Okanagan Regional Library Board Highlights – May Meeting   Summerland – New Branch Report The Board heard an update about the status of the Summerland Plaza Development, where the board has been in discussions with the developers regarding a new location for the Summerland branch. The project has been unavoidably delayed due to a serious […]

Google for details, times and places and ticket prices Events start today and go on through next Monday   For three years running, the Meadowlark Nature Festival has been voted the ‘Best Annual Community Event in the South Okanagan’*. It has evolved in to one of Canada’s premier outdoor nature celebrations offering over 90 environmental […]

Last year – 2012 – ratepayers in Okanagan Falls paid for the use of a regional sewer system and on the tax bill – it cost 531 dollars. In 2013 – that rate will go up $85 to $616 and future hikes will increase it even more. Why?- the cost of construction and operations of […]

The word cancer is not foreign to me or my family. My dad died from lung cancer. My sister Kathy has survived two different types of cancer. My sister Sandra’s father-inlaw has cancer. My sister Linda’s husband lost his Dad to cancer. I have friends that have lost loved ones to cancer. But the words […]

The City of Penticton is pleased to announce that Insp. Kevin Hewco has been selected as the successful candidate to lead the Penticton RCMP detachment and South Okanagan regional command. Insp. Hewco comes to Penticton from the North Cowichan RCMP detachment, based in Duncan. “Insp. Hewco understands policing in B.C. and the safety needs of […]