News Items tag as: PNJUN2515

Regional heritage strategy looks at local values
June 25, 2015 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - Seeking grassroots input into what is historically important, rather than relying on historical experts' opinions, is at the heart of the regional district’s heritage program.
Penticton lawyer new vice-president of B.C. branch of Canadian Bar Association
June 25, 2015 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton lawyer has been acclaimed vice-president of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.
Roxanne Louie murder trial moves toward preliminary hearing
June 25, 2015 - 4:32 PM

PENTICTON - The preliminary hearing for two people accused in murder of Roxanne Louie is expected to take between four to six weeks.
Tubers reminded of channel restrictions until July 1
June 25, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - This weekend’s prediction of sizzling temperatures will likely result in one of the busiest weekends so for this year for Penticton channel tubing.
Woman who went missing in Okanagan bush has outstanding warrants
June 25, 2015 - 1:10 PM

PEACHLAND - The Winnipeg woman who went missing for more than a week and then was found by two men checking on livestock on an old logging road near Peachland is due for a court appearance in Manitoba.
Forecast heat wave prompts warning for people to be prepared
June 25, 2015 - 12:17 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hot desert air moving into the Southern Interior this weekend is behind a Special Weather Statement warning people to get ready.
South Okanagan roadside checks result in arrest for outstanding warrant
June 25, 2015 - 11:35 AM

PENTICTON - RCMP in the South Okanagan have arrested a man wanted in Calgary in connection with the sexual assault of a young child.
Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan
June 25, 2015 - 10:42 AM

PENTICTON - The search for two Ontario hikers missing since Monday in the Similkameen is escalating as the search enters its third full day.
Okanagan about to be blasted with record heat
June 25, 2015 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - It’s getting hot out there. Very hot. Possibly even record-breaking hot. So grab your sunscreen and hit the beach while Mother Nature kicks off summer with a bang.
Police-themed party gets surprise police visit
June 25, 2015 - 8:30 AM

PRINCE GEORGE - Police-themed birthday parties are all the rage with young boys, often complete with badges and hats, but not all young boys get to have actual cops at their birthday party too.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: PNJUN2515

Regional heritage strategy looks at local values

Penticton lawyer new vice-president of B.C. branch of Canadian Bar Association

Roxanne Louie murder trial moves toward preliminary hearing

Tubers reminded of channel restrictions until July 1

Woman who went missing in Okanagan bush has outstanding warrants

Forecast heat wave prompts warning for people to be prepared

South Okanagan roadside checks result in arrest for outstanding warrant

Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan

Okanagan about to be blasted with record heat

Police-themed party gets surprise police visit

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