News Items tag as: Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce

Penticton chamber wants city to go ahead with plan to ban drug use in parks
April 21, 2023 - 1:57 PM

The Penticton Chamber of Commerce doesn’t agree with Interior Health’s recommendation to temporarily keep drug use legal in parks and on sidewalks.
Employer-paid sick days will not be rising from five to 15 in B.C.
February 09, 2023 - 2:53 PM

The provincial government is under pressure to triple the number of employer-paid sick days from five to 15 each year but the Minister of Labour has told the Penticton Chamber of Commerce that isn't going to happen.
Penticton chamber offers letter of support for mayor
May 28, 2021 - 12:11 PM

Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki and Penticton city council in its dispute with the province.
Penticton Chamber disappointed with proposed business tax hike
December 12, 2019 - 11:06 AM

With Penticton city council's tax deliberations just getting underway this week, the local chamber of commerce is already expressing disappointment at the direction the politicians are taking.
New federal tourism strategy aims to increase Thompson-Okanagan shoulder season
May 23, 2019 - 2:51 PM

PENTICTON - Canada’s federal tourism minister says her government's new tourism strategy will help grow the industry by building on the region’s shoulder and winter seasons.
Federal tourism minister coming to Penticton to talk jobs
May 16, 2019 - 12:45 PM

PENTICTON - The federal minister of tourism will be making a stop in Penticton later this month to talk about Canada’s new federal tourism strategy.
Penticton Chamber of Commerce elects new president
April 16, 2016 - 10:30 AM

PENTICTON - The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce board of directors has a new president.
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Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Kelowna year ahead of province's push for more homes to be built
A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead. The City of Kelowna’s housing target report said there were 3,467 new homes built in the city since June 2024. The target set ou

News Items tag as: Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce

Penticton chamber wants city to go ahead with plan to ban drug use in parks

Employer-paid sick days will not be rising from five to 15 in B.C.

Penticton chamber offers letter of support for mayor

Penticton Chamber disappointed with proposed business tax hike

New federal tourism strategy aims to increase Thompson-Okanagan shoulder season

Federal tourism minister coming to Penticton to talk jobs

Penticton Chamber of Commerce elects new president

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