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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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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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