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Seniors Safety Fair

Seniors Safety Fair

May 24, 2019 / 12:00 pm

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

Blossom Time Fair ends

May 24, 2019 / 9:00 am

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 raises

May 23, 2019 / 10:00 am

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

Stronger Together

May 22, 2019 / 2:52 pm

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

Youth led projects receive

May 18, 2019 / 7:00 am

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 for BrainTrust

May 17, 2019 / 9:27 am

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

Morningside Rotary helps

May 12, 2019 / 9:00 am

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

Mental Health week

May 11, 2019 / 8:00 am

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

Hockey, Golf & Giving Back

May 10, 2019 / 9:00 am

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

Quarters for kittens

May 9, 2019 / 8:00 am

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

Chatsworth donates to RSS

May 8, 2019 / 10:00 am

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!

Let the bidding begin!

May 7, 2019 / 7:00 am

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

Girl club for diverse abilities

May 6, 2019 / 9:40 am

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

WALK FOR LOVE Kelowna

May 2, 2019 / 4:22 pm

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

Seniors Society gets grant

Apr 30, 2019 / 7:00 am

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

Walk for Alzheimer's

Apr 29, 2019 / 11:37 am

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

Bike week registration open

Apr 25, 2019 / 3:00 pm

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

Successful fundraiser

Apr 25, 2019 / 10:43 am

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

Officer honoured

Apr 19, 2019 / 7:00 am

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

RCMP specialist honoured

Apr 18, 2019 / 10:00 am

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...

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