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TwinCon Enterprises - your excavation expert
August 02, 2021 - 8:00 AM
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When it comes to excavation, civil construction, subdivision development and earthworks, TwinCon Enterprises has you covered. The Penticton-based company, with its large inventory of heavy equipment, can get your job done no matter the challenges.
Someone's trying to stop Indigenous fishermen from reaching salmon in South Okanagan
July 18, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Penticton Indian Band member and former chief Jonathan Kruger has filed a complaint with the RCMP over mischief incidents at the Okanagan Falls dam.
Multi-vehicle collision near Osoyoos sends Penticton woman to hospital
July 07, 2020 - 3:06 PM

A collision involving three vehicles on Highway 97 near Osoyoos late last week sent one of the drivers to hospital.
Everything you need to know about Formula One racing in the South Okanagan
May 22, 2016 - 11:30 AM

OLIVER - The dream of having a Formula One race track in the South Okanagan is rapidly coming true on a mountainside bench just southeast of Oliver.
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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 third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

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iN VIDEO: RCMP investigating West Kelowna golf course melee
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Prolific Kelowna shoplifter ordered to pay stores back
In an unusual move, a BC judge has attempted to make a prolific Kelowna shoplifter pay back the stores for all the stuff he stole. BC Provincial Court Judge Cathie Heinrichs acknowledged tha
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Police seized bags, ropes, shovels and a blood-stained jacket in Bagabuyo murder investigation
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Court overturns Summerland's efforts to restrict family's FOIs
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Kamloops trustee asks fellow school board members to forgo pay in face of budget shortfall
A Kamloops school trustee is proposing elected officials in charge of the region's schools suspend their pay in the face of a budget shortfall and impending staff cuts. Trustee Jodhbir K
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BC man sues police watchdog over report into Vernon murder
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Kelowna man who filmed dozens of people in public washrooms jailed
Over a period of three or four years, 34-year-old Kelowna resident Jeremy Aaron Dudus took more than 50 videos of people in washrooms around the city without them knowing. He also spied on h
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Top News - Kelowna and Area

TwinCon Enterprises - your excavation expert

Someone's trying to stop Indigenous fishermen from reaching salmon in South Okanagan

Multi-vehicle collision near Osoyoos sends Penticton woman to hospital

Everything you need to know about Formula One racing in the South Okanagan

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