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Graphically Hip in Penticton is donating proceeds from its sales of the “I’m brOKen” t-shirt in support of mental health initiatives. (Photo- Canadian Mental Health Association)

‘I’m brOKen’: Graphically Hip in Penticton donates $550 in t-shirt sales to mental health

Money has been donated to the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association

Graphically Hip in Penticton is donating proceeds from its sales of the “I’m brOKen” t-shirt in support of mental health initiatives. (Photo- Canadian Mental Health Association)
The Grade 2 students from St. James School outside of the Wholesale Grocery store after purchasing items for the Mission Food Bank. (Contributed)

Grade 2 students feed less fortunate in Vernon

The students raised over $400 for the Upper Room Mission and local blessing box

The Grade 2 students from St. James School outside of the Wholesale Grocery store after purchasing items for the Mission Food Bank. (Contributed)
Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)

‘I fell in love with it’: Salmon Arm woman always wanted to be a firefighter

Fire department celebrates its female firefighters on International Women’s Day

Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)
Hungry Bear Power Bites Café is opening on April 1, inside the Penticton airport. (Photo- Penticton Regional Airport)

New café opening inside Penticton Regional Airport

Hungry Bear Power Bites Café opens on April 1

Hungry Bear Power Bites Café is opening on April 1, inside the Penticton airport. (Photo- Penticton Regional Airport)
Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)

BC RCMP asks youth to help ‘Name the Puppies’

The RCMP is asking for help in naming 13 German Shepherd puppies that will be born this year

Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)

Fundraiser tops $10,000 for Kelowna boy injured after falling under bus

The GoFundMe says donations will help with cost of physiotherapy

  • Mar 7, 2023
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)
Kelowna International Airport. (File)

Look to book your next vacation at Kelowna International Airport Spring Travel show

The event is taking place at the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence on March 11

Kelowna International Airport. (File)
Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)

PHOTOS: ‘This beautiful work’: Sts’ailes First Nation welcomes 29 baskets home

Ancestral baskets repatriated to First Nation from Kilby Historic Site

Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)
Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)

Okanagan College gets a jolt in electronic donation

Alumnus Yael Cohen donating $80,000 to the school’s electronics engineering technology program

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)
Summerland ecologist Don Gayton has a collection of essays about human relationships with nature. (Photo by Stephanie Seaton)

Summerland authors to launch new books

Regional writers will hold book launch on March 14

Summerland ecologist Don Gayton has a collection of essays about human relationships with nature. (Photo by Stephanie Seaton)
K.J. Cloutier holds up a copy of her book Beyond the Horizon, published on Feb. 7 2023, which she has been working on in some iteration since she was 14 years old. (Contributed)

Shuswap author pens fantasy pirate novel 17 years in the making

K.J. Cloutier never gave up on her dream of publishing a book she wanted to read as a teen

K.J. Cloutier holds up a copy of her book Beyond the Horizon, published on Feb. 7 2023, which she has been working on in some iteration since she was 14 years old. (Contributed)
(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)

Polar Plunge raises funds for Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna

Over $5,500 was raised during the cold dip in Okanagan Lake

  • Mar 5, 2023
(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)
The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

PHOTOS: Thousands enjoy the signs of spring at Penticton Home and Reno Show

Within two hours, more than 2,500 people walked through the show’s doors

The 27th annual Penticton Home and Reno Show welcomed thousands of people to the city’s trade and convention centre on Saturday, March 4. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)
Staff members from Valley First gather around after a Penticton Vees’ Feed the Valley Night. The 12th annual edition of the night goes on March 10, 2023. (Mark Brett- Western News file)

‘Feed the Valley’: Penticton Vees invite fans to tackle hunger

The Vees host the annual night next Friday, March 10, when they battle the Langley Rivermen

Staff members from Valley First gather around after a Penticton Vees’ Feed the Valley Night. The 12th annual edition of the night goes on March 10, 2023. (Mark Brett- Western News file)
Hudson Suh with Angela Niehe, Senior Interventionist for the Autism Intervention Program at the OSNS Child & Youth Development Centre. (Photo- OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre)

Double the generosity for Penticton kids with developmental challenges

New campaign will support kids like Hudson Suh, whose family credits OSNS for his continued success

Hudson Suh with Angela Niehe, Senior Interventionist for the Autism Intervention Program at the OSNS Child & Youth Development Centre. (Photo- OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre)
Performers from the previous Okanagan Military Tattoo are seen on stage at Kal Tire Place. (Contributed)

Okanagan Military Tattoo marches into Kal Tire Place

Vernon’s largest annual indoor event gets going on July 29, 2023.

Performers from the previous Okanagan Military Tattoo are seen on stage at Kal Tire Place. (Contributed)
A pair of bald eagles spotted by Alexander Pascal in Enderby. (Alexander Pascal photo)

PHOTOS: Eagles, swans spotted in Enderby area

Alexander Pascal captured pictures of the birds

A pair of bald eagles spotted by Alexander Pascal in Enderby. (Alexander Pascal photo)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Photos: United Way breakfast in Penticton raises over $23,000

The 11th annual Drive-Thru Breakfast had another successful year

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)
Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)
Cannery Brewing took home top prize and a Loving Mug of their own from the Penticton Art Gallery’s annual chili cook-off fundraiser. (Cannery Brewing - Facebook)
Cannery Brewing took home top prize and a Loving Mug of their own from the Penticton Art Gallery’s annual chili cook-off fundraiser. (Cannery Brewing - Facebook)