News Items tag as: PNJUN2025

Penticton City Council is having a second byelection this year
July 01, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Penticton City Council has gone through some changes already this year, and another byelection is in the works.
Penticton bug lover makes rare cricket discovery
June 28, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Penticton amateur entomologist Luka Bevanda was exploring a quarry in Okanagan Falls this spring when he found a critter he hadn’t seen before.
Penticton man with schizophrenia was off his meds when he committed violent, disturbing acts
June 25, 2025 - 3:28 PM

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Penticton food truck owner caught with $10,000 of fentanyl
June 24, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Despite being caught with $10,000 worth of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, a 57-year-old Penticton food truck owner says she's turned her life around enough she shouldn't go to jail.
Tribunal rules South Okanagan man's chronic pain a 'minor injury'
June 22, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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It was a week before Christmas 2020 when South Okanagan resident Todd Gillard was hit head-on by an oncoming vehicle while driving in Penticton.
$22M cancer clinic set to open in Penticton Regional Hospital
June 19, 2025 - 4:30 PM

A new and improved cancer treatment facility is opening at Penticton Regional Hospital next week.
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run near Oliver winery
June 18, 2025 - 9:13 AM
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A 22-year-old Surrey man was killed in a hit-and-run on Highway 97 near Oliver on Sunday.
RCMP hope someone recognizes suspect in Penticton counterfeit case
June 17, 2025 - 11:55 AM

Police are searching for a woman who allegedly used counterfeit American cash to shop in Penticton.
Three iconic Canadian rock bands making stop in Penticton this fall
June 17, 2025 - 9:07 AM

Iconic Canadian rockers The Tea Party, Headstones and Finger Eleven are stopping in Penticton on their cross-country tour.
iN VIDEO: South Okanagan camper has close encounter with flying squirrel family
June 17, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Oliver resident Donna-Lee Arnold was camping at nearby Sawmill Lake earlier this month when she had an interaction with a baby flying squirrel and its mother, a species the nature lover had never seen before.
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iN DISCUSSION: 'Enough' of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson
Here you'll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Prime Minister Mark Carney scheduled to visit

Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Summerland looks at potential for cannabis use at public events
Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes drew a few laughs at a recent council meeting when he quipped that allowing cannabis consumption at the annual Christmas Light Up celebration would give a whole new meaning to “light up.” His remark

Central Okanagan real estate sales lag well below ten-year average
Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan picked up last month compared to July 2024, but still lag way behind the 10-year average. According to figures released by the Rennie Advance real estate analysis report, overall sales in the Centra

News Items tag as: PNJUN2025

Penticton City Council is having a second byelection this year

Penticton bug lover makes rare cricket discovery

Penticton man with schizophrenia was off his meds when he committed violent, disturbing acts

Penticton food truck owner caught with $10,000 of fentanyl

Tribunal rules South Okanagan man's chronic pain a 'minor injury'

$22M cancer clinic set to open in Penticton Regional Hospital

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run near Oliver winery

RCMP hope someone recognizes suspect in Penticton counterfeit case

Three iconic Canadian rock bands making stop in Penticton this fall

iN VIDEO: South Okanagan camper has close encounter with flying squirrel family

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