News Items tag as: City of Penticton 2021

'Just one phone call:' Sister of woman who lost home in Penticton tax sale demands change
December 11, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The sister of a Penticton woman turfed out of her home over a $10,000 unpaid tax bill describes the City's behaviour as "obscene" and says its failure to act has cost her sister her entire livelihood.
City of Penticton won't compensate vulnerable woman over forced sale of house
December 09, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The City of Penticton has no intention of repaying a vulnerable woman whose house it forced her to sell at a tax auction so it could collect $10,000 in unpaid taxes.
City of Penticton sells vulnerable woman's home over $10K unpaid tax bill
December 08, 2021 - 10:34 AM

The B.C. Ombudsperson is slamming the City of Penticton after it forced a vulnerable woman's out of her home and then sold it for half the market value due to a $10,000 unpaid tax bill.
New direct flights from Penticton Airport to Vancouver International
September 02, 2021 - 5:00 PM

There’s a new way for travellers to fly from Penticton to Vancouver.
Young people working for Coyote Cruises on Penticton channel victims of racial slurs from floaters
August 12, 2021 - 11:22 AM

Many of the staff at Coyote Cruises in Penticton are teenagers from the Penticton Indian Band, and some of those young employees were victims of racism and a physical altercation by drunken floaters going down the channel yesterday.
Penticton council criticized for only approving two more RCMP officers during special meeting
July 29, 2021 - 2:59 PM

Penticton City Council turned down a request from Mayor John Vassilaki for five new police officers today, July 29, at a special council meeting.
Time for the province to help clean up homeless camps near Penticton
July 26, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Keeping a handle on homeless camps in Penticton is not an easy job but it’s manageable for bylaw officers when it’s within the city.
Penticton won't support Vancouver's efforts to decriminalize drugs amid overdose crisis
July 25, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Penticton City Council has followed Vernon’s lead and voted not to support Vancouver’s call to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use.
Multi-family housing projects on a tear in Penticton
July 19, 2021 - 4:45 PM
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The City of Penticton has approved more multi-family housing units in the first half of 2021 than it did for any full year dating back to 2014.
Proposed massive apartment complex retuning to Penticton council slightly smaller
July 19, 2021 - 4:31 PM

The developers of a proposed major rental housing complex in Penticton have knocked two storeys off one of their proposed buildings and cut 21 units.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

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