A major milestone has been achieved in Penticton Creek restoration this week, as the showcase project construction and the creek side planting program have been completed. “We have already had several reports of Kokanee navigating upstream with ease along the new creek bed. The difference you can see in Penticton Creek before and after the […]

“It’s a ride to ensure that justice prevails in regards to the trial, and we also want to raise awareness for all missing women in Canada,” said Dan Wilson, Louie’s uncle and a member of the Okanagan Indian Band. Louie, a 26-year-old single mother, was reported missing in early January after failing to show up […]

Search and rescue crews were busy Sunday in the South Okanagan, called out to two separate rescues. Penticton and District Search and Rescue, along with Oliver-Osoyoos Search and Rescue and CASARA were called in to help two lost hikers who called for help from their cellphone. “Two young women from Quebec were hiking near Brent […]

Fire Camp (Sawmill Rd) and Aerial Operations (Airport Street) – closed and town set to resume normal fall activities OLIVER – The Testalinda Creek Wildfire is now 95% contained after hard work from BC Wildfire Service crews. As of Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, the fire camp was demobilized in Oliver; however, 32 firefighters and one […]

I was musing on food this week, recalling how as a youth, Auntie Kay’s cooking was delicious. Of course no kid feels that anyone cooks as good as his own mother cooks and I was no different. Auntie Kay made the best cinnamon rolls ever. She always used butter coated with golden yellow sugar and […]