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The following is a list of some of the most-read stories found on www.pentictonwesternnews.com. Click the links to view.

• Dream Cafe shutting its doors (and then re-opens)

• Dying to live: Penticton woman shares her story

• Community comes together to help family who travelled to Hong Kong for liver transplant

• Penticton Okanagan Rotary founder killed in Mexico

• Returning sockeye salmon celebrated

• Penticton Mountie attributes diet to saving his life from cancer

• Naked Penticton man claims he was bear-sprayed

• Penticton Creep Hunters not deterred by RCMP vigilante warning

• Major addition to Lakeside Resort approved

• Pen High grad makes splash on The Bachelorette

• Skaha Hills development sells $12 million in one day

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Cannabis framework adjustments could allow up to 14 stores in Penticton

The city policy on retail cannabis stores could see some changes as council examines amendments

Road closures for Penticton Peach City marathon

Road closures will be in effect for parts of Penticton on Sunday

Update: Mother dead, youth in critical condition after carbon monoxide poisoning at Sandy Point Campground

The woman was found unresponsive insider her tent and the youth was taken via air ambulance to hospital

Penticton offers free social and fitness program

Weekly program designed for adults aged 55 to 70 with cognitive or developmental disabilities

Penticton Indian Band councillor trying for federal seat

Joan Phillip acclaimed as NDP candidate for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola

Video: Boating season launches at Penticton’s Skaha Marina

Skaha Marina has new owners, a new plan, and a new attitude

Okanagan adventurer continues motorcycle trip around the world

Vernon local James Leigh recently completed the third of five legs of the journey, travelling through China and Kazakhstan

Riders “step up” their game at Coldstream Equestrian Clinic

Riders from across the Okanagan travelled to Coldstream to train for the 2019 55+ Senior Games, which take place in Kelowna this fall.

Canada’s parole officers say correctional system has reached breaking point

About half of Canada’s federal parole officers work inside penitentiaries and correctional institutions

Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players

Three years ago, Gilles Ouellet came up with the idea for a puck that makes a continuous sound

Boy, 12, arrested after allegedly pulling a knife on another child at a Surrey park

The child was later released into his parents’ custody as Surrey RCMP continue their investigation

ICBC urging drivers to slow down this May long weekend

Speed is number one cause of car crash fatalities: ICBC

Bucks hammer Raptors 125-103 to take 2-0 playoff series lead

Toronto heads home in a hole after second loss to Milwaukee

Full-scale search underway for missing kayaker on Okanagan Lake

Kelowna Paddle Centre member Zygmunt Janiewicz, 71, failed to return from his ‘daily kayak’ on the lake

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