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Love was hardly in the air on Valentine’s Day at Gyro Park as close to 40 CUPE supporters braved the cold winter winds, protest signs in hand, to voice their discontent with Penticton council’s recent issuing of a request for proposals to privatize operations at the Penticton Community Centre.

The Penticton Public Library will remain open on Sundays throughout most of 2011.Penticton council voted 5-2 on Monday to add $4,000 to the library board’s budget to reopen the facility on Sundays come October.

After nearly a decade in testing and implementation, the Ministry of Education is calling in a consultant to tell them why the B.C. enterprise Student Information System (BCeSIS) isn’t up to snuff.

Pentictonites appear to be getting a new place to purchase discounted or second-hand merchandise. You need only raise your hand.

Spring is definitely in the air as evidenced by the turnout for the 16th annual Home and Renovation Show.

The proposed closing of Tuc-el-Nuit school in Oliver was unanimously seen by School District 53 trustees as one of the few options to cut their budget without much disturbance.

A man who Penticton RCMP called a high-risk pedophile has pled guilty to breaches of a recognizance.

Ambitions for a prison within Kelowna’s boundaries were laid to rest Tuesday afternoon, when B.C.’s Solicitor General publicly put a kibosh on the plan 15 years in the making.