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South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)

B.C. Grade 3 student ‘one of world’s brightest’

Zhiji Dong was among highest scorers in Center for Talented Youth assessment

South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)
St. John Ambulance therapy dog Cooper spreading the love at a seniors’ residence in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs spreading joy in the Okanagan

Capital News joined labradoodle Cooper as he was hard at work at Vineyards Residence in Kelowna

  • Feb 27, 2023
St. John Ambulance therapy dog Cooper spreading the love at a seniors’ residence in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
(Rick Koch photo)

Oliver Women for Women Trade Show celebrates 30 years

The trade show returns on March 11 with 50 booths

(Rick Koch photo)
The first Luxe Fashion Market was held at Laurel Packinghouse on Feb. 26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Vuitton, Choo, Klein in attendance at Kelowna’s first Luxe Fashion Market

The event was hosted by the Great Closet Cleanout

  • Feb 26, 2023
The first Luxe Fashion Market was held at Laurel Packinghouse on Feb. 26, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Canadians are making their final Registered Retirement Savings Plan contributions, in advance of the deadline. (Black Press Media file)

QUIZ: How much do you know about money and savings?

In January and February, Canadians make their final savings contributions for the tax year.

Canadians are making their final Registered Retirement Savings Plan contributions, in advance of the deadline. (Black Press Media file)
The Kelowna Home Show has returned to Prospera Place this weekend with 160 different vendors. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Kelowna Home Show returns to Prospera Place

The home show is going on until 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday

The Kelowna Home Show has returned to Prospera Place this weekend with 160 different vendors. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Josh Bickle and son Max bid $4,000 to the R.J. Haney Heritage Village and Museum and won a caramel apple pie. (Rebecca Willson- Salmon Arm Observer)
Josh Bickle and son Max bid $4,000 to the R.J. Haney Heritage Village and Museum and won a caramel apple pie. (Rebecca Willson- Salmon Arm Observer)
The OneWorld Festival in Penticton returned Saturday, Feb. 25, for a celebration of culture and diversity. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

PHOTOS: More than 35 countries represented in OneWorld Festival’s return to Penticton

‘This is a beautiful thing,’ said Cherry Fernandez from Penticton-based SOICS

The OneWorld Festival in Penticton returned Saturday, Feb. 25, for a celebration of culture and diversity. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)
Between them, sisters Bernadette Desy (left), from Everett, Wash., and Vernon’s Simone Huhtala have eached live more than a century. Desy turned 101 on Feb. 11 and her baby sister celebrated becoming a centenarian on Feb. 24 at Vernon’s Schubert Centre.(Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon woman celebrates 100th birthday with older sister

Simone Huhtala had about 100 people at her party, including sister Bernadette from the U.S., age 101

Between them, sisters Bernadette Desy (left), from Everett, Wash., and Vernon’s Simone Huhtala have eached live more than a century. Desy turned 101 on Feb. 11 and her baby sister celebrated becoming a centenarian on Feb. 24 at Vernon’s Schubert Centre.(Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Pipe major Doug Bird leads the Vale United Pipe Band during their performance at Saturday Night’s second annual St. Andrew’s Ceilidh in Penticton. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Pipe major Doug Bird leads the Vale United Pipe Band during their performance at Saturday Night’s second annual St. Andrew’s Ceilidh in Penticton. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
The Sicamous Community Banner Project’s 2023 creations so far are united by the theme ‘bees and butterflies.’ Only 20 of the hand-painted banners will be hung this year in Sicamous, and none on Main Street, as per a council decision which banner organizers say they weren’t consulted on. (Rebecca Willson- Eagle Valley News)

Sicamous banner project participants upset after council opts for branding on Main Street

Organizer unhappy with lack of communication from district for project in its 23rd year

The Sicamous Community Banner Project’s 2023 creations so far are united by the theme ‘bees and butterflies.’ Only 20 of the hand-painted banners will be hung this year in Sicamous, and none on Main Street, as per a council decision which banner organizers say they weren’t consulted on. (Rebecca Willson- Eagle Valley News)
Yasmin and Rick Thorpe, as well as the Penny Lane Legacy Fund presenting a $50,000 cheque to Okanagan College. From left to right: Bruce Hallquist, board member, Penny Lane Legacy Fund; Orv Robson, chairman, Penny Lane Legacy Fund; Alison Gibson, regional dean, Okanagan College; Helen Jackman, executive director, Okanagan College Foundation; Yasmin John Thorpe; Rick Thorpe. (Contributed)

Local couple helps create $50k bursary fund for Penticton healthcare students

The fund will provide up to $1,750 in awards for eligible students at Okanagan College in Penticton

Yasmin and Rick Thorpe, as well as the Penny Lane Legacy Fund presenting a $50,000 cheque to Okanagan College. From left to right: Bruce Hallquist, board member, Penny Lane Legacy Fund; Orv Robson, chairman, Penny Lane Legacy Fund; Alison Gibson, regional dean, Okanagan College; Helen Jackman, executive director, Okanagan College Foundation; Yasmin John Thorpe; Rick Thorpe. (Contributed)
The Summerland Community Arts Council will hold arts-related classes for children in March. (Contributed)
The Summerland Community Arts Council will hold arts-related classes for children in March. (Contributed)
Grade 12 Meredith Allen is the February Rotary Student of the Month. (Submitted)

Penticton Student of the Month a high achieving climate advocate

Meredith Allen is a Grade 12 student at Penticton Secondary School

Grade 12 Meredith Allen is the February Rotary Student of the Month. (Submitted)
Dale Hofer of the Knights of Columbus hands the keys to a new Toyota Rav4 to Reno and Kathy Ouano, who won the vehicle as the top prize in the Knights’ 2022 charity appeal draw. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Surrey couple leaves Vernon Toyota in new free car

Reno Ouano and his wife Kathy took home the first prize in the Knights of Columbus’s 2022 charity appeal

Dale Hofer of the Knights of Columbus hands the keys to a new Toyota Rav4 to Reno and Kathy Ouano, who won the vehicle as the top prize in the Knights’ 2022 charity appeal draw. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Wesley Heppner. (BCLC/Submitted)
Wesley Heppner. (BCLC/Submitted)
Kindergarteners from Peter Greer Elementary handed out pink t-shirt cut outs to the high school students at George Elliot Secondary for Pink Shirt Day 2023. (Brittany Webster/the Calendar)

Kindergarteners spread the love for Pink Shirt Day in Lake Country

The young students sported pink shirts that read ‘Kindness is a Superpower’

  • Feb 22, 2023
Kindergarteners from Peter Greer Elementary handed out pink t-shirt cut outs to the high school students at George Elliot Secondary for Pink Shirt Day 2023. (Brittany Webster/the Calendar)
The Telus Kelowna Cup returns to Big White Ski Resort for the ninth time this Saturday, Feb. 25th. (@BigWhite/Twitter)

Telus Kelowna Cup hits the slopes of Big White for a good cause

Registration for Saturday’s event closes at on Friday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m.

The Telus Kelowna Cup returns to Big White Ski Resort for the ninth time this Saturday, Feb. 25th. (@BigWhite/Twitter)
Third Space Charity executive director Karen Mason (at right) interviewed counsellor and founder of This Space Belongs to You, Meaghan Duckett for the first episode of Mental Health Matters, a new TV segment produced with Shaw Spotlight in Kelowna.

Kelowna-produced TV show puts spotlight on mental health

Mental Health Matters is a collaboration with Third Space Charity

Third Space Charity executive director Karen Mason (at right) interviewed counsellor and founder of This Space Belongs to You, Meaghan Duckett for the first episode of Mental Health Matters, a new TV segment produced with Shaw Spotlight in Kelowna.
Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)

Okanagan College student recruits plasma donors to earn $3K bursary

Taylor Hubick had 23 people donor plasma in a six-month span

Okanagan College’s Taylor Hubick received a $3,000 bursary from the Canadian Blood Services. (Black Press file photo)