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Suhaandeep Gill spent last week delivering special treat bags to shelters in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and Mission. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Kid Cupid: Young Abbotsford boy delivers love to the streets with Valentine’s Day bags

Suhaandeep Gill, 7, created thoughtful bags of much-needed items to give to three city shelters

Suhaandeep Gill spent last week delivering special treat bags to shelters in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and Mission. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
Longtime Falkland Stampede volunteer, businessman, baseball fanatic and community friend Ozzie Leaf died on Vancouver Island Saturday, Feb. 11. (Facebook photo)

Falkland pioneer Ozzie Leaf dies at 94

Longtime Stampede volunteer, businessman, moved to Vancouver Island after 89 years in Falkland

Longtime Falkland Stampede volunteer, businessman, baseball fanatic and community friend Ozzie Leaf died on Vancouver Island Saturday, Feb. 11. (Facebook photo)
Turning Points is hosting a comedy fundraiser show at the Kelowna Curling Club on Feb. 18, 2023. (Turning Points)

Hahas for homelessness: Turning Points hosting comedy fundraiser in Kelowna

‘A community is only as resilient as its most vulnerable people’

Turning Points is hosting a comedy fundraiser show at the Kelowna Curling Club on Feb. 18, 2023. (Turning Points)
(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon Winter Carnival’s Polar Bear Swim a real splash

Dozens of people jumped into a frigid Okanagan Lake Saturday

(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Students from KVR Middle School pictured with Penticton mayor and council, following the declaration of Real Acts of Caring week. (Photo- City of Penticton)

Grade 7 students share ‘acts of caring’ with Penticton city council

Mayor Julius Bloomfield declared Feb. 12 to 18, Real Acts of Kindness week in Penticton

Students from KVR Middle School pictured with Penticton mayor and council, following the declaration of Real Acts of Caring week. (Photo- City of Penticton)
The volunteers who maintain Penticton’s outdoor rink on 107 Martin Street. Front row from left to right: Frank Gair, Mark Hammerquist, Cathy Terris, Chris Terris, John Buckley, Lance Zablotney, Patrick Meyer, Chris Araki. Back row from left to right: Gord Barnes, Dave Burgoyne. Missing from picture: Ralph Consolo, Kent Fiske, Lloyd Lindsay, and crew chief Cam Gunning. (Contributed)

Meet the volunteers who make the Okanagan’s newest outdoor rink a reality 7 days a week

‘All of them just want to do something that makes our community better to live in,’ said Gord Barnes

The volunteers who maintain Penticton’s outdoor rink on 107 Martin Street. Front row from left to right: Frank Gair, Mark Hammerquist, Cathy Terris, Chris Terris, John Buckley, Lance Zablotney, Patrick Meyer, Chris Araki. Back row from left to right: Gord Barnes, Dave Burgoyne. Missing from picture: Ralph Consolo, Kent Fiske, Lloyd Lindsay, and crew chief Cam Gunning. (Contributed)
Around 60 students from 12 Central Okanagan schools took part in the First Lego League Challenge on Saturday at UBCO. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Central Okanagan students take part in Lego challenge at UBCO

12 teams from various schools took part in the competition

Around 60 students from 12 Central Okanagan schools took part in the First Lego League Challenge on Saturday at UBCO. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Project Mama Duck is a new pedestrian safety program run by the Ridge Meadows RCMP Road Safety Target Team, which is seen here crouching next to a goose. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)

RCMP launches new Project Mama Duck pedestrian safety program in B.C. city

The RSTT educational program focuses on the Maple Ridge area of Lougheed Highway

Project Mama Duck is a new pedestrian safety program run by the Ridge Meadows RCMP Road Safety Target Team, which is seen here crouching next to a goose. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)
Ari Chouinard and Livie Redel at a figure skating practice at Chase Arena with the Shuswap Skating Club. The club is fundraising to host a Skate Canada Interclub competiton in November 2023 with a teddy bear toss program and more. (Shuswap Skating Club photo)

Shuswap figure skating club fundraising to host Skate Canada competition

Club asking for donations of stuffed animals for traditional teddy bear toss

Ari Chouinard and Livie Redel at a figure skating practice at Chase Arena with the Shuswap Skating Club. The club is fundraising to host a Skate Canada Interclub competiton in November 2023 with a teddy bear toss program and more. (Shuswap Skating Club photo)
Rutland Retros. (Instagram)
Rutland Retros. (Instagram)
Guests at the chocolatier class learned numerous techniques, including marbling, molding and melting (Bowen Assman- Morning Star)

MUST SEE: Chocolate Making at Cotton’s in Vernon

Guests were treated to a sweet class on the art of chocolatiering at Vernon store

Guests at the chocolatier class learned numerous techniques, including marbling, molding and melting (Bowen Assman- Morning Star)
The Tryzub dance group and Ukrainian merited artist Ihor Bohdan will be performing in two fundraiser concerts in the South Okanagan, including one at Venables Theatre in Oliver. (Venables Theatre)
The Tryzub dance group and Ukrainian merited artist Ihor Bohdan will be performing in two fundraiser concerts in the South Okanagan, including one at Venables Theatre in Oliver. (Venables Theatre)
Lake Country Museum and Archives
Lake Country Museum and Archives
Artwork from students at BX Elementary will be available to view around numerous establishments in Vernon. The art pictured (left) is from Lyla P, Grade 7 student.

Elementary students’ works of art featured around Vernon

“The quality of this work is way beyond what we would expect from kids this age”

Artwork from students at BX Elementary will be available to view around numerous establishments in Vernon. The art pictured (left) is from Lyla P, Grade 7 student.
St. John Ambulance volunteers at a cardiac arrest training session in Kelowna on Feb. 7, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Staying alive: St. John Ambulance volunteers always training to keep people safe

The volunteer group provides first aid services as Okanagan community events

St. John Ambulance volunteers at a cardiac arrest training session in Kelowna on Feb. 7, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The Cheese and Meat Festival is coming to Kelowna on May 13. (Cheese and Meat Festival/Facebook)

It’ll be a gouda time at the Cheese and Meat Festival in Kelowna

The event is happening at the Laurel Packinghouse on Saturday, May 13

The Cheese and Meat Festival is coming to Kelowna on May 13. (Cheese and Meat Festival/Facebook)
Black Phoenix Tea Room is located at 2459 Main Street in West Kelowna. (Helen Ive/Facebook)

Turning a dream into reality: West Kelowna woman opens new coffee shop

Felisha Xavier dreamed for more than 10 years of owning her own coffee shop

Black Phoenix Tea Room is located at 2459 Main Street in West Kelowna. (Helen Ive/Facebook)
Kelowna’s new snowblower machine has been named Snownado. (City of Kelowna)
Kelowna’s new snowblower machine has been named Snownado. (City of Kelowna)
The Kelowna RCMP’s held their third and final ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event of January was held at Bean Scene on Pandosy Street.The Vernon North Okanagan detachment’s officer in charge, Supt. Shawna Baher, hosts Coffee with a Cop specifically for seniors at Vernon’s Schubert Centre Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. (Black Press - file photo)

Coffee with a Cop extends cups to Vernon seniors

Coffee with a Cop focuses on seniors and their concerns, Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Schubert Cewntre

The Kelowna RCMP’s held their third and final ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event of January was held at Bean Scene on Pandosy Street.The Vernon North Okanagan detachment’s officer in charge, Supt. Shawna Baher, hosts Coffee with a Cop specifically for seniors at Vernon’s Schubert Centre Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. (Black Press - file photo)
The winning ice sculpture was created as an ode to Star Wars’ The Mandalorian (Bowen Assman - Morning Star)
The winning ice sculpture was created as an ode to Star Wars’ The Mandalorian (Bowen Assman - Morning Star)