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 […]

Thursday – Directors will approve a contract being awarded to Greyback Construction for renovations to the Regional District Building in Penticton. Cost: $550 thousand – with about 175 thousand dollars coming from gas tax revenue rather than taxpayers generally. A redesign calls for a new single desk at the public entrance to make it easier for […]

The Independent Investigations Office of BC confirms that investigators have been deployed to a fatal motor vehicle incident in Penticton. According to Penticton RCMP, on September 15, 2015 at approximately 5:18 pm, a vehicle being driven by an off-duty police officer of the Penticton RCMP struck a four-year old pedestrian. The collision took place in […]

World Neighbours Canada (WNC), based in Oliver, is very pleased to announce that the Executive Director of Tamakoshi Service Society (TSS) is once again coming to Oliver. Suresh Shrestha is in BC to receive the 2015 International Leadership Award that was recently awarded to TSS for their work in rural Nepal. WNC and TSS have […]

Another successful Parkinson SuperWalk was held at the Oliver Community Centre on Sunday, September 13, 2015. The walk in Oliver raised $1,817.15. This year marked the 25th anniversary of this event with over 20 communities across British Columbia uniting with a common goal – to better the lives of those touched by Parkinson’s disease. Submitted […]