Here’s what’s happening this weekend in Penticton

The 5th annual Snakebite Film Festival runs all weekend at Landmark Cinemas in Penticton. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
Snakebite film festival, four-year radio anniversary and Kelowna-based bluegrass all coming up
Lake Country Brewing is now open at #4-10058 Highway 97. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

“Enjoy a vibe and have a couple of beers”: Lake Country Brewing is open for business
Randy Bachman on stage at Vancouver Island Musicfest. (Facebook photo)

PODCAST: Randy Bachman, every song, every guitar has a story
High praise: Awards salute the best of the best cannabis brands + marketing

High praise: Awards salute the best of the best cannabis brands + marketing
Knowledge is power: New guidebooks map accessible PNW trails

Knowledge is power: New guidebooks map accessible PNW trails

Killer whales often come and visit Neroutsos Inlet near Port Alice. (Regan Hickling photo)

Eyewitnesses report rare killer whale attack on a humpback off B.C. coast

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Teen killed in Burnaby shooting; police probe connection to Surrey car fire, gang conflict
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet, back, stands behind Ilya Mikheyev, from left to right, Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Vancouver, on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Playing out the string should give the Canucks plenty of time for evaluation
With fat tires on her bike and skis on her bike trailer, Sheena Miller from Smithers is perfectly equipped for snowy rides. BC's Winter GoByBike Week returns Feb. 6 - 12.

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    A B.C. teacher who worked at two schools in Peace River was suspended for four weeks, after the commissioner for teacher regulation found he made racist comments to coworkers and yelled at students. (Pixabay)

    B.C. teacher suspended over racist remarks to coworkers, yelling at students

    Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, has joined the office of Dr. Bonnie Henry as deputy provincial health officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

    Alberta’s former top doctor joins Dr. Bonnie Henry’s office in B.C.

    FILE - Beyoncé appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

    Beyonce announces much anticipated ‘Renaissance’ world tour

    Passengers walk past Air Canada and WestJet planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

    WestJet temporarily suspends service from 3 Canadian cities to Europe

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    News
    Abbotsford Police and IHIT are investigating a homicide near the end of Mt. Lehman Road. (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News)

    VIDEO: Man found dead at Abbotsford drug lab after report of shots fired, home invasion

    Abbotsford Police say Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are taking over case

    This fire caused about $30,000 damage. (File photo)

    Fire chief: Princeton BC Housing fire was human-caused

    ‘It could have been something like someone smoking, something along those lines’

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    Sports
    Canada’s Andrea Neil (5) jogs off the field after the international friendly soccer match against Germany in Burnaby, B.C. Thursday Sept. 1, 2005. A former captain of Canada’s women’s soccer team is calling for the federal government to launch a full judicial inquiry into abuse in sports across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody

    Soccer star Andrea Neil calls for judicial inquiry into sports abuse in Canada

    Nothing can change until we turn the lights on and reckon with where we are

    Alexandra Luxmoore and Maeve Macleod of the Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club taking home gold in the U16-18 Girls Team Sprint event at the Cross-Country Ski Nationals in Whistler last year. (Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club)

    Revelstoke Nordic skiers impress on Day 5 of Junior World Ski Championships

    Alexandra Luxmoore, Maeve MacLeod and Marlie Molinaro are representing Canada at the event

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    Entertainment
    Retired musician Karen Krout reviews an Okanagan Symphony Orchestra concert in Kelowna on Jan. 20, 2023. (Submitted photo).

    REVIEW: Okanagan Symphony Orchestra dazzles

    Retired musician Karen Krout relays the sights and sounds from Kelowna concert, duplicated in Penticton

      This image released by Paramount shows Glynn Turman, left, and Rita Moreno in a scene from “80 for Brady.” (Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures via AP)

      Review: ‘80 for Brady’ is a sports film fumble for the ages

      Talents of Tomlin, Fonda, Moreno and Field sacrificed for cheap laughs and unearned poignancy

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      Pilinka Wiseman has furnished almost her entire trailer and outdoor area where she lives with things she has taken from the Share Shack at the Scotch Creek Refuse Transfer Station, including a trunk full of books and shelving. (Pilinka Wiseman photo)

      ‘We don’t all need something new’: Shuswap woman passionate about reducing waste

      Pilinka Wiseman is willing to give anything a second chance at Scotch Creek Share Shack

      Grant Huffman, chair of the Aboriginal Affairs Committee, gives a report to delegates during the last BC Cattlemen’s AGM held in Williams Lake back in 2019 (Monica Lamb-Yorski Photo)

      BC Cattlemen’s first AGM in three years roams into Vernon

      The event will be at Kal Tire Place from May 25-27

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      Obituaries

      Karl Schrank

      Jan 19th, 2023

      Janice Lynn Harrowby

      Jan 14th, 2023

      Philip Clark

      Jan 13th, 2023

      Dorothy May Chenier

      Jan 8th, 2023

      Sylvia Caroline Fretz

      Jan 7th, 2023

      Catherine Anne Moncrieff

      Jan 5th, 2023

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      A statue of Mother Earth sits at the front of an altar used by a Colombian shaman, healer and traditional medicine man who leads the Hummingbird Church ayahuasca ceremonies, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, in Hildale, Utah. Like many groups using psychedelics as sacraments, Hummingbird functioned underground for many years, hosting word of mouth ceremonies. But in Feb. 2021, they decided to go public. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

      Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion

      Growing numbers of people turning to ayahuasca in search of spiritual enlightenment

      Property tax rates range from 0.24 per cent to more than 0.6 per cent in a list of B.C. municipalities compiled by a Canadian brokerage. (Black Press Media file photo)

      Powell River, Whistler, top list of B.C.’s highest and lowest property tax rates

      Powell River $1 million homeowner would fork over more than $4k in taxes than in Whistler

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      Business
      Community Futures North Okanagan has launched a new loans program to help newcomers to the North Okanagan settle into the community. The loan is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. (Contributed)

      Loans help newcomers settle into North Okanagan

      Community Futures program aimed at helping make life easier for those new to the region

      Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson participates in a fireside discussion in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Wilkinson says legislation to lay out the government’s plan to protect jobs during the clean-energy transition is still months away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

      Feds to lay out ‘sustainable jobs’ plan for energy transition ahead of legislation

      Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson promised to outline plans by early spring

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      Opinion

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      OPINION: High income taxes make B.C. less attractive and productive

      Horgan government increased B.C.’s top personal income tax rate from 14.7 per cent to 20.5 per cent

        This a sketch done by an unnamed employee of then Granny Bogner’s restaurant in the 1980s. A proposal is headed to public hearing to discharge a land use contract to make way for the demolition of the iconic home on Eckhartd Ave. W. (Contributed)

        Letter: Office building should never be what replaces iconic Penticton restaurant

        Why does RE/MAX want an office in a neighbourhood of single family homes, asks longtime resident

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                Virtual health care app for pets makes adopting easy

                TELUS Health partners with BC SPCA to support British Columbia pets

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