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Thursday Night Showcase goes tonight The Thursday Night Showcase returns to the cozy confines of Smith and Company Coffee House in Penticton tonight at 8 p.m. This is the second concert for a series of events featuring local talent. On the second Thursday of each month, local musician Kyle Anderson will host four local acts in an unplugged environment. 3/11/2010 5:46:03 AM

Summerland Fruit plant shutting down, 40 jobs lost A fruit snack company in Summerland will be closing its doors here at the end of May. On Tuesday, SunOpta Healthy Fruit Snacks announced the pending closure of its Summerland facilities on May 28. The company makes dried apple leather and fruit snacks under the Kettle Valley Fruit Snacks label. 3/11/2010 5:32:26 AM

RCMP seize drugs headed for the Lower Mainland Princeton RCMP in conjunction with the Osyoos based Integrated Border Enforcement Team seized a sizeable amount of marijuana last Thursday. Police took four men from the Lower Mainland into custody as the result of two separate roadside stops. 3/11/2010 5:27:59 AM

Penticton Murder suspect convicted previously in death of child The man charged with killing 53-year-old Terrence Dale Wooley outside a Penticton pub last year was convicted of beating a three-year-old girl to death in Kingston, Ont., in 1999. In March of 2002, Michael Richard Beauchamp, then 31, was given five years for the crime. 3/11/2010 5:19:19 AM

Osoyoos toughens it's stance on boating and water The Town of Osoyoos is ready to take more control of what is happening on Osoyoos Lake – and on March 15, the public will have an opportunity to give its opinion of a proposed water zone bylaw at a public hearing. Osoyoos town council gave first reading to the bylaw on March 1. 3/10/2010 4:56:34 PM

Olympic experience amazing for Justin Kripps Summerland’s Justin Kripps said his four-man team with Pierre Lueders, Neville Wright and Jesse Lumsden was pleased with fifth at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. “We got unlucky the first day with the snow and crashes in front of us but we fought hard through it and gave it our best,” he said. 3/10/2010 4:52:51 PM

Editorial from Penticton Western News on City Hall Phrases belt-tightening and fiscal responsibility have been well-used over the past year as governments, businesses and individuals at every level fought to deal with the effects of the global recession, the worst economic crisis the world has faced since the Great Depression. 3/10/2010 4:49:58 PM

Keremeos grapples with continuing vandalism issue Vandalism was the topic of a discussion at Keremeos council meeting. Councillor Gary Thielmann expressed a degree of frustration. “People are holding us responsible,” he told the other councillors. “They are blaming council for not doing more.” (Ed: Welocme to local politics councillor. That's how it works.) 3/10/2010 3:08:32 PM

OkaSim: Thieves targeting rural residences Several residential break and enters in the area have Penticton RCMP reminding residents to ensure their homes are not left unsecured. Cpl. Martin Trudeau said the break-ins have been taking place during the day time hours between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. 3/10/2010 3:04:40 PM

Okanagan Similkameen Snowpack points to drought Current snow conditions suggest the B.C. Southern Interior could be facing its second straight summer of drought conditions. In most areas, low-elevation snow is generally absent and mid-elevation snow throughout Interior valleys is well below normal. 3/10/2010 1:44:20 PM

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