News Items tag as: PNJUN2024

UPDATE: Missing Penticton man located
July 02, 2024 - 9:10 AM

UPDATE: July 2, 2024
South Okanagan man finds and photographs family of endangered badgers
July 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Ralph Palmer found a family of badgers on the side of his long driveway on Anarchist Mountain near Osoyoos last week and he has been enjoying observing them since.
Penticton’s annual Elvis Festival is back this weekend
June 29, 2024 - 10:30 AM

Elvis Presley tribute artists have gathered in Penticton to face off and see who’s the best.
iN PHOTOS: Robins raise family in nest on Summerland front door
June 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Dwayne and Sandy Babyn of Summerland had front row seats to a nature show this month, after a pair of robins built a nest in the wreath on their front door and proceeded to raise three chicks.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Princeton crash
June 25, 2024 - 11:41 AM

A crash between a motorcycle and a commercial vehicle in Princeton on Monday sent the rider to hospital with serious injuries.
Seriously injured man found on highway in Osoyoos
June 24, 2024 - 1:32 PM

RCMP officers in Osoyoos were called to what they thought was a report of a pedestrian hit and run Saturday night, but now they’re not so sure.
RCMP confirm identity of known gangster found murdered in Princeton
June 20, 2024 - 3:10 PM

RCMP say the shooting death of a 51-year-old man whose body was found in Princeton was targeted.
Dangerous Penticton offender hasn't impressed parole board
June 19, 2024 - 4:30 PM

A dangerous offender from Penticton, guilty of a horrific assault and sexual assault on a young mother in 2011, will remain behind bars, the Parole Board of Canada has decided.
RCMP issue warning about South Okanagan 'Sunset' grad parties
June 19, 2024 - 2:17 PM

High school students graduating from South Okanagan high schools often take part in so-called Sunset Parties in the backcountry and RCMP are once again reminding the young people that the bashes are unauthorized and dangerous.
iN VIDEO: Coyote versus big snake on Osoyoos golf course
June 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Damien Hannah is a greenskeeper at the Osoyoos Golf Club and while it isn’t uncommon to for Hannah to see wildlife on the course, what he saw on June 15 was unusual.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

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