The victim of last night’s tragic accident in Penticton was just beginning grade one at Holy Cross Elementary school. James Christian McIntosh, 5, died from injuries suffered when he was struck by a vehicle driven by an off-duty RCMP officer at the intersection of Fairview Road and Highway 97 Tuesday evening. School principal Shawn Campbell […]

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Join the candidates in our South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding for a lively evening of dialogue and debate on stage at the Frank Venables Theatre. The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday September 30th at 7:00pm, will focus on the many shared issues and concerns of our communities. From climate change and immigration to maintaining our democratic values, […]

The Government of B.C. is re-opening angling for streams and rivers in the Okanagan Region due to lower water temperatures and increased flows. Effective Sept. 16, 2015, all streams and rivers in Wildlife Management Units 8-1 through 8-8, 8-12 through 8-15 and 8-23 through 8-25 are re-opened to angling in accordance with 2015-2017 Freshwater Fishing […]

RCMP have charged a man with two counts of first-degree murder in the Alberta Amber Alert case. The body of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette was found Tuesday near Blairmore in the Crowsnest Pass. Police say Derek James Saretzky,  22, is also charged with one count of committing an indignity to a human body. The tragedy began […]

On May 21st, 2015, a Penticton man was kidnapped and seriously assaulted in the early morning hours. The victim was found in a ditch by a motorist on Shingle Creek Road with a broken leg and restraints on his hands. At the time, police believed the abduction and beating to be targeted and an isolated […]