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: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

'Super efficient': The impact new housing rules have had in Okanagan, Kamloops
When Vernon builder Bryce Dahlen was approached by a client late last fall to build a carriage house in their yard, he pitched the idea of a duplex. New rules about density implemented by the provincial government had dramatically cut the r

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