News Items tag as: PNOCT2024

Interior Health fined $274,000 after Penticton hospital staff exposed to illicit drugs
October 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The Interior Health Authority has been fined $274,000 after two workers fell ill after entering a room where a patient was using illicit drugs.
Former Penticton Indian Band administrator ordered to repay massive raise he gave himself
October 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The former top employee for the Penticton Indian Band claimed he was wrongfully dismissed after getting fired for orchestrating a massive raise for himself.
RCMP search for truck related to suspicious deaths in 2022 near Summerland
October 25, 2024 - 12:32 PM

RCMP are seeking information about a truck it believes is related to two suspicious deaths in Penticton back in 2022.
'Very suspicious': But no proof South Okanagan man tried to kill relative
October 24, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Only three people know what exactly took place around a campfire near Oliver in May 2019 that left a shotgun blast in a couch and a 25-year-old charged with attempted murder.
Manager of Summerland's Kettle Valley Railway charged with fraud
October 23, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The former manager of a popular Summerland attraction has been charged with fraud and theft.
Four arrests as Penticton RCMP seize cash, drugs and guns in raid
October 23, 2024 - 3:05 PM

RCMP executed a search warrant Wednesday at a Penticton home seizing drugs, cash and guns.
RCMP officer shot and killed a suspect in Penticton
October 23, 2024 - 10:43 AM

The B.C. civilian police watchdog is investigating an incident where an RCMP officer shot and killed a man in Penticton.
iN PHOTOS: South Okanagan senior takes a landscape photo a day
October 21, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Robert Brunet is an South Okanagan photographer who has a passion for capturing the beauty of the landscape around him.
Conservative Amelia Boultbee wins in Penticton-Summerland
October 19, 2024 - 9:30 PM

Voters in Penticton-Summerland riding have elected its first Conservative MLA in decades.
Osoyoos driver caught with no licence gets reduced sentence so he can drive to work
October 17, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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A BC judge has halved the amount of jail time given to a Southern Okanagan man who admitted in court that he'd driven without a licence on hundreds of occasions.
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Tale of two cities: Why Kelowna built more upzoned housing than Coquitlam
Kelowna and Coquitlam created similar policies to get more housing built, but each city had very different results and a new study has found out why. Both cities were upzoned, meaning they allowed developers to put several homes like a four

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