Local news from Peachland and area.
Former one-term Councillor Keith Thom is hoping to make a comeback on Peachland council this fall. Before retirement, Thom owned and operated Green Forest Landscape & Design and Positive Impact Training Consultants, the latter of which specialized in occupational health ...
Randey Brophy has joined the ranks of people vying for a seat on Peachland council. After receiving a BA from Simon Fraser University’s Commerce and Economics program, Brophy spent 30 years with BC TEL/TELUS as a senior product manager. Since ...
Retired entrepreneur Rainer Udala is hoping he will have a chance to make a difference on Peachland council this year. Udala might be best known in Peachland as the original owner of Beach Avenue Rentals and the Beach Ave Cafe ...
Peachland resident Alena Glasman has put her name forward for a seat at council this fall. While Glasman is a relative newcomer to Peachland having arrived in June 2020, she first visited Peachland in 1996, fell in love with the ...
Joanne Layh Porchlight Developments’ proposal for a four-storey 84-unit multi-residential building in the Clements neighbourhood received third reading from Peachland council last week. The developers are proposing to amend the OCP for a portion of the property from Low Density ...
Peachland View An All Candidates Debate Forum has been organized by the Peachland Community Debate Committee, which is made up of consortium of local community groups. The event will take place at the Peachland Community Centre on Oct 3. Doors ...
Joanne Layh Originally from Ottawa, Ingram received a Bachelor of Mathematics (Computer Science) from the University of Waterloo followed by a career as a software entrepreneur and technology/business development consultant before moving to Peachland in 2016. Since 2015 Ingram has ...
Peachland View The 2022 general election nomination period is over and candidates for Mayor, Councillor and School Trustee have been declared: Candidates for Mayor are Keith Fielding, Cindy Fortin and Patrick Van Minsel. This year Peachland has 13 candidates for ...
Rick Ingram Welcome to the second progress update on the Peachland Hub project. It’s been about two and a half months since the first update – and a lot has happened. We established a Design Project Committee (the “DPC”) to ...
UPDATE: On Friday afternoon BC Wildfire Service designated the Jack Creek wildfire as ‘being held’, and the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded the Evacuation Alert for 17 Central Okanagan West Electoral Area properties along Maxwell Rd (4305-4495) . ...
Joanne Layh Mayoral candidate Patrick Van Minsel officially released his campaign platform on Tuesday, along with launching an online survey to gather public opinion about various issues. On the leadership front, Van Minsel promises to establish a strong team with ...
Joanne Layh Councillor Pam Cunningham announced this week that she’ll be seeking a seat at the council table for a third term. “I was a little bit on the fence about six months ago but I had a lot of ...
Joanne Layh Peachland Councillor Mike Kent announced this week that he’ll be seeking a third term in the upcoming municipal election. Kent says he is committed to sound fiscal management of Peachland tax dollars, pointing to council’s modest 2.27 per ...
