Submitted by Edwin Dukes – at Tinhorn Creek
Archives for July 2016
Penticton athlete off to Rio
TORONTO -On Friday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canada Basketball named the twelve athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in women’s basketball at the Rio – 2016 Olympic Games – from August 5 to 21. The team includes seven athletes who competed at the London 2012 Games: Natalie Achonwa, Miranda Ayim, Kim Gaucher, Lizanne […]
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Thanks to Andrew Jakubeit
Pow Wow – Outma School – Penticton Indian Band
Ernie the Black Widow spider
By Brenda Shaw The Oliver Credit Union was located in the old Ripley building near where Echlin Insurance is today. It was drafty and the roof leaked and it was full of all kinds of spiders, black widows especially. One day our accountant was in the washroom when he spotted an enormous black widow. He […]
A bit buggy
Eamon Riordan-Short
Final day
Apex drama – chopper picks up injured 15 year old
Search and rescue crews rushed to save a critically injured 15-year-old girl Saturday afternoon. The BC Ambulance Service contacted PENSAR after receiving a report of a severely injured teenager on an ATV in the Apex Mountain area. “After receiving the call at 4:46 p.m., PENSAR manger Richard Terry mobilized PENSAR’s Air Evacuation Team along with […]