News Items tag as: City of Penticton 2023

Penticton doesn’t want the world’s largest hockey stick back
December 12, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The call has gone out to find a new home for the world’s largest hockey stick that was built in Penticton almost 40 years ago.
UPDATE: Work begins to stabilize rockslide threat at Penticton mobile home park
November 22, 2023 - 8:35 AM

A geotechnical assessment of an unstable slope threatening a Penticton mobile home park has been completed and work to stabilize the slope is underway.
City evacuates 25 homes at Penticton mobile home park due to potential rockslide
November 21, 2023 - 3:02 PM

The residents of 25 homes in a Penticton mobile home park were evacuated earlier today due to the threat of a rockslide.
Penticton man's dream of opioid crisis memorial bench realized
August 31, 2023 - 4:30 PM

A memorial bench has been unveiled in Penticton to commemorate the lives lost to the opioid crisis.
Penticton looking for another new City manager
August 09, 2023 - 12:26 PM

The City of Penticton is looking for a new City manager — its fifth since 2010.
Penticton has a plan to fix dramatic decline in housing starts
August 02, 2023 - 3:30 PM
iNhome

Since 2017, Penticton has averaged more than 500 housing starts every year but that has changed dramatically since the Bank of Canada started hiking interest rates in the spring of 2022.
Penticton mayor looking to dent city’s crime within a year
August 02, 2023 - 6:00 AM

By two key measures, Penticton is the crime capital of the Thompson-Okanagan region and ranks near the worst community for crime in BC.
Canadian Tire in Penticton to almost double in size
July 18, 2023 - 4:40 PM

Canadian Tire received permission today, July 18, to almost double the size of its Penticton store.
Penticton backpedals on plan to remove street parking for bike lane
June 18, 2023 - 3:30 PM
iNwheels

The City of Penticton will be making the Lake-to-Lake cycling route a little less intrusive than originally planned, at least for one local business.
Newly painted rainbow crosswalk vandalized in Penticton
May 26, 2023 - 9:30 AM

It wasn’t long before somebody defaced the new two-spirit rainbow crosswalk in Penticton.
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News Items tag as: City of Penticton 2023

Penticton doesn’t want the world’s largest hockey stick back

UPDATE: Work begins to stabilize rockslide threat at Penticton mobile home park

City evacuates 25 homes at Penticton mobile home park due to potential rockslide

Penticton man's dream of opioid crisis memorial bench realized

Penticton looking for another new City manager

Penticton has a plan to fix dramatic decline in housing starts

Penticton mayor looking to dent city’s crime within a year

Canadian Tire in Penticton to almost double in size

Penticton backpedals on plan to remove street parking for bike lane

Newly painted rainbow crosswalk vandalized in Penticton

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