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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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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