Joubert wins aviation scholarship
Kelowna’s Anisha Joubert has captured the Vernon Flying Club’s John Olsen Scholarship for spring 2019. The award is given to students who excel in aircraft maintenance engineer training at Okanagan College. It is given biannually to students in both of the college’s graduating classes who exhibit dedication, attitude and potential leading toward a successful career […]
Comedy night for DIPG fight
An aggressive and untreatable form of cancer took Sevanah Simmons when she was just six years old, so a local real estate company is trying to do what it can to help stop the deadly disease from taking other children. DIPG, which is short for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is an inoperable and aggressive […]
West K needs volunteers
West Kelowna is looking for volunteers who would like to have a say in the city’s economic development. The city’s economic development committee and advisory planning commission are both in search of volunteers who would be willing to serve at various points throughout the year. The economic development committee “provides advice on local and national […]
Free kids’ dental care
Creekside Dental Clinic has planned a special event for children next month. The clinic is conducting Children’s Dentistry Day on March 30, giving those who can’t afford dental care a chance to have their kids’ teeth checked out. Creekside will see as many children as it can, and it will attempt to diagnosis issues first […]
Get inked for good cause
If you’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo, you might want to circle March 9 on your calendar and get one for a good cause. That’s the day Kelowna’s Jays and Arrows Tattoo Inc. will be raising money for the Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society, which supports women and children affected by sexual abuse, exploitation […]
Toys’R’Us battles bullying
Toys’R’Us is once again doing all it can to end bullying. The toy store will be handing out 100 pink T-shirts at each of its locations on Saturday for kids to wear on Anti-Bullying Day, which is Wednesday, Feb. 27. Pink Shirt Day, as Anti-Bullying Day is also known, originated in Canada in 2007 and […]
KGH wants more heart
A $7-million campaign was launched Tuesday to bring advanced heart rhythm services to Kelowna General Hospital. The KGH Foundation’s Right Here at KGH campaign will keep Interior patients closer to home. Every year, hundreds of patients from across the Interior must wait up to eight weeks for a bed to become available at hospitals in the Lower […]
Ramsays donate 50K
A Kelowna family is continuing its patriarch’s legacy with a $50,000 donation to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. The gift from Darlene Ramsay and daughters Laura and Kathryn is in honour of the late Jim Ramsay, and will pay for a bedroom at JoeAnna’s House, a home away from home for families of patients that is under construction […]
Penti-con needs money
Penticton’s pop culture convention is growing year over year but is in need of some assistance to make the 2019 convention happen. Moving from Penticton Lakeside Resort to Penticton Trade and Convention Centre in 2018 bumped up costs for last year’s Penti-con, and the non-profit organization is seeking to make up the funds with help from the […]
Business blood challenge
Peacock Sheridan Group has thrown down the gauntlet once again. For the second year in a row, the financial planning company is challenging other Kelowna businesses to take one day in February and donate blood to support patients in need. Peacock Sheridan partner Grant Sheridan is also the GM of the Kelowna Chiefs junior B […]
