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Downtown's Ellis Street could see new life with relocating business
February 19, 2015 - 8:29 AM

PENTICTON - A Penticton business’s relocation to a downtown side street could provide the impetus for a new look - and new uses for a street that presently sits underdeveloped and underutilized.
Threatening letters found on Penticton school property
February 18, 2015 - 4:29 PM

PENTICTON - Mounties want to know who made photocopies of a letter containing a threat located on the grounds of Skaha Middle School and Princess Margaret Secondary School in Penticton Wednesday morning.
Petition to stop trapping going to Penticton council
February 18, 2015 - 2:27 PM

PENTICTON - One of the oldest animal protection groups in Canada is taking aim at Penticton city council in an attempt to restrict leg-hold traps within city limits.
Bobbitt sentencing reconvenes in Kelowna
February 18, 2015 - 1:51 PM

KELOWNA – An ex-girlfriend who says she too was sexually abused by David Wesley Bobbitt is not credible, according to defence lawyer James Pennington.
More Okanagan Correctional Centre hiring sessions planned for March
February 18, 2015 - 10:49 AM

OLIVER - If you've been thinking of a job in corrections now is the time. Additional hiring sessions have been scheduled for applicants interested in a job at the new Okanagan Correctional Centre that's under construction in Oliver.
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Downtown's Ellis Street could see new life with relocating business