News Items tag as: PNAUG2023

Slope above highway still moving near Summerland
September 01, 2023 - 5:16 PM

Highway 97 near Summerland will be closed over the Labour Day long weekend as the province continues its assessment of the slide area.
BC Mountie fined for blowing stop sign, colliding with truck in Okanagan Falls
August 31, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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A BC cop was fined colliding with a truck and sending two people to hospital in Okanagan Falls.
Penticton man's dream of opioid crisis memorial bench realized
August 31, 2023 - 4:30 PM

A memorial bench has been unveiled in Penticton to commemorate the lives lost to the opioid crisis.
Car theft suspects escape from police in South Okanagan leaving gun behind
August 31, 2023 - 3:32 PM
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A Penticton police officer, responding to a call from a concerned resident, discovered two men sleeping in a stolen car at about 8:30 a.m. yesterday morning, Aug. 30, near Partington Road in Kaleden.
Missing hiker found dead near Oliver
August 31, 2023 - 12:35 PM

A missing hiker's body was found at the base of McIntyre Bluff near Oliver after more than a day of searching.
Highway 97 slide near Summerland sends drivers down dangerous forestry road
August 29, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Alternate routes to get around the rock slide on Highway 97 north of Summerland are proving to be long, and sometimes dangerous.
Former Penticton mayor to pay $14,000 after assaulting brother
August 29, 2023 - 4:30 PM

The former mayor of Penticton has to pay his brother after assaulting him more than three years ago.
Missing your valuable stamp collection? Penticton RCMP can help
August 29, 2023 - 10:46 AM

Someone in the South Okanagan is missing a valuable stamp collection and police in Penticton are hoping to reunite it with its owner.
Highway 97 blocked after another slide near Summerland
August 28, 2023 - 3:54 PM

Highway 97 is blocked near Summerland after another landslide.
RCMP searching for poachers after livestock killed in Rock Creek area
August 25, 2023 - 4:50 PM

Someone may be poaching livestock in the southern Interior's Boundary Country and police are asking for help with the investigation.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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News Items tag as: PNAUG2023

Slope above highway still moving near Summerland

BC Mountie fined for blowing stop sign, colliding with truck in Okanagan Falls

Penticton man's dream of opioid crisis memorial bench realized

Car theft suspects escape from police in South Okanagan leaving gun behind

Missing hiker found dead near Oliver

Highway 97 slide near Summerland sends drivers down dangerous forestry road

Former Penticton mayor to pay $14,000 after assaulting brother

Missing your valuable stamp collection? Penticton RCMP can help

Highway 97 blocked after another slide near Summerland

RCMP searching for poachers after livestock killed in Rock Creek area

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