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The Telus Kelowna Cup returns to Big White Ski Resort for the ninth time this Saturday, Feb. 25th. (@BigWhite/Twitter)

Telus Kelowna Cup returns to Big White for 9th year

Registration for Saturday’s event closes at on Friday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m.

The Telus Kelowna Cup returns to Big White Ski Resort for the ninth time this Saturday, Feb. 25th. (@BigWhite/Twitter)
Third Space Charity executive director Karen Mason (at right) interviewed counsellor and founder of This Space Belongs to You, Meaghan Duckett for the first episode of Mental Health Matters, a new TV segment produced with Shaw Spotlight in Kelowna.

Kelowna-produced TV show puts spotlight on mental health

Mental Health Matters is a collaboration with Third Space Charity

Third Space Charity executive director Karen Mason (at right) interviewed counsellor and founder of This Space Belongs to You, Meaghan Duckett for the first episode of Mental Health Matters, a new TV segment produced with Shaw Spotlight in Kelowna.
Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College student recruits plasma donors to earn $3K bursary

Taylor Hubick had 23 people donor plasma in a six-month span

Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)
Photos from the Vernon Star Country Square Dance open house last week. (Contributed)

PHOTOS: Busting a groove with Vernon’s Citizen of the Year

The Vernon Star Country Square Dance open house featured 100-year-old Helen Sidney

Photos from the Vernon Star Country Square Dance open house last week. (Contributed)
Richard Hartwick places the steering wheel on one of his current model boat projects, a motorized mahogany model Chris-Craft. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Miracle Man: Keeping busy, staying happy aids Salmon Arm man’s fight with cancer

‘They gave me eight months to live when they found out I had these tumours.’

Richard Hartwick places the steering wheel on one of his current model boat projects, a motorized mahogany model Chris-Craft. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
A portion of sales from hot cross buns on Apr. 1 will go towards the HOPE Outreach Center. (HOPE Outreach- Facebook)

Vernon’s Cobs Bread doughnating to HOPE Outreach

The annual fundraising event gets going on Mar. 1

A portion of sales from hot cross buns on Apr. 1 will go towards the HOPE Outreach Center. (HOPE Outreach- Facebook)
Chester Demchuk (left) and Ryan Davis (right) are among the clients at Penticton’s Discovery House who have spent weeks cooking for the annual Soup is Good Food fundraiser. (Logan Lockhart, Western News)

Soup’s on at Discovery House’s 12th annual fundraiser in Penticton

The addiction treatment program’s beloved Soup is Good Food is back

Chester Demchuk (left) and Ryan Davis (right) are among the clients at Penticton’s Discovery House who have spent weeks cooking for the annual Soup is Good Food fundraiser. (Logan Lockhart, Western News)
Dan Goodale celebrating on his walk around Shuswap Lake in 1979. (Contributed)

27 Days Around Shuswap Lake: Man publishes diary of journey to fulfill lifelong dream

‘I wanted it to be just like they are walking with me’: Dan Goodale’s 1979 adventure a part of history

Dan Goodale celebrating on his walk around Shuswap Lake in 1979. (Contributed)
National Heritage Week takes place Feb. 20-26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Kelowna not always the hub: National Heritage Week starts tomorrow

The kick-off event was hosted at the Kelowna Community Theatre

National Heritage Week takes place Feb. 20-26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
(Black Press file photo)

Nominate an outstanding person for Lake Country Citizen of the Year

Nominations for the Sax Koyama Award open until Feb. 28

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The week of Feb. 19 to 24 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada. (Black Press file photo)

QUIZ: How much do you know about your freedom to read?

Feb. 19 to 24 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada

The week of Feb. 19 to 24 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada. (Black Press file photo)
Dine and Chat seniors group in Kelowna celebrated their fifth anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Deli City Cafe. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Dine and Chat Kelowna seniors club celebrates 5th anniversary

The group celebrated with karaoke and dancing at Deli City Cafe

Dine and Chat seniors group in Kelowna celebrated their fifth anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Deli City Cafe. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Dogs up for adoption at Paws It Forward were available for a meet and greet at Tail Blazers on K.L.O. Road in Kelowna on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 18). (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Meet and greet in Kelowna takes place to help surrendered dogs find a home

Paws It Forward recently received 24 golden retrievers and are expecting more

Dogs up for adoption at Paws It Forward were available for a meet and greet at Tail Blazers on K.L.O. Road in Kelowna on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 18). (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
A charity basketball game took place at Cst. Neil Bruce School on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 16) between the grade eight boys and girls team combined and a team made up of members of the Westbank First Nation, West Kelowna Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers, and even former students. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Charity basketball game in West Kelowna a slam dunk

More than 1,000 perishable food items were donated

A charity basketball game took place at Cst. Neil Bruce School on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 16) between the grade eight boys and girls team combined and a team made up of members of the Westbank First Nation, West Kelowna Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers, and even former students. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
Shuswap resident Teresa Olynyk captured photos of beautiful ‘ice caves’ or tents on Little Shuswap Lake on Feb. 15, 2023.

Resident thrilled with ‘ice caves’ rising up near shore of Little Shuswap Lake

Peaked ridges, not as tent-like, arose in Salmon Arm Bay on Shuswap Lake in February 2022

Shuswap resident Teresa Olynyk captured photos of beautiful ‘ice caves’ or tents on Little Shuswap Lake on Feb. 15, 2023.
The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation celebrated a $100,000 donation with a ribbon cutting on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo- SOS Medical Foundation/Instagram, from left to right: Lissette Little – Director of Development SOSMF, Sally Ginter- CEO SOSMF, Heather Pahlberg – Board Director, SOSMF, Pat & Herb Wycherley, Ramesh Rikhi – Board Director SOSMF, Ilene Steele, Teresa Fortune – Manager Clinical Operations SOGH, Carole Bird – Board Director, SOSMF, Peter Steele, SOSMF Chair)

Oliver hospital’s trauma room gets upgrade after $100k donation

Herb and Pat Wycherley’s donation capped off the room’s final renovations

The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation celebrated a $100,000 donation with a ribbon cutting on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo- SOS Medical Foundation/Instagram, from left to right: Lissette Little – Director of Development SOSMF, Sally Ginter- CEO SOSMF, Heather Pahlberg – Board Director, SOSMF, Pat & Herb Wycherley, Ramesh Rikhi – Board Director SOSMF, Ilene Steele, Teresa Fortune – Manager Clinical Operations SOGH, Carole Bird – Board Director, SOSMF, Peter Steele, SOSMF Chair)
Wayne Matthews died on Jan. 23, 2023 at 82 years. He was a city councillor in Salmon Arm for 12 years. (File photo)

Salmon Arm council takes time to remember longtime councillor

Councillor who served for 12 years passed away in January

Wayne Matthews died on Jan. 23, 2023 at 82 years. He was a city councillor in Salmon Arm for 12 years. (File photo)
Pet Friendly Penticton founder Kona Sankey and another volunteer spent a windy Monday cleaning up the dog beach at Okanagan Lake during Acts of Kindness week in Penticton. (Submitted)

Pet Friendly Penticton cleans up dog beach during Real Acts of Caring Week

Another volunteer clean up is planned for Friday on Main Street and the KVR Trail

Pet Friendly Penticton founder Kona Sankey and another volunteer spent a windy Monday cleaning up the dog beach at Okanagan Lake during Acts of Kindness week in Penticton. (Submitted)
The YMCA of South Interior BC will have family-friendly activities on the Family Day holiday on Monday, Feb. 20. (YMCA of Southern Interior BC/Contributed)

Kelowna YMCA celebrates Family Day

The YMCA of the South Interior BC will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Family Day

The YMCA of South Interior BC will have family-friendly activities on the Family Day holiday on Monday, Feb. 20. (YMCA of Southern Interior BC/Contributed)
This historic photo is of the flowers outside of the aquatic centre in City Park, circa 1960s. It was shared to the Old Kelowna Facebook page by Steven James.

City Park in the sixties

This historic photo is of the flowers outside of the aquatic centre…

  • Feb 16, 2023
This historic photo is of the flowers outside of the aquatic centre in City Park, circa 1960s. It was shared to the Old Kelowna Facebook page by Steven James.
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