Steve Kidd

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The nature of family practice is changing, shifting to group practice and team care approach. (File photo)

Changing the picture of family medical care

Efforts ongoing to recruit family physicians for the South Okanagan Similkameen

The nature of family practice is changing, shifting to group practice and team care approach. (File photo)
Okanagan municipal governments are being urged to send letters of protest over the ongoing trade war between B.C. and Alberta. File photo

Penticton joins trade war protest

Opposition to wine boycott is spreading through Okanagan communities

Okanagan municipal governments are being urged to send letters of protest over the ongoing trade war between B.C. and Alberta. File photo
Jack Godwin (on steel guitar) said the Kettle Valley Brakemen are busier than ever and have some surprises for 2018. (Western News file photo)

Brakemen pulling out all the stops for 2018

Kettle Valley Brakemen planning some surprises

Jack Godwin (on steel guitar) said the Kettle Valley Brakemen are busier than ever and have some surprises for 2018. (Western News file photo)
Researchers at the University of B.C. are looking for Okanagan residents to participate in a study of differing regional accents in B.C. (File photo)

DRAWL searches for Okanagan Valley accent

UBC study wants to hear from Okanagan residents

Researchers at the University of B.C. are looking for Okanagan residents to participate in a study of differing regional accents in B.C. (File photo)
The design is not final, but a conceptual rendering shows what a hotel below Poplar Grove Winery might look like. Image courtesy Ecora Engineering

South Okanagan winery planning hotel expansion

Vineyard hotel would add new dimension to Penticton tourist accommodations

The design is not final, but a conceptual rendering shows what a hotel below Poplar Grove Winery might look like. Image courtesy Ecora Engineering
Harumi Tamaoki and Naoko Nakamura, two members of Yamabiko Taiko, pound out a rhythm during the 2016 OneWorld Multicultural Festival. (Western News file photo)

Celebrating diversity in the South Okanagan

Festival celebrates the world of cultures in the South Okanagan

Harumi Tamaoki and Naoko Nakamura, two members of Yamabiko Taiko, pound out a rhythm during the 2016 OneWorld Multicultural Festival. (Western News file photo)
Marilyn Keller and the Black Swan Classic Jazz Band are back for the 2018 Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival. File photo

Every band a headliner at Penticton jazz festival

Pentastic Hot Jazz Fest back for 22nd year

Marilyn Keller and the Black Swan Classic Jazz Band are back for the 2018 Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival. File photo
Tiny Islands, fronted by Tim Sars and brother Nathan Barrett, brought their At The Mardi Gras show to the Children’s Showcase at the Cleland Theatre Sunday. Steve Kidd/Western News

Warming up Penticton with a taste of Mardi Gras

Tiny Islands keeps young audience on thier feet

Tiny Islands, fronted by Tim Sars and brother Nathan Barrett, brought their At The Mardi Gras show to the Children’s Showcase at the Cleland Theatre Sunday. Steve Kidd/Western News
Andre Sutherland Begin visits Village by the Station monthly, entertaining the residents with dramatic recitations of Robert Service’s poems like The Cremation of Sam McGee. Steve Kidd/Western News

Storyteller brings poetry to seniors

Penticton man tells the tale of Robert Service and his poems

Andre Sutherland Begin visits Village by the Station monthly, entertaining the residents with dramatic recitations of Robert Service’s poems like The Cremation of Sam McGee. Steve Kidd/Western News
Team Canada ended up in a tie with Team Quebec in the first round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sunday (Western News file photo)

Curling competition gaining momentum

Team B.C. scores first win at Tournament of Hearts

Team Canada ended up in a tie with Team Quebec in the first round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sunday (Western News file photo)
Massimo Rizzo scored two of the Vees four goals in their win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals last night. (File photo)

Vees hold on to top spot

Victory over Cowichan is Vees ninth win in last 10 games

Massimo Rizzo scored two of the Vees four goals in their win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals last night. (File photo)
Blood moons (lunar eclipses) aren’t uncommon, but combined with a supermoon and a blue moon, they’re exceedingly rare. (Image courtesy NASA)

Super blue blood moon coming to skies near you

This may be the only time you will ever see this combination

Blood moons (lunar eclipses) aren’t uncommon, but combined with a supermoon and a blue moon, they’re exceedingly rare. (Image courtesy NASA)
Angels at The Mule

Angels at The Mule

Penticton nightclub introduces angel shots for safety

Angels at The Mule
Tychonik continues scoring run

Tychonik continues scoring run

Vees chalk up another win with Pink in the Rink

Tychonik continues scoring run
Quest Out West, with local Syilx storyteller Tracey Kim Bonneau, is back with a second season of delicious food. Submitted photo

Quest Out West returns with even more wild food

Penticton Indian Band member launches season two of her program this week

Quest Out West, with local Syilx storyteller Tracey Kim Bonneau, is back with a second season of delicious food. Submitted photo
A neighbour to the man who died in a fire on Jan. 12 at Peach Cliff Estates Mobile Home Park in Okanagan Falls has established a GoFundMe account to raise money for the man’s widow. Photo courtesy of Skylar Noe-vack

Community lends a hand after fire

Fundraiser to aid fire victim’s widow

A neighbour to the man who died in a fire on Jan. 12 at Peach Cliff Estates Mobile Home Park in Okanagan Falls has established a GoFundMe account to raise money for the man’s widow. Photo courtesy of Skylar Noe-vack
Summerland’s Justin Kripps finished off the podium in the two-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden slide to fourth in two-man race

Canadians celebrate bittersweet day sliding to fourth in world cup bobsleigh

Summerland’s Justin Kripps finished off the podium in the two-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz Saturday. (Submitted photo)
Strongest Families coaches over smartphones

Strongest Families coaches over smartphones

Penticton Rotary continuing mental wellness work with youth

Strongest Families coaches over smartphones
A Naramata Christmas tree grower says that leaving just one branch attached to the stump will allow the tree to regrow in half the time. (File photo)

Leave a limb, save a tree

Cutting down a Christmas tree doesn’t have to be the end of the story

A Naramata Christmas tree grower says that leaving just one branch attached to the stump will allow the tree to regrow in half the time. (File photo)
The driver of this small car was able to make it to shore safely after her car plunged into Skaha Lake. (Mark Brett/Western News)

Icy dip in the lake

Vehicle goes off road and ends up in Skaha Lake

The driver of this small car was able to make it to shore safely after her car plunged into Skaha Lake. (Mark Brett/Western News)
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