QUIZ: A celebration of summer fun

Valdy performs at the 2019 ROOTSandBLUES Festival. Do you know which communitiy hosts this iconic B.C. music festival? (Black Press file photo)
There are plenty of summertime activites to enjoy during the last weeks of August

Planned ignitions were successful on Aug. 11 at the Keremeos Creek wildfire. (BC Wildfire Service)

High temperatures challenge firefighters working Keremeos Creek wildfire
Lightning strikes in B.C. between August 10 and 13, 2022 (BC Wildfire Service/Facebook)

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A man is presumed drowned after falling into the water at the downtown Kelowna marina Saturday evening. (Facebook)

Possible drowning at downtown Kelowna marina
BC Lions kicker Sean Whyte, left, celebrates his winning field goal with defensive end Obum Gwacham (98) near game end CFL football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Saturday Aug. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal

B.C. Lions chase down Calgary Stampeders with 41-40 comeback win
RCMP on scene outside Kelowna home. (Jordy Cunningham/ Kelowna Capital News)

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While the overall percentage of COVID patients who experienced ear-related issues is unknown, research suggests the virus can infect the inner ear and cause hearing and balance issues.

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    Lightning strikes in Kelowna on Aug. 11. (Landon Hemmes- Instagram)

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    Canadian jazz piano impresario Oscar Peterson sits at a piano in a television studio in a January 26, 1963, handout photo. Peterson is the subject of the documentary “Oscar Peterson: Black + White,” which premieres Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Archives Radio-Canada, Andre Le Coz,

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    Paramedics in B.C. responded to about 210 heat-related patient events during the July 2022 heat wave. According to the BC Coroners Service, 16 people died. (APBC image)

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    A two-vehicle collision at Eckhardt Avenue and Riverside Drive in Penticton on July 21. (Brennan Phillips- Western News)

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    Man dies following altercation outside Kelowna nightclub

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    Team Quebec's Olivier Rioux plays in a men's basketball quarterfinal game against Team Alberta at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Welland, Ontario Thursday, August 11, 2022. The 16-year-old from Anjou, Quebec is 7-foot-6 and recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest teen in the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton

    Quebec’s Olivier Rioux, world’s tallest teen, chasing hoops dream at Canada Games

    Teen who stands 7’6” hopes to go pro some day

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    Summerland Men’s Club counts net golf scores.

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    Frosty, the rare white orca from California, was spotted near Telegraph Cove B.C. recently. (Scott Turton photo)

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    Northern Cherries Inc. and Jealous Fruits Ltd. are packing up shipments this month

    Shuswap nature photographer Ron Banville pays close attention to the birds that nest in Salmon Arm’s bird sanctuary, and has captured numerous images of ducklings, goslings, grebettes and other newborn birds. (Ron Banville photo)

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    FILE - Anne Heche arrives at the premiere of “The Tender Bar” on Dec. 12, 2021, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Heche was in the hospital Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, following an accident in which her car smashed into a house and flames erupted, a representative for the actor told People magazine. The representative, who was not identified, told the magazine that Heche was in stable condition a day after Friday’s accident. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

    Anne Heche, TV, film and stage actor, dies at 53 from injuries sustained in LA car crash

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    Tyler Scott Hoover, a professional Spider-Man cosplayer and model, is pictured in the classic costume of the Marvel comic superhero. In August 2022, as the iconic character marks 60 years in the vast, imaginative world of comic books, movies and merchandise, fans like Hoover reflect on Spider-Man’s appeal across race, gender and nationality. (Tyler Scott Hoover via AP)

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      The statue of Egerton Ryerson was a prominent feature at the campus that bore his name, Today, the statue is gone and the school has been named Toronto Metropolitan University. (Wikimedia Commons)

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