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It was a tale of two potential development sites Monday evening as Penticton council voted unanimously to allow about one half of the lands where the city’s waterslides used to be located to be rezoned to a multi-family residential designation.

Community gaming grant funding of over $500,000 will support over 50 human and social service community organizations in the Okanagan-Similkameen areas.

Three candidates are in the running to become the next federal Liberal candidate for the Okanagan Coquihalla riding.

Life-altering is how participants and organizers are describing the impact of a recent program for a group of very special young people.

The regional district budget was the fastest to approval in 20 years, but it wasn’t without its points of contention.

It took hours before Highway #3 could be re-opened after a tragic accident took the lives of the passenger and a dog not far from the Princeton Municipal R.V. Park and Campground. The driver was flown out by helicopter in critical condition.

The City of Penticton has reached a collective agreement with CUPE Local 608 for the 178 city employees responsible for a broad range of services from labourers to lifeguards.

Public open houses with the Ministry of Corrections Services next week in Penticton, Summerland and the Penticton Indian Reserve will unveil potential prison sites.