News Items tag as: PNSEP2022

Get spooky at this South Okanagan winery's Halloween event
October 03, 2022 - 8:00 AM
iNwine Spotlight

Spooky season is here and the owner of a South Okanagan winery is celebrating his favourite holiday by holding a Halloween bash complete with dinner, wine and a mandatory costume contest.
LOOK UP: Snowbirds take off from Penticton airport to fly home
September 29, 2022 - 10:47 AM

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are taking off from the Okanagan this afternoon and heading home to Saskatchewan.
Vandalism of ski lift at Penticton-area resort no laughing matter
September 28, 2022 - 10:35 AM

It may have seemed like a fun thing to do at the time but a group of people playing around with Apex Mountain Ski Resort equipment now understand how serious their actions were.
Grammy-award winner Alex Cuba playing one-off show in Penticton
September 26, 2022 - 4:34 PM

Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Alex Cuba is playing a one-off show in Penticton next month.
Barenaked Ladies coming to Okanagan in time for Christmas
September 26, 2022 - 9:34 AM

The iconic Canadian band Barenaked Ladies are launching a 14 city Hometown Holidays with Barenaked Ladies tour starting in Vancouver on Dec. 1.
Popular Mediterranean restaurant leaves Penticton for Summerland
September 25, 2022 - 7:03 PM
iNwine

A popular shawarma restaurant has wrapped up operations in Penticton and started a new chapter in Summerland.
SHOT IN THE HEAD: Okanagan author pens book about great uncle's unsolved murder
September 25, 2022 - 2:35 PM

In 1957, Ralph Wilson Snair was found dead in a rental car on a rural road in Kansas.
Look up: Jupiter hasn't been this close to earth since 1963
September 24, 2022 - 7:03 PM

Anyone with access to a telescope in Kamloops or the Okanagan may want to take a peek at Jupiter this week – it’s making its closest approach to earth in 59 years.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says sorry after lobster lecture goes awry
September 24, 2022 - 1:38 PM

While a storm of historic proportions was making landfall in Atlantic Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada decided it would be a good time to remind Canadians they’re not allowed to eat any lobsters they find on the shore.
Acrobats, holograms, lasers: 'Holiday Dreams' cirque coming to Penticton
September 23, 2022 - 12:02 PM

Christmas-themed holograms, lasers and acrobats are coming to a show at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

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