Top News - Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Search/Filter Results

Vernon chiropractor charged with sex assault had practice restrictions a year ago
January 22, 2023 - 7:30 AM

The B.C. College of Chiropractors put restrictions on a Vernon chiropractor recently charged with sexual assault one year ago, although it appears it didn't bother to tell the public.
Sexual assault against autistic step daughter nets Merritt man 30 months jail
January 20, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A Merritt man left his step daughter scarred after he sexually assaulted the eight-year-old in the family home.
Rideshare company to launch in Vernon next week
January 20, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Four months after it began advertising for drivers the rideshare operator Uride is launching in Vernon.
Okanagan man involved in bizarre sexual assault case, now charged with voyeurism
January 18, 2023 - 6:00 PM

An Okanagan man who in 2018 was acquitted in a bizarre case where he broke into a Kelowna townhouse and climbed into bed with two women, has now been charged with voyeurism.
Kamloops mom on disability barely staving off homelessness
September 27, 2022 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

A Kamloops resident on disability with terminal cancer is one paycheque away from being homeless, along with her two teenagers.
Medical clinic in Peachland set to reopen in the fall
July 21, 2022 - 2:42 PM

A small Okanagan town with a population of around 5,000 without a medical clinic for the last three years is about to get one.
B.C. chiropractor regulator responds after vote made against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
December 05, 2021 - 11:06 AM

A B.C. chiropractor regulatory college has responded after a majority of chiropractors voted against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations during its Annual General Meeting.
College of nurses keeping close eye on Kamloops clinic opened by unvaccinated nurses
October 30, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The architect behind a protest in front of Royal Inland Hospital over vaccine passports has started his own health clinic, of sorts, in North Kamloops.
Kelowna woman fighting to live upright
April 30, 2021 - 7:30 AM

A Kelowna woman is asking for help to get her friend Kira Miron “living upright.”
West Kelowna company continues to be creative with Plexiglass barriers for pandemic protection
December 28, 2020 - 6:00 AM

When COVID-19 triggered a lockdown of businesses last spring, West Kelowna’s Mouldings and More was a key contributor to keeping some operating and helping others reopen.
More ...

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 March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

Popular penticton News

More than $400,000 owed to Kamloops, Okanagan companies amid The Bay's liquidation
As Hudson's Bay liquidates the merchandise in nearly all its stores, several Kamloops and Okanagan businesses are left with unpaid bills from the retailer that's older than Canada itself.
March 24, 2025 7:00 PM
iN PHOTOS: A bit about prickly porcupines in Kamloops, Okanagan
It isn’t uncommon to come across a porcupine in the forests, grasslands or rockier slopes in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and the creatures are pretty fascinating. With stocky bodies, ti
March 26, 2025 4:00 AM
Kelowna Mountie was 'in a very dark place' when sexting domestic abuse victim
A Kelowna RCMP officer who sent nude photos of himself to the victim of a domestic abuse case he was investigating was suicidal at the time, a Kelowna court heard yesterday, March 25. Former
March 26, 2025 6:14 AM
Active Living Centre project manager suing after being dismissed by City of Vernon
A senior manager in charge of overseeing Vernon's new $135-million Active Living Centre is suing the city alleging he was pushed out of the job after he was told not to communicate with the ci
March 27, 2025 6:00 AM
Kelowna man caught on CCTV abusing his dog facing animal abuse charge
A Kelowna man is facing animal cruelty charges following an investigation by the BC SPCA. Zachary Petropolis, who was born in 1996, is charged with causing unnecessary pain and suffering to
March 26, 2025 11:42 AM
Arrests made during Kelowna rail trail homeless encampment 'spring cleanup'
A woman says she was eating her breakfast this morning while not yet dressed when officers cut her tent open on the Kelowna rail trail homeless encampment today. The usual spring clean up of
March 26, 2025 1:33 PM
AC/DC tribute band concert nets Shuswap food truck $7,000 liquor fine
Free tacos couldn't spare a Shuswap food truck from getting fined after hosting an AC/DC tribute band last summer. The province's liquor regulator covertly sent two investigators to
March 25, 2025 6:00 PM
iN NUMBERS: Flu season in Kamloops worse than Okanagan
Have you ever gotten the flu or a cold and thought you should report it to your local health authority? Probably not. You can usually tell how the flu season is going based on how sick your
March 25, 2025 7:00 PM
Kelowna attempted bridge bomber charged
A man has been charged with numerous crimes after blocking the William R. Bennett Bridge and threatening to blow it up. Roy Winter, 61, has been charged after he allegedly blocked the bridge
March 26, 2025 8:57 AM
$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. Ac
March 26, 2025 6:00 PM

Top News - Penticton, South Okanagan & Similkameen Areas

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon