Tag Archives: People
Major gift to Okanagan College from Kelowna couple
Okanagan College's 'Our Students and Your Health Campaign' has received a large donation from a retired Kelowna couple. Jim Hodgson and Joy Bianco are donating $30,000 to Okanagan College's Health Sci...
Jan 29, 2021
Hotel Zed brings back Valentines nooner campaign
A B.C. hotel chain hopes couples take a pregnant pause this Valentine's Day by offering a spicy midday room rate and an even bigger promotion if the stay proves to be a fruitful one.Hotel Zed has retr...
Jan 29, 2021
Veteran educator retires
After nearly three decades with School District 23 Assistant Superintendent Dr. Rick Oliver is retiring."We are all grateful to Dr. Oliver for his exemplary leadership and years of service to our Dist...
Jan 29, 2021
Sport organizations receive provincial relief funding
Fifty community sport organizations in the Interior, including 32 in the Okanagan-Shuswap, will receive financial support from the province's $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund. COVID-19 has resulte...
Jan 21, 2021
Kelowna woman wins largest ever scratch and win prize
Kelowna's Darlene Curylo is $3 million richer after purchasing a 'Triple Millions Scratch & Win', the largest instant win ticket ever awarded in B.C. Curylo stopped at the Circle K Convenience Sto...
Jan 21, 2021
Businesses hope NHL season brings benefits amid the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The sound of steel on a sharpening wheel will be heard in NHL arenas across the continent Wednesday (Jan. 13). The best players in the world will lace up their skates, as the National Hocke...
Jan 14, 2021
Helicopter crash victims identified as parents, two children in family of seven
DEBOLT, Alta. - Four people who died in a helicopter crash on New Year's Day were identified by loved ones Sunday as members of a strong and loving farm family from a tight-knit community in northern ...
Jan 03, 2021
Big White beefs up security for NYE
Big White Ski Resort is encouraging its guests, staff and residents to follow the Provincial Health Office orders and ring in 2021 on December 31 with only their immediate household bubble. Due to COV...
Dec 31, 2020
'If not now, then when?' COVID-19 spurs some Canadians to make big changes
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home. Some are leaning i...
Dec 29, 2020
Legalized: A look at the retail cannabis industry in Kamloops
On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country in the world to legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis. While other provinces were more prepared for the rollout of legal weed, Kamloops...
Dec 16, 2020
