Letters

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LETTER: Summerland Legion Village has been an important housing facility

Resident has been unable to find a new affordable place to live

  • Jun 8, 2023
The Dartmouth dog park in Penticton is dusty and lacks shade. A group has formed to seek improvements to existing parks and add parks as well. (Jane Thornthwaite photo)

Letter: Penticton dog parks in desperate need of upgrades

A group has formed to work with the city in hopes of improving the look and safety of dog parks

  • Jun 6, 2023
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LETTER: Wood from Summerland pier could be repurposed

Pieces of wood could be turned into souveniers

  • Jun 1, 2023
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LETTER: Summerland road safety must be addressed

Portion of Prairie Valley Road is unsafe

  • May 31, 2023
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Kirsti Haugan has a nest of great horned owls in her back yard. (Photo by Kirsti Haugan)

LETTER: Great horned owls have nest in Summerland back yard

Nest of owls gives resident a view of the young birds

  • May 18, 2023
Kirsti Haugan has a nest of great horned owls in her back yard. (Photo by Kirsti Haugan)
The city is getting a lot of opposition to putting in concrete barriers on either side of the road to facilitate new bike lanes on South Main. (File photo)

Letter: Over 1,400 signatures and counting against South Main barriers

Politicans best to remember fate of Skaha waterslide support, says letter writer

  • May 14, 2023
The city is getting a lot of opposition to putting in concrete barriers on either side of the road to facilitate new bike lanes on South Main. (File photo)
Paramedics attend to an overdose victim in Penticton. The executive director of ASK Wellness pens urgent letter for the province to bring back four pillars instead of their current harm reduction model which isn’t working. (Western News)

Opinion: Penticton supportive housing operator urging province to bring back 4 pillars

Harm reduction alone not working and ‘a pathway out of this human and civic catastrophe’ is urgent

  • Apr 30, 2023
Paramedics attend to an overdose victim in Penticton. The executive director of ASK Wellness pens urgent letter for the province to bring back four pillars instead of their current harm reduction model which isn’t working. (Western News)
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LETTER: Maintenance needed at Summerland’s green spaces and public places

Improvements needed along trail and walkway

  • Apr 27, 2023
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Residents of Athens Creek Lodge, members of the community, including children put together this message made out of thousands of empty yogurt plastic cups on Earth Day at Lions Park. Next they will be at Pen Hi on April 26. (Darren Sweet photo)

Letter: Seniors, students team up to save the planet one single use plastic at a time

Painted rocks with messages about recycling will be at Pen High at 3 p.m. today

  • Apr 26, 2023
Residents of Athens Creek Lodge, members of the community, including children put together this message made out of thousands of empty yogurt plastic cups on Earth Day at Lions Park. Next they will be at Pen Hi on April 26. (Darren Sweet photo)
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LETTER: Canada’s banks finance fossil fuel industry

Canadian banks are funding oil and gas

  • Apr 25, 2023
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LETTER: Summerland water mains should be replaced

Water system needs to be updated

  • Apr 25, 2023
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NeighbourLink Summerland seeks volunteers

Volunteer organization has served community for 20 years

  • Apr 21, 2023
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LETTER: Dedicated doctor served Summerland for past 15 years

Dr. Wendy Richardson has worked tirelessly for her patients

  • Apr 19, 2023
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Here is the existing bike lane on South Main. Council has voted to spend $1.5 million to put in a triple A bike lane with barriers on either side. (City of Penticton)

Letter: Penticton bike lane ‘boondoggle’ just never ends

South Main already has bike lanes and changes would make area much worse

  • Apr 17, 2023
Here is the existing bike lane on South Main. Council has voted to spend $1.5 million to put in a triple A bike lane with barriers on either side. (City of Penticton)
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LETTER: Community came together to fund pier

Service clubs and individuals came together to raise money in 1999

  • Apr 13, 2023
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LETTER: Tune-Agers have worked hard to prepare for concert

Penticton Tune-Agers will hold spring concert on April 16

  • Apr 6, 2023
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For a few days, council voted to stop the $1.5 million last phase of the controversial bike lane through South Main St. But a flip flop re-vote by Coun. Ryan Graham sent the pedals back in motion. And just like Atkinson St. (as seen here) South Main will get bike lanes on either side of the street. (City of Penticton)

Letter: Penticton bike lane flip-flop vote leaves citizens feeling ‘hood winked’

Letter writer wants a petition started against the last phase of bike lane

  • Apr 2, 2023
For a few days, council voted to stop the $1.5 million last phase of the controversial bike lane through South Main St. But a flip flop re-vote by Coun. Ryan Graham sent the pedals back in motion. And just like Atkinson St. (as seen here) South Main will get bike lanes on either side of the street. (City of Penticton)
The Vancouver-based brass band Balkan Shmalkan led the Parade for No Reason in downtown Penticton for the start of the Ignite the Arts Festival weekend organized by Penticton Art Gallery and Penticton Arts Council who have both had their funding cut by the city. (Brennan Phillips)

Letter: Ahead of Monday’s meeting, Penticton Arts Council pens passionate letter to city about funding cuts

Cuts sends large signal to the community that city no longer values arts and culture, says PDCAC

  • Apr 2, 2023
The Vancouver-based brass band Balkan Shmalkan led the Parade for No Reason in downtown Penticton for the start of the Ignite the Arts Festival weekend organized by Penticton Art Gallery and Penticton Arts Council who have both had their funding cut by the city. (Brennan Phillips)
Penticton Art Gallery curator Paul Crawford in front of a piece of the historic Bob Ross exhibition in 2020. “We had 15,000 visitors over 71 days,” Crawford said of that exhibition. City council cut funding to the gallery by more than half last week. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Letters to the editor denouncing Penticton council’s decision to cut funding to the arts

Writers question if council, city staff out of touch with how much community values the arts

Penticton Art Gallery curator Paul Crawford in front of a piece of the historic Bob Ross exhibition in 2020. “We had 15,000 visitors over 71 days,” Crawford said of that exhibition. City council cut funding to the gallery by more than half last week. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
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LETTER: Off-leash dogs in Summerland park should be under control

Some people seem to think off leash means their dogs can do whatever they want.

  • Mar 23, 2023
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