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No way to prove required measures are working: Doyle

Penticton and Wine Country Tourism is proposing a new across-the-board business licence levy and an increase to the hotel tax to help attract and pay for events in the tourism industry’s shoulder season.

It looks like if Penticton is going to create a brand as the Festival Capital of Canada, it will have to do so on its own.

Osoyoos council was shocked and appalled at a letter they received from Willow Beach Development asking for the town to increase the amount of units it will service from 40 to 600.

Benny Wolfe announced Tuesday morning his intentions to challenge Dan Ashton in the race for mayor of Penticton in this fall’s civic elections.

The issue of transient fruit pickers and campers loitering in public parks is a complicated one according to Oliver Mayor Pat Hampson.

At the end of June, a local group proved that the TED Talks sign featured in conceptual drawings for the planned Centre of Excellence at Okanagan College wasn’t just wishful thinking.

With Penticton voters rejecting the prospect of bringing a proposed $200 million provincial correctional centre, many at the city are wondering where the municipality will find potential revenue to expand civic revenues along with economic activity.

The City of Penticton has found a buyer for one of two Munson Mountain properties it has been trying to sell for close to a year.

Another committee is being struck to look at marketing strategies for Penticton Regional Airport.