News Items tag as: PNJUN2025

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.
iN VIDEO: Disgruntled heron squawks at kayaker in South Okanagan
June 14, 2025 - 4:00 AM

A blue heron at Yellow Lake near Penticton appeared to be frustrated with a local videographer floating by on a kayak earlier this week.
Convicted flasher charged with exposing himself in Penticton
June 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A convicted flasher, jailed for exposing himself multiple times around the Lower Mainland, has been charged with committing an indecent act in Penticton.
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News Items tag as: PNJUN2025

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

iN VIDEO: Disgruntled heron squawks at kayaker in South Okanagan

Convicted flasher charged with exposing himself in Penticton

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