Penticton, British Columbia

Penticton sits between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake in the South Okanagan, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) people, next to the Penticton Indian Band. The City of Penticton runs more utilities than most BC cities: its own ELECTRIC UTILITY, the water treatment plant and water system, sewers and the wastewater plant, all billed monthly on one City utility bill. It also runs planning and building permits, business licences, Bylaw Services and Animal Care and Control with its own shelter, roads and snow clearing, three-cart curbside collection (garbage weekly, recycling and yard waste every two weeks), the Penticton Fire Department (two halls), emergency preparedness, parks and beaches, the Penticton Community Centre and pool, arenas, the South Okanagan Events Centre, Cleland Theatre, the museum and archives, the Penticton Public Library (a City library board) and the cemetery. Policing is the Penticton RCMP detachment; transit is the Penticton Transit System run with BC Transit; the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen runs the Campbell Mountain landfill and regional services; health care is Interior Health (Penticton Regional Hospital); and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.