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Run away from your smoking addiction
August 01, 2015 - 8:30 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A new program is popping up around the country which will help you run away from your problems.
ELECTION 2015: MP's brag about accomplishments as early election expectations mount
July 31, 2015 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With a federal election less than three months away, local MP’s are ramping up their push to promote their accomplishments over the past year.
Rainbow crosswalk appears on main street Princeton
July 31, 2015 - 6:30 PM

PRINCETON - Downtown Princeton is a whole lot brighter this week after the creation of a rainbow crosswalk on the town’s main thoroughfare.
Construction timing proving costly in creek restoration project
July 31, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - Timing of restoration work planned for Penticton Creek is proving to be bad news for city taxpayers.
Climbing advocate concerned about vehicle break ins at Skaha Bluffs
July 31, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton rock climber who also happens to be a director of Climbers Access Society of B.C., is concerned about a growing number of thefts from vehicles at the Skaha Bluffs parking lot.
City of Penticton assesses SOEC hotel proposals
July 31, 2015 - 2:30 PM

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton has had some interest expressed in building a hotel on the South Okanagan Events Centre property.
Province pulls plug on Coldwater River water use
July 31, 2015 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - In a bid to help struggling salmon populations, water use reduction measures have been imposed on the Coldwater River.
Lots going on during hot August long weekend in Penticton
July 31, 2015 - 10:30 AM

PENTICTON - The weather forecast is calling for a scorching hot weekend for the August long weekend in the Peach City and there are no shortage of things to do.
Quick action prevents structure fire from spreading
July 31, 2015 - 9:32 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton residents woke to an ominous cloud of smoke emanating a house fire in the upper Carmi area this morning.
Okanagan to enjoy a sunny and hot long weekend
July 31, 2015 - 8:49 AM

OKANAGAN - It looks like Mother Nature will be showing off again this weekend, with hot temperatures and lots of sun expected for the August long weekend.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

News Items tag as: PNJUL3115

Run away from your smoking addiction

ELECTION 2015: MP's brag about accomplishments as early election expectations mount

Rainbow crosswalk appears on main street Princeton

Construction timing proving costly in creek restoration project

Climbing advocate concerned about vehicle break ins at Skaha Bluffs

City of Penticton assesses SOEC hotel proposals

Province pulls plug on Coldwater River water use

Lots going on during hot August long weekend in Penticton

Quick action prevents structure fire from spreading

Okanagan to enjoy a sunny and hot long weekend

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