Former Penticton student joins prime minister at APEC summit

A Princess Margaret Secondary grad is one of four young Canadians chosen to accompany Prime Minister Stephen Harper to next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Amelia Boultbee, who graduated from PMSS in 2006, is now a fourth-year political science student at UBC. She’ll be joining three other Junior Team Canada delegates... more

Sports In Brief

Tying for fifth in a 16-team tournament pleased Pen High Lakers senior boys volleyball coach Robert Gunning. The Lakers coach said it was a tough tournament that started with the Lakers defeating College Heights 2-1 in sets. They also defeated Mt.... more

• Import issue sends Vees’ Trupp to Lakers
• OHA lays egg against Edge Prep
• Extra effort

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Directory targets low-cost recreation

Through a grant from the Union of B.C. Municipalities, the Penticton Recreation Department is compiling and producing a directory of low-cost recreational opportunities in the community. “The directory will be a compilation of fitness and leisure activities that are... more

• Annual Poppy campaign underway
• Seeking support —
• College captures accolades

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Plea issued for gaming funds

I am writing this open letter to Penticton MLA Bill Barisoff to express my concern for the marginalized people of Penticton. I am requesting your assistance in helping them. I am a member of a not-for-profit organization which receives gaming... more

• Report card changes get a failing grade
• Program needs volunteers
• Solution for water usage springs a leak

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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