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• Alberta licence plates landed Lake Country, B.C. woman with strata fine

  'Residents that have out-of-province plates must advise council of the reason why,' reads a Lake Country strata rule created in June 2021.

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• Fourth Lake Country power outage within 10 days due to osprey nesting

  The osprey have been dropping debris and sticks onto the cross arm which has resulted in fires and subsequent outages.

  Environment

  May 12
  
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• 911 service restored after outage in multiple communities in B.C. Southern Interior

  E-Comm, the company that handles the calls, took over 5 hours to restored 911 service to the affected areas.

  Canada

  May 5
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• Okanagan a little greyer than the rest of the country: Statistics Canada

  Of all the cities, the oldest is Penticton, with an average age of 48.9 years. Vernon, where the average age is 47.2 years, is the second-oldest.

  Health

  Apr 27
• Coroner to reopen case into B.C. woman’s drowning during 2016 canoe trip with husband

  BC’s Chief Coroner has reopened its probe into the apparent drowning of Arlene Westervelt 'to ensure (it) has done all it can' in 'determining the circumstances' of her death.

  Crime

  Apr 21
• Habitat for Humanity Lake Country build nears completion

  “I am on my own.. Just knowing that my kids are going to have a place to stay, it’s a weight off my shoulder that I don’t have to worry about.”

  Economy

  Apr 13
• Okanagan goose management: Egg-addling program returns for 16th year

  The program says egg addling is an important population management tool in the Okanagan, calling it the least invasive form of population control of nesting Canada geese.

  Canada

  Apr 7
• Barrier-free Community Fridge and Pantry opens in Penticton, B.C.

  It is ‘a take what you need and give what you can’ system and anyone can access the space 24-hours a day, seven days a week. 

  Canada

  Mar 21
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• Winfield Bakery suffers ‘catastrophic damage’ in Thursday fire

  The fire is under investigation but nothing suspicious has been seen. Fire crews will be there throughout Friday for further assessment. 

  Fire

  Mar 11
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• Kelowna Mountie charged with obstruction of justice after allegedly sexting crime victim

  Const. Sean Eckland was charged on Thursday with two counts of obstructing justice in connection with allegations that he sent sexually explicit text messages to an assault victim.

  Crime

  Mar 10