News Items tag as: PNMAY2016

SHOULDA WALKED: Why a drunk Penticton man was arrested after trying to take a safe ride home
May 31, 2016 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton man who said he mistook a parked taxi for his ride home was arrested this weekend.
Multi-tasking motorist knocks over lamp post in Penticton
May 31, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton motorist learned multi-tasking is not his strength after knocking over a lamp post in a car dealership lot last week.
Funding inadequate to keep schools open in Okanagan Skaha School District
May 31, 2016 - 5:00 PM

PENTICTON - Okanagan Skaha School District Superintendent Wendy Hyer says today’s funding announcement by the province will not be enough to save any schools in District 67 from closure.
Bigger fines for distracted drivers in B.C. start this week
May 31, 2016 - 4:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Distracted drivers across B.C. will be getting heavier fines and receive more penalty points as of tomorrow.
Funding not enough to keep Osoyoos Secondary open: trustee
May 31, 2016 - 3:15 PM

OSOYOOS - It’s too soon to say for certain what impact today’s provincial school funding announcement will have on school closures in the Okanagan Similkameen School District.
Young Penticton fraudster gets nine months
May 31, 2016 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - A teenage Penticton man with a lengthy criminal record will serve eight more months in jail after pleading guilty to a number of fraud charges.
One-year-old found wandering in Penticton alley
May 31, 2016 - 11:35 AM

PENTICTON - A one-year-old child found walking alone down an alley led to a frantic search for the child’s family Saturday.
Former Penticton man gets rose; still in the running on The Bachelorette
May 31, 2016 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - A local secondary school grad trying to win the Bachelorette's heart put aside his 'villianous' antics this week and again earned himself a rose.
Funding could help save Trout Creek, West Bench schools
May 31, 2016 - 10:27 AM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan-Skaha school district is being asked to use the $266,000 in funding announced today to help save Trout Creek Elementary and West Bench Elementary.
Cawston man avoids jail time for replica handgun incident
May 30, 2016 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - A man accused of brandishing a replica handgun in an unprovoked incident in Penticton has escaped jail time.
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THOMPSON: The problem with 'influencers'
OPINION If you’re a huge fan of pop culture - something I’ve never been - it must be hard to keep up. Things change too fast today for most folks to stay abreast of what’s happening…what&rsquo

Okanagan apples returning to market amid adversity
A year after the BC Tree Fruit Cooperative closed down, orchardists in the Okanagan are quietly optimistic about this year's apple harvest. It's been a bumper year for cherries , and peaches and apricots are back on track . And no

Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It's all part of the US Open's chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can't wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music a

BC tenant's sleuthing gets her $17,000 after Airbnb eviction
A BC family who evicted their tenant and then rented out their condo on Airbnb have lost an appeal after being ordered to pay $17,000 in compensation. According to an Aug. 25 BC Supreme Court decision, Cristopher and Leonida Resurreccion bo

News Items tag as: PNMAY2016

SHOULDA WALKED: Why a drunk Penticton man was arrested after trying to take a safe ride home

Multi-tasking motorist knocks over lamp post in Penticton

Funding inadequate to keep schools open in Okanagan Skaha School District

Bigger fines for distracted drivers in B.C. start this week

Funding not enough to keep Osoyoos Secondary open: trustee

Young Penticton fraudster gets nine months

One-year-old found wandering in Penticton alley

Former Penticton man gets rose; still in the running on The Bachelorette

Funding could help save Trout Creek, West Bench schools

Cawston man avoids jail time for replica handgun incident

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