News Items tag as: Penticton news

South Okanagan’s historic Adra Tunnel officially open
May 28, 2025 - 11:00 AM
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The Adra Tunnel is open to the public after years of work restoring the historic piece of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail.
iN VIDEO: Pure white starling spotted in South Okanagan flock
May 27, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Keremeos resident Trish Broderick was driving to work recently when she saw something she hadn’t seen before, a pure white starling hopping around with its flock on the roadside.
Local couple donates $1 million to help train doctors in South Okanagan
May 26, 2025 - 4:51 PM

Medical students in the South Okanagan and Similkameen will be getting a helping hand paying for school after a local couple made a $1 million donation.
Penticton mayor and newly elected MLA in war of words over homeless encampment
May 26, 2025 - 4:17 PM
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Penticton-Summerland Conservative MLA Amelia Boultbee had some harsh words for the City of Penticton over its actions to deal with a homeless encampment, and the mayor isn’t pleased.
iN VIDEO: Coyote pups yip and yowl in Summerland
May 25, 2025 - 4:00 AM

South Okanagan wildlife photographer Jodi Forster was on one of her usual hikes along the Summerland Bench recently when she recorded the sounds of coyote pups.
Penticton Vees VP talks social media, fans and consent heading into WHL spotlight
May 23, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Seventeen-year-olds don’t have a reputation for great judgement so when young hockey players are thrust into the spotlight they might not know how to handle it, which is why the Penticton Vees’ vice president said the team works hard to guide players on and off the ice.
iN VIDEO: Great basin gopher snake slides across South Okanagan backyard
May 22, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A nature lover in Penticton had an interesting visitor slide very smoothly and slowly across a section of her yard earlier this month.
iN PHOTOS: Six colourful wildflowers growing in Okanagan, Kamloops
May 21, 2025 - 4:00 AM

There are so many kinds of wildflowers to find and identify while out exploring the grasslands in the Okanagan and Kamloops, and the following are just a few common ones you can keep an eye out for.
South Okanagan foresters, First Nation seek more sustainable silviculture practises
May 18, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A cutting-edge initiative in the South Okanagan aims to add commercial value to natural forest resources beyond harvestable timber.
Summerland high school teacher charged with voyeurism
May 15, 2025 - 1:00 PM

A Summerland secondary school teacher has been charged with voyeurism.
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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

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

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