graduate of Penticton High School Paul Kariya, retired NHL player, graduate of Penticton Secondary School Duncan Keith, NHL hockey player, graduate of Penticton Secondary School Alan Kerr, hockey player Shane Koyczan, spoken word poet Spencer Krug, musician from the band Wolf Parade Richard H. Leir, chief of maritime operations for the Canadian navy. Ivan McLelland, Penticton Vees player and 1955 IIHF World Hockey Champion Andy Moog, hockey player Brendan Morrison, NHL hockey player, graduate of Penticton High School Terry David Mulligan, actor and television personality Andi Naude, 2018 Olympian on the Canadian National Ski Team Bob Nicholson, CEO of the Edmonton Oilers Nakai Penny, professional rugby player for the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby Cameron Phillips, radio broadcaster Justin Pogge, hockey player Mike Reno, musician from the band Loverboy Mark Allan Robinson, political activist Alexis Smith, actress Blake Wesley, hockey player Media Radio stations AM 800 – CKOR, soft adult contemporary FM 92.9 - CFUZ-FM, Community radio station Peach City Radio FM 93.7 – CBTP-FM, CBC Radio One FM 97.1 – CJMG-FM, hot contemporary (Sun FM) FM 100.7 – CIGV-FM, country music International relations In early 1975, residents of the Penticton area travelled to Japan, in order to search for business opportunities. They met Kaneyasa Marutani, the mayor of Ikeda, Hokkaido, a town in the Nakagawa regional district of Japan. He claimed that the town was proposing a sister city relationship, and stated that Penticton was a reasonable option, due to its similarities with winery production, cattle industry, and geographic features. Later that year, residents of the Ikeda area toured Penticton and met with the government of Penticton, reaching a decision to become a sister city in 1977. Since 1977, Penticton has served as a sister city of Ikeda. The relationship is one of the oldest in Canada, with a number of residents having exchanged visits to the respective locations annually. In 1993, there was consideration for building a Japanese garden in Penticton, in order to honour their agreement, with the garden's construction beginning in 1997. It is known as the Penticton–Ikeda Japanese Garden. See also Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Penticton Herald Penticton (crater) Penticton (electoral district) List of mayors of Penticton References Footnotes Bibliography External links Cities in British Columbia Populated places in the Okanagan Country Populated places on Okanagan Lake British Columbia populated places on the Okanogan River