Penticton Western News

19/08/2023

TODAY IN B.C.: Film ‘My Name is Arnold’ earns widespread accolades

17/08/2023

“I was the only Asian kid in the school, and it wasn’t always an easy experience,” he said. “People would hit me; they would call me names. No one cared, no one did anything. I didn’t do anything. It was a time where I went to school angry almost every single day. Maybe to process that and maybe for cathartic reasons, I wrote a short, I called it, My Name is Arnold.”

TODAY IN B.C.: Film ‘My Name is Arnold’ earns widespread accolades

17/08/2023

Directing the feature film All in Madonna, which won numerous awards in 2020, Lim has followed it with his own story My Name is Arnold. It details the story of when he was 10 years old growing up in Blue River, B.C.

TODAY IN B.C.: Film ‘My Name is Arnold’ earns widespread accolades

16/08/2023

Environment Canada issued a smoky skies bulletin Wednesday, Aug. 16, and according to the website World’s Air Quality Index, the air quality rating for Penticton is 251 — rated “very unhealthy.” In comparison, the air quality in Burnaby on the Coast is rated at 15 and Edmonton, Alta. is rated at good at 44.

The smoke and heat are expected to continue through Thursday

16/08/2023

The track hosts the Women Behind the Wheel Racing Event on Sunday, Aug. 20.

The track hosts the Women Behind the Wheel Racing Event on Sunday, Aug. 20

16/08/2023

The evacuation alert issued by the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen has been upgraded to an evacuation order.The RDOS is advising anyone at Cathedral Lakes Provincial Park and the Snowy Protected Area to shelter-in-place.

The two wildfires put up a huge plume of smoke that could be seen all the way to Kelowna

15/08/2023

In his own words, he could fall asleep at random times during the day — whether it be when he’s riding a bicycle or going for a swim. “My dream of being in the Ironman has always been stronger than any life circumstances,” said Clive Bradley.

Former Peach City resident Clive Bradley has dreamed of being in Ironman since he was a teenager

15/08/2023

The 48-year-old woman from the South Okanagan had been witnessed walking in the middle of the northbound lane prior to the collision according to a press release from the RCMP.

There is no evidence of impaired driving involved according to RCMP

15/08/2023

Officers first stopped the 46-year-old man at 11:40 a.m. on Aug. 6 when he was driving a stolen vehicle.A search of the car turned up two imitation fi****ms. The driver was also impaired and was issued a three-day driving ban, but not held in jail???? Caught the next day for same thing but this time assault an officer.

Man faces charges that include assaulting police officer

15/08/2023

Our court system is really messed up. The triple murder's application was granted due to a change in the criminal code in 2022, which affects periods of parole ineligibility to guarantee the right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Jacob Daniel Forman killed his wife with a sledgehammer and strangled his children to death.

A Kelowna man serving a life sentence for three murders can apply for parole in 25 years