News Items tag as: PNDEC2016

'Season of miracles': How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950
December 25, 2022 - 6:00 PM

PENTICTON - This holiday season, as you brave the malls and grumble about shovelling snow, let's recall Christmas 66 years ago, when people from around the South Okanagan — and Naramata in particular — dropped all Christmas preparations to rescue 16 people stranded on Okanagan Mountain.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Film, movie, TV show and documentary makers focused the lens all over B.C.'s interior in 2016
January 01, 2017 - 4:30 PM

As Hollywood continues to rake in billions of dollars and independent films become easier to make, the region saw a fair number of productions using the Thompson or Okanagan regions as a film set.
YEAR IN REVIEW: A year's worth of odd crimes that just didn't pay
January 01, 2017 - 10:30 AM

Cities in the Thompson and Okanagan regions had no shortage of oddball crimes in 2016.
YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year
December 31, 2016 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - You may see them everyday, or have never heard of them before, but these are the places that we went and saw this year.
YEAR IN REVIEW: A tumultuous year for the region's school districts
December 30, 2016 - 10:30 AM

Overstretched budgets and funding cuts took their toll on the region’s school boards this year.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Major unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior
December 29, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From homicde to suspicious deaths and missing persons, there were several unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior this year.
YEAR IN REVIEW: The most memorable quotes of 2016
December 29, 2016 - 6:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - When journalists put something in quotes, it’s because the subject put it much better than we ever could.
Witnesses sought as Summerland man faces domestic assault charges
December 29, 2016 - 4:32 PM

PENTICTON - A 27-year-old Summerland man is facing charges of assault, forcible confinement and criminal harassment after an alleged altercation with his girlfriend.
Upcoming Polar Bear Swims from the Okanagan to Kamloops
December 29, 2016 - 2:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you want to kick off the New Year with a polar bear swim, there are several opportunities around the Okanagan, Shuswap and Kamloops areas to go for a dunk.
Candidate continues to fight for a new vote in Osoyoos school trustee byelection
December 29, 2016 - 10:30 AM

PENTICTON - A candidate in last month’s Okanagan Similkameen School District byelection for Osoyoos school trustee gained some ground this week in her fight for a new election.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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iN PHOTOS: These edible mushrooms in Okanagan, Kamloops dissolve into ink
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Kentucky to help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will offer an online directory to help connect patients with medical providers as it prepares for the start of its medical cannabis program in 2025, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. So far, 154 doctors a

House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal Housing Minister in the House of Commons earlier this week where statistics were given out of context. Kelowna-Lake Country MP Trac

News Items tag as: PNDEC2016

'Season of miracles': How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950

YEAR IN REVIEW: Film, movie, TV show and documentary makers focused the lens all over B.C.'s interior in 2016

YEAR IN REVIEW: A year's worth of odd crimes that just didn't pay

YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year

YEAR IN REVIEW: A tumultuous year for the region's school districts

YEAR IN REVIEW: Major unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior

YEAR IN REVIEW: The most memorable quotes of 2016

Witnesses sought as Summerland man faces domestic assault charges

Upcoming Polar Bear Swims from the Okanagan to Kamloops

Candidate continues to fight for a new vote in Osoyoos school trustee byelection

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