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Baseball program for kids on autism spectrum arrives in Kamloops and West Kelowna
April 12, 2024 - 12:00 PM

The Canucks Autism Network is launching an all-new baseball program for youth on the spectrum in Kamloops and West Kelowna that was built in collaboration with the Toronto Blue Jays charitable arm, the Jay's Care Foundation.
Rising Penticton Indian Band lacrosse star tries out for Team Canada
February 04, 2024 - 10:30 AM

As the sun dips behind the mountains, casting its golden glow on the landscape of Penticton (sn?pin?tktn?), Meadow Arcand-Squakin stands on the field with a lacrosse stick in her hand, ready to face the challenges that lay ahead.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna man joins Jeremy Renner renovating buses for needy children
May 12, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Jeremy Renner may be a huge movie star but, aided by his Kelowna buddy Rory Milliken, he’s turning his passion for buying big trucks and buses into huge bonuses for organizations working with children in need.
Jessie Simpson's long, slow progress
April 07, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It has been almost seven years since Jessie Simpson was brutally attacked with a baseball bat leaving him with a severe brain injury and his mom is opening up more about who her son is and how he is coping.
Baseball will be a year-round sport in Penticton with new training facility
September 11, 2022 - 12:30 PM

South Okanagan baseball players will be able to take their game to the next level once a new indoor training facility opens its doors in Penticton.
iN PHOTOS: syilx elder Freddy Louis remembers life in the ring, on the ice and on the diamond
March 09, 2022 - 7:00 PM

On an overcast day, syilx Elder Freddy Louis sits on the sofa in his living room and recounts stories from his days as a boxer, a hockey player and a baseball player.
No rundown? Kelowna softball rules will be a little different this summer
May 12, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Softball, along with other sports, is going to be played a little differently this summer due to COVID-19.
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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 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

Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Baseball program for kids on autism spectrum arrives in Kamloops and West Kelowna

Rising Penticton Indian Band lacrosse star tries out for Team Canada

iN VIDEO: Kelowna man joins Jeremy Renner renovating buses for needy children

Jessie Simpson's long, slow progress

Baseball will be a year-round sport in Penticton with new training facility

iN PHOTOS: syilx elder Freddy Louis remembers life in the ring, on the ice and on the diamond

No rundown? Kelowna softball rules will be a little different this summer

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