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Seniors Safety Fair
The 15th Annual Seniors Safety Fair is returning to Kelowna on Wednesday, June 12th with a wide variety of resources and information geared toward seniors and...
Blossom Time Fair ends
The Auxiliaries to KGH Foundation thank our friends, families, Cottonwoods Care Centre staff and residents, as well as dozens of volunteers for all their hard...
SilverStar raises
SilverStar Mountain Resort presented a cheque for $540 to the Arts Council of the North Okanagan on Thursday. The funds were raised at a SEISMIC Spring...
Stronger Together
WHO: Stronger Together Kelowna, volunteer co-chaired by postpartum depression survivors. WHAT: A one-of-kind event to be held at the Rotary Centre for the Arts...
Youth led projects receive
This spring, the Central Okanagan Foundation for Youth (COFFY) and United Way’s GenNext contributed $9,500 to support five youth led projects based in the...
Valley First for BrainTrust
Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, is providing continued funding to BrainTrust Canada’s “E-BrainTrust” program to support...
Morningside Rotary helps
A donation from the Morningside Rotary Club just made it possible for more young parents to complete their education through the purchase of five new laptops...
Mental Health week
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Vernon & District Branch is kicked off its annual Mental Health Week (May 6 -12) celebrations with a new...
Hockey, Golf & Giving Back
This weekend saw a combination of three Okanagan passions coming together for one huge day of fun – Hockey, Golf & Giving Back. The 1st annual...
Quarters for kittens
On May 5th nine year olds and best friends Jada and Layla raised $143 for quarters for kittens, a charity the two came up with to donate to SPCA. The girls even...
Chatsworth donates to RSS
Residents of the Chartwell Chatsworth Retirement Residence love to support kids in the community. Over the past few years the Chatsworth community fundraisers...
Let the bidding begin!
It is official…the United Way North Okanagan Spring Online Auction is open for bidding. There are already over 70 local items available to be bid on,...
Girl club for diverse abilities
GIRLS CLUB, a club for GIRLS with neuro-developmental differences, is gaining provincial attention with three recent nominations in the Autism BC - Excellence...
WALK FOR LOVE Kelowna
The Gizeh Shriners of British Columbia and Yukon are bringing the Shriners' Hospitals for Children WALK FOR LOVE to Kelowna! This family-centered event...
Seniors Society gets grant
BC Hydro is providing a $3,300 grant to Sicamous and District Seniors Centre Society to support a project promoting energy efficiency. These funds are being...
Walk for Alzheimer's
Are you one of the two-thirds of British Columbians who have personally known someone living with dementia? If you are living with dementia or know someone else...
Bike week registration open
Central Okanagan residents are urged to join thousands of others as they hop on their bikes this spring to commute to and from work, school and other daily...
Successful fundraiser
On April 14,2019 Front Street Gallery in Penticton converted the gallery to a Tea Shop for this year’s Cancer Society Fundraiser. April is known as...
Officer honoured
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Traffic Services officer, Cst. Gary McLaughlin was honoured over the weekend by the Internal Order of Daughters of the Empire (IODE)...
RCMP specialist honoured
During a recent gathering inside the Kelowna Detachment, members of the International Order of Daughters of the Empire (IODE) honoured a local RCMP officer for...