Dave Preston

Publisher of PeachlandNews.com, journalist, writer

 
Crime Stoppers: Kelowna's Most Wanted

PeachlandNews.com has teamed up with Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers to bring you Kelowna’s Most Wanted

 
PCAC Announces literary competition winners

Saturday was an exciting day for the winners of the Peachland Community Arts Council Literary Competition.

 
Open house for downtown development proposal

Peachlanders will find out Thursday what the plans are for the first downtown development to be proposed in a long time.

 
Gladstone house burned down by firefighters

Peachland Fire and Rescue Service was allowed to use the vacant house for practice for a month and on Sunday firefighters burned it down.

 
Off road experience

There were no injuries reported Saturday night when a SUV went off the road and landed in the ditch between Hwy. 97 and Huston Road.

 
Update: Wanted Kelowna parolee captured in Quesnel

On January 19 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Aaron Craig Sutherland, 34, after he failed to report to his halfway house in Kelowna from Kent Institution.

 
Updated: Residents don't want playground in Morrison Park

Residents near Morrison Park are telling the District of Peachland not to build a playground because of a lack of parking and a lack of kids in the area.

 
Friday Facebook Frame of Mind: Transit

PeachlandNews.com has posted a new poll on our Facebook Page about transit in Peachland. Let us know what you think about this subject.

 
Peachland: The Oliver Twist of Central Okanagan transit

The transit system in Peachland sucks miserably. Before telling us to do our part in reducing GHGs and contributing more to lessening the burden of traffic on area roads, fix the damn bus problem in Peachland.

 
Squally Point: Shades of black and white

Not everything is black and white, though a colour photograph of Squally Point taken early in the morning certainly looks like it.

 
Central Okanagan unsolved crimes (Feb. 16, 2012)

Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers is looking to solve several crimes committed in the Central Okanagan recently.

 
Thorne Road residents one step closer to water

It took 30 years, but supplying municipal water to Thorne Road residents is now in the district’s financial plan.

 
120-unit Hangingstone going to public hearing

The 120-unit Hangingstone Properties multi-family development will go to public hearing later this month.

 
Building code 'solar ready' amendment put off

An uncertain economy faced off with greenhouse gas reduction Tuesday as Peachland council wrestled with whether to make home builders fork out more money in the future.

 
Engineers find structural problem with comm. centre stage

The stage in the Peachland Community Centre was not entirely safe for the public to use and it appears the structure has been that way for some time.

 
Sheriff ordered to seize Trepanier Manor partner's assets

The Canadian Western Bank wants its mortgage money from the Trepanier Manor project and is going after assets owned by one of its partners.

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