Penticton Peewees need win to advance The host Penticton Vees can advance to the semifinals of the provincial peewee tier 2 hockey championships with a victory in their last round-robin game today at Memorial Arena. The last round-robin game at the eight-team tourney is at 11 am. as Campbell River plays Quesnel. 3/9/2010 5:46:48 AM

Penticton: Teenager pleads guilty in slaying A Penticton teenager charged with the stabbing death of a 25-year-old man near Skaha Beach almost two years ago has pled guilty to manslaughter. A second-degree murder trial had been scheduled to start Monday. Peter Deschaine died of wounds sustained in a fight near the Skaha Beach concession. 3/9/2010 5:43:47 AM

Travelling legal advice for women coming to Keremeos Do you need a Legal Advocate? Are you unable to get to Penticton? The Penticton and Area Women’s Centre’s Legal Advocate is available for Drop-In Hours from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday March 16, 2010 – Keremeos at the Library. 3/9/2010 5:39:57 AM

Osoyoos: Shovels going into ground on Waste project The tender for Phase 1 of the Northwest Sector Sewer Project has been assigned and that means shovels will likely be in the ground within the next two weeks. At their March 1 meeting, Osoyoos town councillors agreed to give the tender to a Penticton company called Sunland Utilities. 3/8/2010 6:21:57 PM

Cawston family makes additional generous donation to Keremeos Health Centre Gurdial Singh Dhaliwal of Cawston was grateful for the treatment he received from the Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre. Gurdial made a donation of $10,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. He passed away last month. Gurdial’s family recently donated another $9,500 in memory of their father and husband. 3/8/2010 5:47:57 PM

Apex Mountain Resort Busy Through Spring Break Mother Nature is helping Apex Mountain Resort this Spring Break. GM James Shalman says spring like temperatures caused some of the white stuff to melt last week, but those conditions have turned a 180 degrees which good news for those hitting the slopes. 3/8/2010 5:11:58 PM

Search is on for Penticton’s worst driver TV show Canada’s Worst Driver is calling on Penticton residents to nominate the next round of dramatically dismal drivers for season six of the Discovery Channel series. The show will be in Penticton in April searching for drivers in desperate need of rehabilitation for the upcoming season 3/8/2010 5:09:58 PM

RDOS: Olympic spotlight shines on region The 20-by-40-foot tented area that the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen was allocated on B.C. Street for a $50,000 commitment during the O Zone festival held in Richmond over the Olympics (Feb. 12-28) was a success. 3/8/2010 5:06:50 PM

Tories to unveil public service efficiency plan The Harper government will launch a campaign this week to freeze-and-squeeze the public service, but Treasury Board President Stockwell Day says he is looking to avoid a major battle with front-line federal workers who will be most affected. 3/8/2010 6:29:07 AM

KVR art students among those to recognize World Women’s Day The creative works of a group of arts club students from KVR Middle School commemorating International Women‘s Day is currently on display at the Penticton Public Library. Teacher Lindsey Mennell said she collaborated with Chandra Wong of the Penticton and Area Women‘s Centre on the project. 3/8/2010 5:52:11 AM

Expect delays: Highway 97 upgrades are back in full swing With the return of spring-like weather, construction on the Highway 97 upgrade north of Summerland has resumed and some minor traffic delays may be encountered. Work is now concentrating on the “rock slip” area, where some off-road work is to begin this week. 3/8/2010 5:36:16 AM

Grand opening — Learning centre planned for Oliver When renovations to South Okanagan Secondary School are complete in 2012, the building will be getting more than just a facelift. It will also be home to a Neighbourhood Learning Centre, one of the first in a series scheduled to open throughout B.C. 3/8/2010 5:27:20 AM

Good news for the College expansion There‘s good news in the federal budget for colleges, according to Okanagan College president Jim Hamilton. The federal government is doubling the amount of money in the college and community innovation program, which commercializes the fruits of research, he noted. 3/8/2010 5:17:22 AM

Day defends finance minister's late-night flight The federal government's plan to set a positive economic example for Canadians by curbing its own operational spending was not harmed by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's flight to London, Ont., this week, the treasury board president said Sunday. 3/7/2010 12:33:35 PM

New Location for Penticton’s Cardiopulmonary Wellness Program Almost a year-and-a-half after the South Okanagan Events Centre opened its doors, plans for a wellness centre at the facility have finally come to fruition. "When the events centre was just being built, this was part of the dream," said Penticton MLA Bill Barisoff. 3/7/2010 6:49:49 AM

Penticton Council converts centre pool upgrade contract Due to a lean time frame, Penticton city council voted unanimously to convert a contract for the community centre to a fixed-price agreement. John Kirbyson, director of parks and recreation, outlined the details of his report during a special council meeting on Friday. 3/7/2010 5:49:03 AM

Police rack up arrests The Penticton RCMP Drug Task Force racked up another series of arrests last week. A 35-year-old Mexican man was arrested Feb. 24 after police stopped a vehicle outside a Main Street convenience store on suspicion of drug activity. The man was found to be in possession of a large amount of cash and determined to be in Canada illegally. 3/7/2010 5:39:29 AM

Peewee Vees hosting provincials starting Sunday Rod MacMurchy is realistic about the host Penticton Vees chances of winning the B.C. Peewee Tier 2 Hockey Championship that run from Sunday to Wednesday at Memorial Arena. “If we get all 17 players showing up, we should be very competitive,” said the Vees head coach. 3/7/2010 5:21:53 AM

Penticton: Letter to Editor: Goose program needed Mayor Dan Ashton must have gone to the George W. Bush school of higher learning. He says that the addling program isn’t working and he doesn’t feel the $10,000 to keep the program is necessary. Penticton council voted 5-2 not to support the addling program. 3/6/2010 11:12:29 AM

Penticton Mayor has a short memory, where was he during SOEC mess? Penticton city council says laying off three city managers following a core services review was necessary to control a debt that began spiralling out of control in 2002. Friday, Mayor Dan Ashton said that when the current council took office in 2008, it realized the city was spending unsustainably. 3/6/2010 5:06:34 AM

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