PENTICTON –   Tourism Penticton is pleased to announce the appointment of Kelly Hopkins to the position of Executive Director.  Over the next couple of months Hopkins will be working alongside current Executive Director, Chris Bower to ensure a smooth transition into her new role. “After a rigorous interview process the Board of Directors was unanimous […]

Heading out to a meeting on the “drought”. What drought I might ask. Everyone is talking about  the drought . Couple of points in my humble opinion – a number of people and organizations are whipping up hysteria. One man told me that Victoria lawns are brown and in Oliver we are wasting the water […]

  Interior Health is seeing an increase in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and would like to remind parents about the importance of making sure their children’s immunizations are up to date. Pertussis activity is being seen across the region with the majority of cases currently in the Central Okanagan.   “Infants under […]

Four high-priority health-care sites will be safer thanks to collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the BC Nurses’ Union (BCNU). As part of the ministry’s Violence Prevention Action Plan, the ministry and BCNU will jointly provide $2 million to fund violence prevention actions at sites that deal with some of the province’s most complex […]