Gord Goble

1 week ago | kelownanow.com | Gord Goble

For two days at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre this past weekend, folks forgot all about stuff like the federal election, tariffs, the economy, bizarre threats of annexation and potential spring snowfalls.

1 week ago | kelownanow.com | Gord Goble

Black balloons mixed with tears and heartbreak – and a little hope too – Monday morning on the Penticton waterfront during the ninth annual commemoration of a 2016 provincial government declaration that BC was home to a public health emergency. On April 14, 2016, then provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall, citing a dramatic increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths over the prior two years, officially declared the emergency.

3 weeks ago | kelownanow.com | Gord Goble

Is it the most fun you can have in Penticton in the off-season? We met a whole bunch of people in the past couple weeks who certainly think so. It was the fourth edition of the welcome-to-spring celebration of music, art and sometimes straight-up weirdness known as Ignite the Arts. And it was nothing if not adventurous. It was loud too. And occasionally quiet. It was exciting. And then thoughtful. It was young. And a bit more...mature.

3 weeks ago | kelownanow.com | Gord Goble

So far, 2024 has been the year of the female at Penticton's Many Hats Theatre Co. The action kicked off Feb. 7 with Norm Foster's "The Ladies Foursome," an exceedingly lighthearted story about a group of women meeting for a round of golf just days after one of their foursome died a tragic-yet-somehow-comical death when hit by lightning while perched atop a Ferris wheel.

3 weeks ago | kelownanow.com | Gord Goble

An exhaustive City staff presentation of some 15-plus minutes wasn’t enough to stem the tide. And ultimately, Penticton City council voted quickly and unanimously during its regular Tuesday meeting to squash a staff recommendation that would have seen the face of one of downtown's perennial sore spots, Nanaimo Square, altered rather dramatically in the name of public safety.