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A B.C. First Nation’s 3-year effort to change a city’s name

Powell River’s name currently reflect a man whose main goal was to assimilate Indigenous people

May 5, 2024 5:30 AM Read more >

QUIZ: Are you ready for gardening season?

May is the time when many Canadians begin to plant their gardens

May 5, 2024 4:50 AM Read more >

Penticton looks to host 10-day, 800 km World Adventure Race

Event challenges teams from across the world to ‘ultimate race of human endurance’

May 4, 2024 4:40 PM Read more >

PHOTOS: Penticton collides with Vernon as Okanagan rugby season begins

The teams play in a summer division with the Salmon Arm Yeti

May 4, 2024 4:18 PM Read more >

3rd annual ‘Bike Fest’ hits Penticton roads, trails

Cyclists take part in city-wide event on May 4 and 5

May 4, 2024 2:22 PM Read more >

Penticton Vees bounce back, tie 3rd-round series with Salmon Arm

Vees score their first goal of the series in the second period of Game 2

May 4, 2024 10:18 AM Read more >

Always something ‘brewing’ at Penticton’s Abandoned Rail

This story is part of the Western News’ Women Who Dare feature

May 4, 2024 5:45 AM Read more >

Okanagan youth orchestra blooms with spring series

Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton performances May 4 & 5

May 3, 2024 8:30 PM Read more >

Strata hotel proposed for site of Penticton’s El Rancho Motel

Council receives revised proposal for redevelopment of three Westminster Avenue properties

May 3, 2024 4:50 PM Read more >

Okanagan Nation welcomes program to bring back grizzlies to North Cascades

The population in the region was hunted to near extinction but efforts are now underway to bring the species back

May 3, 2024 4:30 PM Read more >