News Items tag as: PNFEB2015

Regional board grant will assess public appetite for conservation fund
February 23, 2015 - 12:20 PM

PENTICTON - The South Okanagan Similkameen conservation program manager approached the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen board of directors Thursday, seeking $65,000 to investigate the development of a conservation fund for the regional district.
Meeting called to calm concerns about threatening letter found at schools
February 21, 2015 - 3:07 PM

PENTICTON – While investigators try to figure who is behind the bizarre, threatening letter which forced some schools in the South Okanagan to go into lock down last week, RCMP and school district officials will try to calm concerned parents on Sunday.
RCMP considered risks of making school threat letter public
February 20, 2015 - 4:03 PM

PENTICTON - The threatening letter found on Penticton school property this week is in the hands of RCMP behavioural experts as they try to sort out who is behind the writing and why they did it.
Man accused in doctor beating granted bail
February 20, 2015 - 12:28 PM

PENTICTON - A Summerland man accused of the savage beating of a Penticton doctor was released, pending payment of $50,000 bail, Thursday, Feb.19.
Bobbitt not happy with how he was portrayed during trial
February 20, 2015 - 11:16 AM

KELOWNA – David Wesley Bobbitt, who pleaded guilty to sexually and physically assaulting a 22-year-old Penticton woman in 2011, isn’t feeling well. And he doesn’t like his lawyer either.
Man resists alleged robbery in Penticton alley
February 05, 2015 - 4:02 PM

PENTICTON - RCMP are trying to figure out if a conversation between a man and a pregnant woman is related to a subsequent attempted robbery.
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News Items tag as: PNFEB2015

Regional board grant will assess public appetite for conservation fund

Meeting called to calm concerns about threatening letter found at schools

RCMP considered risks of making school threat letter public

Man accused in doctor beating granted bail

Bobbitt not happy with how he was portrayed during trial

Man resists alleged robbery in Penticton alley

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