News Items tag as: City of Penticton 2024

Penticton plans to expand monitored security camera program
December 09, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Penticton is expanding a monitored security camera program, with plans to put in more oversight.
Municipal budget season means a preview of tax hikes in Kamloops, Okanagan
December 06, 2024 - 6:00 PM

It’s municipal budget season so Kamloops and cities around the Okanagan have begun releasing property tax increase proposals.
Penticton's new 'Turf Tank' robot needs a name
October 09, 2024 - 7:00 PM

The City of Penticton is for help to name a new robot that paints the lines on sports fields.
Penticton giving away banners to celebrate long history of Ironman races
September 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Penticton hosted the first Ironman race in North America, and now the city is giving away banners to commemorate the last one held in the city this past summer.
$50,000 needed to save SS Naramata in Penticton
July 31, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The City of Penticton is working on a disposal plan for the historic SS Naramata, but a group of locals are trying to save it.
Portion of one of Penticton’s busiest beaches closed due to E. coli
July 26, 2024 - 2:11 PM

A swimming advisory has been issued for almost half of one of Penticton’s busiest beaches.
Penticton allows early morning construction noise due to heat wave
July 07, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Penticton residents can expect some early morning construction noise for the next two weeks because of the heat wave.
FREEDOM TO BUSK: Some Okanagan cities restrict street performances others not so much
May 05, 2024 - 6:00 AM

With summer right around the corner, buskers in the Okanagan and Kamloops are getting ready to bring their art to the streets, but there are different approaches to regulating these public performances.
Mental health crisis response teams showing success in Penticton
May 04, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Penticton recently introduced a program that pairs police officers with mental health experts, and the initial reports are showing success.
Penticton gets $840K in federal funding to help finish lake to lake bike route
March 15, 2024 - 3:30 PM
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The federal government has announced it's contributing another $840,000 for Penticton’s Lake to Lake Bike Route.
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A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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