Local News Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past year
January 21, 2021 - 7:00 PM

As of today, Jan. 21, it has been one year since Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix held their first joint COVID-19 briefing.
Another air quality advisory issued for Vernon
February 27, 2020 - 2:52 PM

The City of Vernon has once again been put under an air quality advisory.
How to keep your pets safe from prowling cougars and bobcats
February 06, 2020 - 12:10 PM

As cougars and bobcats occasionally make their way onto residential streets in Kamloops and the Okanagan, a Kamloops Conservation Officer has some advice for keeping pets and property protected.
Why Kelowna remains without a winter shelter
December 09, 2019 - 7:00 AM

As winter cold deepens around the province, Kelowna is one of the very few cities that has no emergency shelter in place so dozens of homeless people are living in tents or sleeping on the streets.
'Bridge' housing to be used in Kelowna to get homeless out of tents
December 03, 2019 - 10:00 AM

A City-owned downtown building will be used to shift 40 people out of the Kelowna Gospel Mission and Cornerstone shelters to make room for the homeless people camped out in the city’s North End.
Why opening a new temporary homeless shelter in Vernon could become more difficult
November 12, 2019 - 6:30 PM

Vernon city council has approved the first stage in changing regulations that would mean new temporary homeless shelters have to jump through more hoops in order to open.
Downtown Kelowna nightclubs and temporary homeless camp not a good mix
October 30, 2019 - 3:00 PM

The owner of Kelowna’s newest nightclub is “shocked” by the reaction triggered by a police raid on homeless campers last weekend.
Vernon man convicted of child exploitation loses appeal
October 19, 2019 - 7:00 AM

A Vernon man sentenced to six years in prison for multiple child pornography crimes against children living in the Philippines, has lost an appeal saying police had no right to search his home and seize his computer.
New road contractor fails to make a clean sweep of Okanagan roads
June 18, 2019 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - It's been a rough start for the Okanagan’s new road maintenance contractor as efforts to clean extra-dirty roads have fallen short of goals.
UPDATE: Four dead in 'unprecedented' Penticton shootings
April 15, 2019 - 5:13 PM

PENTICTON - Four people are dead after what Penticton's top cop is calling an "unprecedented" series of shootings.
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JONESIE: TNRD spending isn't the real issue
OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how their hard-earned money was being spent by staff at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. If you tuned it out because those

Weekend Recipe: Make it a schnitzel night
Schnitzel is a serious crowd favourite and bound to light up the faces of your eaters this weekend. It's even fun to say: shhhhh-nit-zzzel. Anyone raised in a German household is very familiar with this delicious dish. Basically it is a

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