Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton was re-elected Chair of the RDOS this afternoon with Rural Director Mark Pendergraft of Osoyoos chosen as Vice Chair again. Defeated in a race for the chairmanship – Mayor Ron Hovanes of Oliver. Defeated in a race for the vice-chair position – Rural Director Karla Kozakevich of Naramata Director Andrew Jakubeit […]

View looking north towards dam at McIntrye Bluff. Detour road being built. Existing ditch filled in with debris etc but the area will be paved over so that once detour is in place traffic can find its way for three full months as a box culvert is constructed under roadway that will be widened for […]

Heavy equipment working most of Thursday bringing down the 2nd CKOK building in Penticton on Nanaimo Street. The last radio station to use the building was Great Valleys Radio CIGV. For oldtimers – CKOK set up studios in the 100 block Main Street before 1950, moving first to the Nanaimo studios as it grew and […]

Mt. Baldy Alpine Club Senator Nancy Greene Raine’s Olympic Gold was a long time ago, but the ski program that bears her name is still going strong across Canada and at Mt. Baldy. The Mt. Baldy Alpine Club is a dedicated group of parent volunteers, who run the race program at Baldy. Over the last […]

Gingerbread House by Lorraine Horn

From CBC The RCMP officer charged with assault causing bodily harm for kicking a suspect in the face in Kelowna  plead guilty in the midst of his trial yesterday. Const. Geoff Mantler’s lawyer entered the plea Wednesday, on the day Mantler was scheduled to testify. As the day’s proceedings began, Mantler’s lawyer told the court his client had […]