Penticton News

Equipment already in place on Okanagan Mountain where the regional district hopes to locate a new radio repeater as part of a $1.6-million upgrade to the emergency fire dispatch system.

Clint Schoening of West Kelowna has been identified as the man killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday night on East Side Road.

By Kristi Patton - Penticton Western News Published: May 16, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: May 17, 2013 8:29 AM The Opal Nite Club is firing up the lights at the venue located at 535 Main St., which most recently was known as The Element.

By Steve Kidd - Penticton Western News Published: May 16, 2013 12:00 PM Updated: May 17, 2013 8:28 AM Neighbours of an empty lot want the City of Penticton to put some stiff restrictions on its use before they let the owner turn it into a parking lot for the third summer in a row.

According to the Globe and Mail, Ashton himself has offered to foot the $35,000 bill to hold the byelection.

Penticton's public works department has been hard at work this week, installing green bike lanes at six intersections in the city.

A recent study in Ontario shows it costs a district at least an extra $75,000 a year to create a new French immersion class.

This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in a scene from "The Great Gatsby."Book lovers who haven't yet read "The Great Gatsby" but hope to do so before seeing the new Baz Luhrmann film adaptation may still find themselves being influenced by the Hollywood machine.

It's not clear where Premier Christy Clark, who lost her seat in the provincial election, will choose to run in a byelection - but it won't be the only municipal election taking place in the near future.

The dust has yet to settle on the BC Liberal's stunning victory and leader Christy Clark's personal defeat and already there is speculation as to where Clark may land in order to win her way into the legislature.

Insp. Kevin Hewco will assume the rank of superintendent serving as the regional commander for Penticton and the regional district.

By Joe Fries - Penticton Western News Published: May 14, 2013 10:00 PM Updated: May 15, 2013 7:54 AM Like most of the pollsters, a video monitor at the Penticton Lakeside Resort apparently got it wrong Tuesday when it mistakenly identified a ballroom there as the site of a B.C. NDP victory party.

By Kristi Patton - Penticton Western News Published: May 14, 2013 10:00 PM Updated: May 14, 2013 10:43 PM Touted as one of the 10 ridings to watch in B.C.'s provincial election, Boundary-Similkameen didn't quite live up to its promise with Liberal candidate Linda Larson pulling noticeably ahead halfway through the count.

Following her win in the Boundary-Similkameen riding in Tuesday's election, Linda Larson said she is in clean-up and re-set mode.

Friends of the West Kelowna man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday night are organizing an event to remember him and help his family.

By Steve Kidd - Penticton Western News Published: May 14, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 14, 2013 10:08 AM It took some doing, but a project to specially honour Capt.

Uplands Elementary student Jada Turchak was among the students who participated Saturday in a new category of this year's Penticton Kinette Club Duck Race.

A wash-out has closed the 201 Forest Service Road that serves as a secondary route between Penticton and Kelowna.

By Joe Fries - Penticton Western News Published: May 14, 2013 9:00 AM Updated: May 14, 2013 10:26 AM Trustees on Monday approved the 2013-14 budget, which eliminates 2.4 full-time equivalent positions and will kill the gifted-student program in middle schools.

By Staff Writer - Revelstoke Times Review Published: May 14, 2013 9:00 AM Updated: May 14, 2013 9:51 AM Polls in the 40th B.C. General Election opened at the community centre at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.