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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
Trepanier Manor power disconnected

Power to the struggling Tabletop Mountain development on MacKinnon Road has been disconnected.

 
Hangingstone Properties resurrected, 120 units planned

A multi-family development first proposed six and a half years ago is about to move forward, finally.

 
Cost of policing Peachland to nearly double due to census

Peachland taxpayers could be faced with an increase in policing costs of nearly 100 per cent starting April 1, now that the town’s population has increased to over 5,000 people.

 
Updated: Council keeps anti-gravel-pit bylaw in place

Peachland council is not proceeding with a bylaw recently approved by the Ministry of Mines in favor of an existing bylaw that severely limits the ability to operate a gravel pit in town.

 
Okanagan adventurers take off on world record attempt flight

Parajet pilots from Peachland and Vernon on cross-Australia quest to break world record.

 
Peachland's population surpasses 5,000

Peachland’s population jumped over the 5,000 person threshold in 2011, according to figures released by Statistics Canada Wednesday.

 
Trees cleared from Lambly Park

Minor traffic disruptions took place Tuesday as crews worked to removed trees next to Hwy. 97 and Lambly Park.

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