News Items tag as: PNMAY2315

Penticton pickleball players to get their own courts
May 24, 2015 - 8:32 AM

PENTICTON - Pickle ball and tennis don’t go together well, so they will get courts of their own.
South Okanagan provincial parks name change reflect aboriginal culture
May 23, 2015 - 7:34 PM

PENTICTON - Two South Okanagan parks have been renamed to reflect traditional First Nation place names.
Okanagan Correctional Centre stimulates local economy
May 23, 2015 - 10:31 AM

PENTICTON - The $200 million Okanagan Correctional Centre has entered it's second year of construction with a completion date in the fall of 2016.
Jump in fatal motorcycle crashes has South Okanagan RCMP concerned
May 23, 2015 - 8:34 AM

PENTICTON - A huge jump in the number of motorcycle crashes — and the number of fatal crashes — has prompted members of the RCMP South Okanagan Traffic Service into action.
Early spring both good and bad for local farmers
May 21, 2015 - 7:32 PM

OKANAGAN – The early heat felt across the Okanagan this year has local farmers springing into action.
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iN DISCUSSION: When traffic fines just aren't enough
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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

Quashing rumours floating around off-grid community of Frederick on Kamloops Lake
A curious little community 20 kilometres into the mountains from Kamloops is entirely off-the-grid and has been the subject of ridiculous rumours. Located at the end of several kilometres of dirt road and over a CN railway track, Frederick

Penticton pickleball players to get their own courts