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Nickel Plate Nordic Centre is once again hosting the Okanagan Cup’s ski races in March 2023. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

Teck Okanagan Cup ski races returning to Nickel Plate Nordic Centre near Penticton

The season’s final regional cross-country event kicks off March 12

Nickel Plate Nordic Centre is once again hosting the Okanagan Cup’s ski races in March 2023. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)
Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)

Okanagan College gets a jolt in electronic donation

Alumnus Yael Cohen donating $80,000 to the school’s electronics engineering technology program

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)
Vernon’s Beth Butler dives for a loose ball, with MEI Eagles Bree Neufeld in pursuit. The Panthers would lose to the Eagles in day one action from the Langley Events Centre at the 2023 B.C. High School Girls Provincial Basketball Championship. (Varsity Letters)

Okanagan girls wrap up B.C. basketball tourney

Two programs finish sixth, the best result for an Okanagan team this year

Vernon’s Beth Butler dives for a loose ball, with MEI Eagles Bree Neufeld in pursuit. The Panthers would lose to the Eagles in day one action from the Langley Events Centre at the 2023 B.C. High School Girls Provincial Basketball Championship. (Varsity Letters)
Lee Agur (far right) along with Brent and Cassie Marshall hand Lyndie Hill a cheque for the Youth Outdoor Recreational Society. (Submitted)

Penticton businesses help donate $7,500 to get kids back to nature

Donation goes to local Youth Outdoor Recreation Society to pay for kids to join camps

Lee Agur (far right) along with Brent and Cassie Marshall hand Lyndie Hill a cheque for the Youth Outdoor Recreational Society. (Submitted)
Penticton Indian Band. (Submitted logo)

School district hosting flag raising and renaming ceremony with Penticton Indian Band

PIB flag will be raised alongside Canada flag and the IMC building is getting a Syilx name

Penticton Indian Band. (Submitted logo)
Oliver Fire Department. (Submitted photo)

Pet dies in Oliver house fire

The home on Road 18 was heavily damaged

Oliver Fire Department. (Submitted photo)
Downtown Penticton’s Time Winery is temporarily closed while they create Orolo - a new restaurant with a focus on local foods and dry-aged steaks as well as a new tasting room next door. (Submitted)

Almost time for the big reveal at Time Winery in Penticton

Time to debut new tasting room and restaurant with a focus on melt-in-mouth dry-aged steaks

Downtown Penticton’s Time Winery is temporarily closed while they create Orolo - a new restaurant with a focus on local foods and dry-aged steaks as well as a new tasting room next door. (Submitted)
The Indigenous Village at the 2022 Ha Ha Ha KidzFest at Gyro Park in Penticton. (Monique Tamminga Western News file photo)

Ha Ha Ha Kidzfest in Penticton celebrates imagination in motion

The return of the three-day kids festival at Gyro Park is June 8-10

The Indigenous Village at the 2022 Ha Ha Ha KidzFest at Gyro Park in Penticton. (Monique Tamminga Western News file photo)
The 2022 female U18 prep division champions. (submitted)

Hundreds of hockey players and coaches here in Penticton

CSSHL Western Championships go from March 6 to 19 at Penticton ice arenas

The 2022 female U18 prep division champions. (submitted)
Penticton city council will be introduced to a community safety action plan to improve the crime and social disorder. (Western file photo)

Public safety action plan coming to Penticton city council

Bylaw officers to have more powers, hiring more first responders, targeting hot spots

Penticton city council will be introduced to a community safety action plan to improve the crime and social disorder. (Western file photo)
Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)

COLUMN: Computers and machines are not people

Home automation technology uses human names

Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)
Penticton Vees smoke Trail Smoke Eaters 7-2 on Saturday night. (Vees photo)

Penticton Vees smoke the Trail Smoke Eaters 7-2

Vees take their 8th straight win and break record for most shots on net Saturday

Penticton Vees smoke Trail Smoke Eaters 7-2 on Saturday night. (Vees photo)
Adam Louis has been found. (RCMP handout)

Update: Missing Penticton man found

Police confirm the man has been located safe

Adam Louis has been found. (RCMP handout)
The RCMP led off the parade to the cenotaph for Keremeos’ Remembrance Day ceremony in 2022. (Black Press file photo)

QUIZ: How much do you know about the RCMP?

Canada’s national police force turns 150 years old in 2023

The RCMP led off the parade to the cenotaph for Keremeos’ Remembrance Day ceremony in 2022. (Black Press file photo)
From Feb. 22 to 26, Apex sent 11 freestyle skiers to the BC Freestyle Timber Tour and Super Youth Comp Circuit in Fernie. (Photo- Submitted)

Freestyle skiers from Penticton bring home medals after competition in Fernie

Apex skiers will compete at the BC Games in Vernon and Junior Nationals in Ontario later this month

From Feb. 22 to 26, Apex sent 11 freestyle skiers to the BC Freestyle Timber Tour and Super Youth Comp Circuit in Fernie. (Photo- Submitted)
Penticton’s Ciara Browne, 16, won a bronze medal for Team BC at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island. (Photo- Armando Tura/Team BC)

Penticton karate star captures bronze medal for Team BC at Canada Winter Games

16-year-old Ciara Browne shined in Prince Edward Island last week

Penticton’s Ciara Browne, 16, won a bronze medal for Team BC at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island. (Photo- Armando Tura/Team BC)
The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

PHOTOS: Thousands enjoy the signs of spring at Penticton Home and Reno Show

Within two hours, more than 2,500 people walked through the show’s doors

The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)
Highway 5 between Hope and Merritt remains closed Saturday due to extreme avalanche conditions. (Photo- B.C. Ministry of Transportation/Twitter)

UPDATE: Coquihalla Highway reopens between Hope and Merritt after avalanche control

Crews worked to remove more than 70 centimetres of snow on Saturday afternoon

Highway 5 between Hope and Merritt remains closed Saturday due to extreme avalanche conditions. (Photo- B.C. Ministry of Transportation/Twitter)
Students build their structure during the 38th annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition at Okanagan College on March 3. (Photo/OC)

Okanagan College spaghetti bridge champion more than a decade in the making

Rouzbeh Rouzbehani first attempted to travel from Iran for the competition 12 years ago

Students build their structure during the 38th annual Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition at Okanagan College on March 3. (Photo/OC)
The Vees clinched the Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy on Friday night, March 3. (Photo- Jack Murray)

Penticton Vees clinch Ron Boileau Trophy, defeat Merritt Centennials 13-1

Vees collect seventh straight victory with season-high 13 goals; visit Trail on Saturday

The Vees clinched the Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy on Friday night, March 3. (Photo- Jack Murray)