Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on Hwy 97 north of Penticton a southbound Honda CRV lost control in icy conditions and slid into Okanagan Lake. Penticton Fire Rescue extricated the 42 year old Summerland woman from the vehicle. She sustained life threatening injuries as a result of this incident. Hwy 97 has been reopened. Sgt. Hallett […]
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Get the word out – $367 thousand available
The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan | Similkameen is hosting free grant writing workshops throughout the South Okanagan | Similkmaeen. This year the Community Foundation’s annual grant application process has changed and is online. In this 2-hour seminar you will learn: The Do’s and Don’ts of successful grant writing How to tell your story […]
Grant writing training
Bystanders jump in the lake
“Traffic and General duty officers from both Penticton and Summerland are on scene of a single vehicle accident on Hwy 97 near Trout Lake. Vehicle lost control on the extremely icy roads and entered Okanagan Lake. One occupant has been recovered from the vehicle. Members from the RCMP dive team are en route as unknown […]
Fitness classes
Pilates Plus Fitness New Fitness Classes starting January 11th 6 week session (Jan 11 – Feb 21): Morning Spin Class (60 min.) Mondays and Wednesdays 6:15am Gentle Mat Pilates (1 hour) Fridays 1:15pm Spin/Pilates Circuit Combined (1 hour) Wednesdays 5:15pm Check out the website at www.pilatesplusfitness.ca to see our short YouTube video of the studio. […]
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Phillips family ties to PRH run deep
Roy and Marlene Phillips’ grandson underwent open heart surgery just one week after being born at Penticton Regional Hospital. Max Tremblay is now an active 10-year-old and one of key reasons why Roy and Marlene have donated $30,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation to help supply medical equipment for the new Patient […]
Thursday is Budget Day at RDOS – again
Press for larger There will be a first reading vote for these budget amounts this week. Note increase in Area C and Town of Oliver totals Note that Summerland has two votes and spends about $600 thousand Oliver (Area C and Town) spends more than 2.7 million $ and gets the same number of votes on […]