Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Search/Filter Results

iN PHOTOS: Enjoy the Shuswap with two houses on waterfront acreage for mere $30M
March 24, 2024 - 12:00 PM
iNhome

The most expensive house listed for sale in the Okanagan – and maybe the second highest in all of BC – is the $45.9 million Waterside Farm on Pixton Road in Lake Country.
iN PHOTOS: This Coldstream house is for sale for nearly $20 million
May 26, 2023 - 7:31 AM
iNhome

A listing in Lake Country could be the most expensive piece of real estate sold in the Okanagan — if the owner gets the listing price.
Interior Health butting out tobacco sales to minors; 7 stores fined this month
March 30, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Interior Health is catching businesses red-handed selling tobacco products to people under 19.
Why almost every hotel in Okanagan, Kamloops is worth more than Kelowna's Ramada
March 04, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel and Conference centre is a big, sprawling, prominent, long-standing feature of the city, sitting right across the highway from Orchard Park mall.
Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel for sale for $32 million
February 07, 2023 - 6:00 PM

One of Kelowna’s best-known hotels is for sale.
TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years
January 28, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has now passed the three year mark.
iN PHOTOS: At $7M this could be most expensive house ever sold in Peachland
September 08, 2022 - 7:30 AM
iNhome

Despite a real estate market that has cooled off considerably this year after a wild 2021, some people are still buying very expensive homes at near the asking price.
iN PHOTOS: Most expensive home for sale in Canada is in the Okanagan
July 27, 2022 - 7:00 PM
iNhome

A national real estate research firm has posted a list of the “most expensive homes for sale in Canada.”
Water main break closes Kelowna restaurant
May 30, 2022 - 11:30 AM

A Vietnamese restaurant in Kelowna has closed today due to a water main break in Rutland.
PUFF, PUFF, PASS: B.C. considers onsite cannabis use at cafes, spas, festivals and more
April 07, 2022 - 7:30 AM
iN420

The B.C. government is toying with the idea of opening the door to cannabis consumption spaces, which has some in the weed industry excited about the opportunity but fearful of all the red tape.
More ...

iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall J

$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

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Why a TNRD director and former Tobiano owner is suing the golf community
The regional district director who oversees Tobiano is in suing the golf resort community over his failed efforts to build a home there. A trial spurred by Thompson Nicola Regional District director Michael Grenier started late last month a

CP NewsAlert: B.C. cancels $1,000 grocery rebate, pauses hiring over tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says the government is cancelling the $1,000 grocery rebate it promised
February 13, 2025 1:23 PM
White House singles out Canada's digital tax as Trump announces new tariff plan
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump signed another executive order on Thursday authorizing reciprocal tariffs and his White
February 13, 2025 12:50 PM
Middle East latest: Hamas says it will release 3 Israeli hostages as planned
The Hamas militant group said Thursday it would release the next three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend in exch
February 13, 2025 12:24 PM
Penticton RCMP seize vehicle connected to shooting at 'problem property'
Police have seized the vehicle connected to a shooting at a problem property in Penticton earlier this week. I
February 13, 2025 12:19 PM
Territorial premiers send message in Washington that the Arctic is not for sale
WASHINGTON - Territorial premiers said it is a critical time for the Arctic amid U.S. President Donald Trump's increasi
February 13, 2025 12:10 PM

© 2025 InfoTel News Ltd

View Site in: Desktop | Mobile