Just three years after it was created, the city’s social development department has two staff, a quarter-million-dollar budget and finally a plan to guide its efforts.
Snowboarders will descend upon Gyro Park in downtown Penticton – yes, you read that right – as part of the inaugural Frost Fest Winter Carnival on Jan. 20.
Penticton business leaders are calling on the B.C. government to be more sensitive to local needs, following a flood of announcements that have redrawn the provincial housing landscape.