photo Brian Yastremski Discovered in a tree near Okanagan Lake this week – was shot by a Conservation officer with a tranquilizer gun. Once it left a tree and got to the ground he ran off until the drug acted and knocking it out. It was taken away and released far from Penticton.

Penticton SAR – utilizes Helicopter to conduct afternoon medical evacuation of male near the Summerland KVR Trestle. Dale Jorgensen – SAR Manager for Penticton & District Search & Rescue mobilized Rescue crews early Thursday afternoon after receiving a request for assistance from the BC Ambulance Service at 1:35 P.M. BC Ambulance had received a call […]

credit @ValleyWideHome twitter account Five locations across the South Okanagan were visited this week by cast and crew during filming of The Amazing Race Canada. The show stayed at the  Summerland Waterfront Resort, with stops at D’Angelo Estate Winery in Naramata, Covert Farms Oliver, the Desert Model Railroad and Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos. […]

STUIBLE, Dorothy Elizabeth – a long-time Oliver resident, passed away early Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at the Victoria General Hospital at the age of 92. Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her family, including her daughters Nancy Meyer (Phil) of Victoria, Beverley Raptis (Jim) of White, Georgia, and Shirley Stuible (Darwin) of Fredericton and her […]

Walter Despot of Keremeos – board chair of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, shows off a newly-printed campaign booklet and donor dedication opportunity list for the soon-to-be-developed Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital. PRH Naming Opportunities Now Available Major donors can now literally leave their legacy on the doors of Penticton Regional Hospital’s […]