News Items tag as: Penticon news

How writing a Christmas book helped a former firefighter in Penticton fight cancer
November 24, 2024 - 12:30 PM

A Penticton local’s Christmas themed book is finally available to readers who want all of their childhood questions answered.
Penticton man brings love and compassion to hospice patients
November 24, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Tim Bowley does his best to spread warmth, happiness and laughter as best he can when he volunteers at the Moog and Friends hospice in Penticton.
Three Days Grace coming to Penticton this November
April 11, 2022 - 9:08 AM

Three Days Grace will make their second Canadian tour stop in Penticton in November.
Popular Okanagan Fest of Ale changing to accommodate COVID protocols
December 13, 2021 - 6:00 PM
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The Okanagan Fest of Ale Society board of directors announced today that the 25th annual event will commence on May 14, 2022, at the Penticton Okanagan Lake Park, but will look different this year.
Oliver man charged in death of Belgian woman
September 17, 2018 - 12:14 PM

An Oliver man has been charged with murder in the death of a Belgian national travelling in B.C.
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THOMPSON: Why Republican politicians are getting booed in America
OPINION Thomas Wolfe wrote: “You can’t go home again” 85 years ago. The novel’s meaning is clear: things change and people change, so it’s not possible to return to the past. Nowher

American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets
Two BC Liquor Stores in Kamloops were bustling this week as employees pulled American booze off the shelves including Jack Daniel’s American bourbon whisky, Tito’s vodka from Texas and Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon. The action is in

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

'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected. According to The Kelowna Rennie Advantage report, the jump in sales fro

How writing a Christmas book helped a former firefighter in Penticton fight cancer