Sickle Point News Today

A november surprise. The first battle for georgia governor. The republican super vicing the same race he is running in now accusing democrats of Election Hacking without a single piece of evidence. His democratic rival, shes having none of it. Instead of owning up to his responsibility and honoring his commitment, that he is once again misleading georgia. You heard just it, ill say it again, a Record Number of women, thats right, women, running for congress for senate for governor. How these tra...

The series on introductory trails continues this week with the Skaha Lake Loop, between Penticton and Okanagan Falls.

Image Credit: Google street view May 13, 2021 - 8:30 AM Controversy is brewing over a proposal for Summerland to sell a narrow strip of Okanagan lake frontage to five private property owners in Trout Creek. Five residential lots were created along the lake on Landry Crescent in 2005 with a provision for a walkway between the private property lines and the high water mark of Okanagan Lake. However, when the District of Summerland began constructing the trail, a decision was ma...

Image Credit: FACEBOOK/Sickle Point April 28, 2021 - 8:33 AM A controversial five-acre property on the shore of Skaha Lake in the South Okanagan has been purchased by an anonymous Vancouver family. Regional district Kaleden director Subrina Montieth says the family has bought Sickle Point with preservation goals in mind. The five-acre Skaha Lake shoreline property has been the subject of controversy for several decades, with environmental and conservation groups arguing for ...

FILE PHOTO - A concept drawing of the Vinterra subdivision at 1050 Spiller Rd. in Penticton is pictured in this submitted image. The Penticton Indian Band has expressed its support for a recent Penticton city council decision not to allow the rezoning of a subdivision proposal on Spiller Road that would have seen increased densification. Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Canada Horizons February 22, 2021 - 4:18 PM The Penticton Indian Band is praising Penticton city council’s decisio...

Re: Tentative Sickle Point sale

Residents of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen’s Electoral “I” region, excluding Apex, had their first chance to speak to RDOS staff about a proposed multi-million dollar loan to purchase Sickle Point in Kaleden at a virtual town hall Wednesday night.