News Items tag as: PNNOV0415 City of Penticton rate review says utility rates must go up November 05, 2015 - 6:30 PM PENTICTON - A key finding of a recently completed review of Penticton’s utility rates is annual rate increases are needed in future years in order for the city to maintain infrastructure and financial sustainability. Penticton fire department seeks $20,000 grant funding for wildfire prevention initiatives November 05, 2015 - 7:02 AM PENTICTON - Penticton city council has thrown their support behind the fire department's grant applications to beef up wildfire prevention initiatives. Another former tenant of Penticton rental speaks out about rat issue November 04, 2015 - 8:00 PM PENTICTON - Another former tenant of a Penticton rental house says he was forced out of the house because of rodent issues. Torchlight ceremony signals major milestone to B.C. Winter Games in Penticton November 04, 2015 - 7:00 PM PENTICTON - The countdown to the Penticton 2016 B.C. Winter Games is underway with an official torch lighting ceremony set for next week. Flu shot season in the Southern Interior November 04, 2015 - 4:30 PM THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With the peak of flu season just a few weeks away, Health Canada has started its yearly vaccination program. Penticton hospital care facility temporarily locked down after verbal threat November 04, 2015 - 1:13 PM PENTICTON - A fired employee threatened a manager last week, putting a long term care facility at Penticton Regional Hospital in lockdown. Phony firearms, drunk driving and drugs keep Penticton officers busy November 04, 2015 - 1:00 PM PENTICTON - In addition to answering the usual calls for assistance, calls about an axe handle disguised as a gun and a break and enter to the local bottle depot kept Penticton RCMP busy last week. Community toy drive aims to give Penticton kids a special Christmas November 04, 2015 - 11:30 AM PENTICTON - A new collaborative effort between two Penticton businesses hopes to make Christmas a little more special for local children in need. Similkameen youth treatment facility continues to languish November 04, 2015 - 9:30 AM PENTICTON - The re-opening of a youth addiction treatment facility continues to stall in the Similkameen valley as the property’s owners work with the province to restablish new guidelines. More ... FILM REVIEW: 40 years later, 'Halloween' slashes again OPINION With hollow eyes and sagging cheeks, the flabby white mask of Michael Myers is horror's great blank slate. Project your fears here, it says. Myers doesn't speak. His movements never rise beyond a delib EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News Federal government moves to transform inmate segregation in federal prisons OTTAWA - Eleven years after a teenager killed herself after spending more than three years in segregation in prison, October 16, 2018 9:00 PM Killer-rapist Paul Bernardo set for parole bid after 25 years in prison Paul Bernardo, whose very name became synonymous with sadistic sexual perversion, is expected to plead for release o October 16, 2018 8:00 PM Does the city of Kamloops have strong relationships with Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc? KAMLOOPS - The relationships the City of Kamloops has with its neighbouring jurisdictions plays an important role to October 16, 2018 7:00 PM 'We've been waiting': Family of Vernon man killed last year react to murder charges VERNON - Teresa Bartz doesn’t know why anyone would want to hurt her brother, but she’s hoping for some October 16, 2018 6:30 PM Root cause of homelessness comes from childhood trauma: expert KELOWNA - Don’t blame homelessness on the people living on the streets, an expert on the issue told a group of October 16, 2018 4:47 PM Tweets by @infonewskamloop