News Items tag as: PNJUL2215

Heightened security at Penticton Courthouse
July 22, 2015 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - Following the discovery of a concealed shotgun at the courthouse in Penticton last week, security has been stepped up.
UPDATE: Fugitive Ronald Teneycke believed to have car-jacked a new ride
July 22, 2015 - 4:38 PM

PENTICTON - RCMP now believe prolific offender Ronald Teneycke has car-jacked another vehicle after assaulting the driver.
Big plans for former waterslides property in Penticton
July 22, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - Plans to construct three residential towers and a hotel in the city’s south end continue to move forward after receiving the first set of approvals for a zoning change earlier this week.
Smoky skies advisory issued for Okanagan
July 22, 2015 - 7:23 AM

OKANAGAN - It may come as little surprise given the number of fires burning in the area, but a smoky skies advisory has been issued for the entire Okanagan.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Heightened security at Penticton Courthouse