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This historic photo is an aerial view of Kelowna dating back to 1930. The photo was shared to the Old Kelowna Facebook page by Steven James.

A look back at Kelowna’s past

Aerial view of Kelowna circa 1930

  • Mar 9, 2023
This historic photo is an aerial view of Kelowna dating back to 1930. The photo was shared to the Old Kelowna Facebook page by Steven James.
The Grade 2 students from St. James School outside of the Wholesale Grocery store after purchasing items for the Mission Food Bank. (Contributed)

Grade 2 students feed less fortunate in Vernon

The students raised over $400 for the Upper Room Mission and local blessing box

The Grade 2 students from St. James School outside of the Wholesale Grocery store after purchasing items for the Mission Food Bank. (Contributed)
Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)

‘I fell in love with it’: Salmon Arm woman always wanted to be a firefighter

Fire department celebrates its female firefighters on International Women’s Day

Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)
Hungry Bear Power Bites Café is opening on April 1, inside the Penticton airport. (Photo- Penticton Regional Airport)

New café opening inside Penticton Regional Airport

Hungry Bear Power Bites Café opens on April 1

Hungry Bear Power Bites Café is opening on April 1, inside the Penticton airport. (Photo- Penticton Regional Airport)
Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)

BC RCMP asks youth to help ‘Name the Puppies’

The RCMP is asking for help in naming 13 German Shepherd puppies that will be born this year

Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Kelowna International Airport. (File)

Look to book your next vacation at Kelowna International Airport Spring Travel show

The event is taking place at the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence on March 11

Kelowna International Airport. (File)
Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)

PHOTOS: ‘This beautiful work’: Sts’ailes First Nation welcomes 29 baskets home

Ancestral baskets repatriated to First Nation from Kilby Historic Site

Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)
Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)

Okanagan College gets a jolt in electronic donation

Alumnus Yael Cohen donating $80,000 to the school’s electronics engineering technology program

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)
K.J. Cloutier holds up a copy of her book Beyond the Horizon, published on Feb. 7 2023, which she has been working on in some iteration since she was 14 years old. (Contributed)

Shuswap author pens fantasy pirate novel 17 years in the making

K.J. Cloutier never gave up on her dream of publishing a book she wanted to read as a teen

K.J. Cloutier holds up a copy of her book Beyond the Horizon, published on Feb. 7 2023, which she has been working on in some iteration since she was 14 years old. (Contributed)
(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)

Polar Plunge raises funds for Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna

Over $5,500 was raised during the cold dip in Okanagan Lake

(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)
The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

PHOTOS: Thousands enjoy the signs of spring at Penticton Home and Reno Show

Within two hours, more than 2,500 people walked through the show’s doors

The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)
Performers from the previous Okanagan Military Tattoo are seen on stage at Kal Tire Place. (Contributed)

Okanagan Military Tattoo marches into Kal Tire Place

Vernon’s largest annual indoor event gets going on July 29, 2023.

Performers from the previous Okanagan Military Tattoo are seen on stage at Kal Tire Place. (Contributed)
A pair of bald eagles spotted by Alexander Pascal in Enderby. (Alexander Pascal photo)

PHOTOS: Eagles, swans spotted in Enderby area

Alexander Pascal captured pictures of the birds

A pair of bald eagles spotted by Alexander Pascal in Enderby. (Alexander Pascal photo)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Photos: United Way breakfast in Penticton raises over $23,000

The 11th annual Drive-Thru Breakfast had another successful year

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)
Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)
(KCR/Submitted)

KCR: A workshop for volunteer managers

These columns are contributed by the KCR Community Resources

  • Mar 2, 2023
(KCR/Submitted)
Lake Country Food Bank. (Brittany Webster/the Calendar)

Lake Country Food Bank battling misconceptions around assistance

The organization posted a video to Facebook to educate the community

Lake Country Food Bank. (Brittany Webster/the Calendar)
South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)

B.C. Grade 3 student ‘one of world’s brightest’

Zhiji Dong was among highest scorers in Center for Talented Youth assessment

South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)
St. John Ambulance therapy dog Cooper spreading the love at a seniors’ residence in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs spreading joy in the Okanagan

Capital News joined labradoodle Cooper as he was hard at work at Vineyards Residence in Kelowna

St. John Ambulance therapy dog Cooper spreading the love at a seniors’ residence in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
(Kevin Blakely/Facebook)

PHOTOS: Northern Lights display over Lake Country

The Aurora Borealis graced the sky with a pink and green light show

(Kevin Blakely/Facebook)