News Items tag as: PNMAR2023

Pow Wow Between the Lakes returns to Penticton
April 02, 2023 - 12:00 PM

The Okanagan Nation Alliance is hosting the return of Pow Wow Between the Lakes in Penticton this summer.
Ignite the Arts in Penticton is especially hot today
April 01, 2023 - 1:00 PM

Today is the busiest day during
Up to 25 cm of snow to fall between Hope and Merritt
March 31, 2023 - 7:50 AM
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A late season snowfall is in the forecast for Highways 3, and the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, where up to 25 centimetres of snow is in the forecast for both highways.
The Lunch Bucket reopening for the season on Coquihalla Highway
March 30, 2023 - 9:43 AM
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You'll no longer have to go hungry when traveling the desolate stretch of the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope.
Interior Health has closed Oliver's ER for 20 hours this week
March 30, 2023 - 8:11 AM

The emergency department at the hospital in Oliver was closed again overnight, the second such closure this past week.
Former Barenaked Lady Steven Page performing at South Okanagan winery this summer
March 29, 2023 - 1:00 PM

A winery in Oliver is hosting an iconic Canadian musician this summer for a musical evening in the vineyards.
Condo residents sue following deadly fire in Penticton
March 29, 2023 - 12:00 PM

Former residents of a Penticton apartment building gutted by fire in 2020 have launched a civil suit accusing the owners of a first-floor apartment of starting the fire.
Oliver police looking for woman who assaulted store clerk
March 28, 2023 - 3:43 PM

A woman caught shoplifting dropped her merchandise then assaulted the store clerk who confronted her before fleeing.
Penticton Vees in great shape to defend title as BCHL champs
March 27, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The Penticton Vees will be a force to be reckoned with in the BCHL playoffs again.
Novice driver caught doing twice the speed limit on Vancouver Island highway
March 27, 2023 - 2:51 PM
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A novice driver was nabbed doing nearly 200 km/h on a Vancouver Island highway with a posted speed limit of 100 km/h.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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