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Yard waste collection resumes in Penticton after winter pause

Service returns following winter pause

Mar 6, 2025 9:48 AM Read more >

Okanagan fruit growers to be hit by impact of tariffs on both sides of trade war

Farmers likely first to feel the impact of tariffs as they rely on American fruit buyers and U.S.-made fertilizer, pesticides

Mar 5, 2025 5:00 PM Read more >

Penticton shelter may close unless funding from 'worst partner ever' extended

Concerns over extending operations at 40-bed facility, frustrations with BC Housing shared at council table

Mar 5, 2025 3:45 PM Read more >

Sankey 'honoured' to run for NDP in Similkameen - South Okanagan - West Kootenay

Longtime Penticton social housing executive ready to start campaigning

Mar 5, 2025 5:02 AM Read more >

VIDEO: Central Okanagan Heritage Society highlights wins, losses

7 awards were given out by the Central Okanagan Heritage Society on Feb. 19

Mar 4, 2025 6:00 PM Read more >

New salmon passage to break ground in Penticton on March 7

Partnership with First Nations and other parties will bring salmon back to Okanagan Lake after 100 years of restrictions

Mar 4, 2025 5:30 PM Read more >

Neighbourhood grant program open for South Okanagan applications

Up to $500 available for great ideas in South Okanagan and Similkameen

Mar 4, 2025 12:15 PM Read more >

UPDATE: Torched vehicle believed used in Vernon break-in

Mini van discovered burning away in parking lot of Village Market Tuesday morning, March 4

Mar 4, 2025 9:19 AM Read more >

South Similkameen Museum looking to community to help protect artifacts

The cinderblock walls have deteriorated and started to leak, putting artifacts at risk of damage

Mar 3, 2025 5:15 PM Read more >

More work underway for cultural burn south of Keremeos

The burn will take place when blacklining is complete and conditions are safe

Mar 3, 2025 5:00 PM Read more >