticton man who came within 200 votes of becoming the city's mayor in the 2022 municipal election has officially thrown his hat into the ring to replace Amelia Boultbee on Penticton council.
Okanagan deadliest region in B.C. for black bears in 2024
January 20, 2025 - 6:00 PM

BC conservation officers killed fewer black bears last year than any other in the past decade, but the Okanagan had the more “dispatched” bears than any other region in the province.
'So much kindness': Penticton Walmart cashier has a heart of gold
January 20, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Penticton resident Sue Squires works part time at the local Walmart, and earlier this month a customer going through her till was delightfully surprised to see how she interacts with even her youngest customers.
'Unnecessary and extreme': Penticton couple suing RCMP alleging traffic stop got violent
January 19, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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Sixty-three-year-old Naramata resident Kelly Hohmann didn't know what to think when he was pulled over by the RCMP in Penticton last November.
Suspect caught with 3D printed gun in Penticton
January 16, 2025 - 3:34 PM

Penticton RCMP arrested a man want on outstanding warrants Tuesday and during the arrest found he had a 3D printed gun.
Kamloops sobering centre back on the table with Interior Health support
January 16, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Interior Health has come around and decided to throw its support behind a Kamloops pitch for a local sobering centre.
Byelection to replace Penticton councillor to be held in April
January 15, 2025 - 3:20 PM

It’s official. The City of Penticton will be holding a byelection on Saturday, April 5 to replace newly-elected Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events. The $5 million Tree Fruit Climate Resilienc

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market
Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson made the surprising suggestion that impending "dep

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