The retail fuel price tracking company says that drivers will be paying an average of 104.4 cents per litre, 13 cents less than the 10-year average of $1.17 and the lowest Canada Day long weekend price since 2010. GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Dan McTeague says the prices are a welcome relief after years of summer […]

Normal To say something is normal is to say it is common, typical, the usual, same. Yet, if we think of snowflakes no two are alike. Nor are daisy petals or zebra stripes, fingerprints or the retina of the eyes of every one of us. So it seems that none of those items or a […]

2017-9585   On June 29th at 151 pm, Penticton RCMP were called to the scene of an accident on Eckhardt Avenue between Main Street and Martin Street.  An adult male pedestrian was deceased at the scene.  It was reported that the male was struck and run over by the trailer of a dump truck.  The […]

UPDATE: 8:20 p.m. British Columbia has a new governing party. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon asked John Horgan to form the first B.C. NDP government in 16 years, after the BC Liberals lost a vote of non-confidence in the legislature Thursday. “I have met with Premier Clark and will accept her resignation,” said Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon in a statement. “I have asked […]

The government of BC as we know it will fall today. The Liberal Coalition ( Conservatives, Liberals, and Socreds ) The Lt. Governor will chose tonight between a quick election or to allow a Green – NDP coalition government where the independent speaker must vote to make it law – in essence – no real […]

  By ROY WOOD In a narrow three-to-two decision, Oliver council moved into the world of modern waste collection Monday, approving a staff recommendation to adopt an automated-cart system starting next summer. In July 2018, homeowners will be provided with three wheeled containers for their refuse: one for garbage; one for recycling; and one for […]