News Items tag as: PNSEP2017

How to avoid hiring an unqualified care aide for a senior
October 02, 2017 - 2:43 PM

PENTICTON - If you are planning to hire a care aide for an aging member of your family, better check their references and see if they have a criminal record.
How a South Okanagan physiotherapy clinic is helping parents and kids map concussions
September 29, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - Concussions in full contact sports like football and hockey at any age are no longer theoretical risks to long-term health, and one South Okanagan physiotherapy clinic is helping parents and kids manage that risk.
Something for everyone in the South Okanagan this weekend, even zombies
September 29, 2017 - 11:45 AM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan Wine Festival gets underway this weekend with events throughout the valley.
High-end super car demolished in South Okanagan crash
September 29, 2017 - 10:58 AM

OSOYOOS - Investigators say speed was a factor in the crash of a super car near Osoyoos last night.
Employee information breach at Interior Health under investigation
September 29, 2017 - 10:24 AM

There has been a breach involving the personal information of about 500 current and former employees at the Interior Health Authority.
New wildfire reported near Cawston
September 28, 2017 - 5:04 PM

CAWSTON - B.C. Wildfire is responding to a new fire in the Cawston area.
Increasing number of needle pickups prompts call for a safe injection site in Penticton
September 28, 2017 - 4:53 PM

PENTICTON - Penticton's fire chief is advocating for a safe drug consumption site in the city due the high number of needle pickups his firefighters are being called to.
Penticton lifts open burning ban
September 28, 2017 - 3:09 PM

PENTICTON - Penticton residents can enjoy a campfire within city limits once again.
Cooler temperatures expected to return to the Okanagan this weekend
September 28, 2017 - 10:53 AM

OKANAGAN - Warmer temperatures than normal are expected to continue for a couple days, however, that weather pattern is expected to change this weekend.
Water main flushing program begins next week in Penticton
September 28, 2017 - 9:15 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton residents may find sediment and discolouration in their water at some point over the next two months.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: PNSEP2017

How to avoid hiring an unqualified care aide for a senior

How a South Okanagan physiotherapy clinic is helping parents and kids map concussions

Something for everyone in the South Okanagan this weekend, even zombies

High-end super car demolished in South Okanagan crash

Employee information breach at Interior Health under investigation

New wildfire reported near Cawston

Increasing number of needle pickups prompts call for a safe injection site in Penticton

Penticton lifts open burning ban

Cooler temperatures expected to return to the Okanagan this weekend

Water main flushing program begins next week in Penticton

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