News Items tag as: PNJUN0515

Regional board continues to wrestle with economic development idea
June 09, 2015 - 6:02 PM

PENTICTON - A question of transparency in how the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen hands out grants for economic development appears to have inspired directors to consider adding more money on it.
Pup with broken leg needs your help
June 06, 2015 - 8:32 AM

PENTICTON – A 10-month-old puppy who was hit by a car needs a little help from the public to get back on all four paws.
SNELSON TRIAL: Ex-wife of accused was vigilant after hearing of missing girl
June 05, 2015 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Katherine Oystryk, 44, remembers hearing about Jennifer Cusworth and watching out for her own safety after the 19-year-old girl went missing from a Kelowna house party her then-husband attended 21 years ago.
Oliver man killed in Highway 97 crash
June 05, 2015 - 3:33 PM

PEACHLAND - A crash between a car and a semi in Peachland yesterday claimed the life of an Oliver man.
Hot weather and hot events coming to the Okanagan this weekend
June 05, 2015 - 8:29 AM

OKANAGAN – After a week of rain Environment Canada is calling for a sunny, hot and dry weekend, just in time for some great events in the Okanagan.
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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

Regional board continues to wrestle with economic development idea