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Drivers can expect snowy conditions on the Coquihalla and Highway 97C tomorrow
June 17, 2023 - 1:50 PM
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Driving on the Coquihalla and Okanagan Connector might get dicy over the next few days.
Council candidate concerned prison contributing to Penticton's high crime rate
October 09, 2022 - 3:32 PM

A candidate for Penticton city council wants to find out if a recent spike in crime coincides with the opening of the Oliver Correctional Centre.
Okanagan salamanders, skinks and lizards have some bizarre features
July 17, 2022 - 9:29 AM

With neon blue tails and names from alligators and tigers, some of the South Okanagan’s native species seem tropical and exotic.
Kootenay nurse suspended for making fake vaccine cards
July 16, 2022 - 9:44 AM

A nurse from Castlegar got caught making fake vaccine cards and was disciplined by the provincial governing body.
Penticton closing road for six weeks to widen bridge for bike lanes
July 10, 2022 - 4:25 PM
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To build the next stretch of the lake-to-lake bike route, drivers in Penticton won’t be able to use part of Atkinson Street for six weeks this summer.
The ever-changing roles of Penticton's bylaw officers
July 10, 2022 - 1:00 PM

Between administering Narcan and making sure nobody mows their lawn before 7 a.m., Penticton bylaw deals with a wide range of local issues.
World's largest orchard ladder to return to Summerland
July 10, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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The world’s tallest tripod orchard ladder was in Summerland for the past 25 years, and it will be again soon, but the rungs are down this summer.
OH DEER: Drugs and fawn seized from vehicle in Northern B.C.
July 09, 2022 - 6:00 PM

A baby deer looked happy to be in a cop car after being seized from the backseat of another vehicle in Northern B.C.
Someone in B.C. won $30 million lotto jackpot
July 09, 2022 - 11:08 AM

There’s a lottery ticket worth $30.8 million somewhere in B.C. that has yet to be claimed.
Thousands of invasive mussels removed from vessel heading to B.C.
July 09, 2022 - 10:09 AM

Thousands of invasive mussels were removed from a massive barge that was travelling to B.C. from Lake Ontario, and some will be used to train mussel-detecting dogs.
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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 fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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