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November 18, 2017 - 2:09 PM

Penticton Search and Rescue search manager Kelvin Hall is pleased to welcome BC’s Adventure Smart outdoor adventure team to Penticton Sunday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the True Outdoors store at 106 - 290 Riverside Dr. in Penticton.
Weekly volunteer opportunities in Kamloops
May 07, 2016 - 12:00 PM
Volunteer Highlights for Aug. 6 to 13
August 07, 2015 - 12:12 PM

Western Canada Theatre
VW Turtle River Race Ticket Seller - Volunteers are needed to help Western Canada Theatre raise funds by selling raffle tickets for our 14th Annual VW Turtle River Race. Responsibilities include tracking the number of tickets sold during shifts, handling monies, documenting sales, and reporting to the fundraising coordinator. Volunteers should have good communication and numeracy skills. Event day is Sun. Sept. 20. 19+ to volunteer.
Innovative online sustainability course breaks barriers to learning
February 04, 2014 - 3:39 PM

Two Okanagan College professors have developed a groundbreaking new course in applied sustainability and protecting the local environment.

Business professor Arnica Rowan and political science professor Rosalind Warner, along with Okanagan College education technology specialist, Ross McKerlich, created a course that differs from traditional online learning on several levels. First off, it’s not for credit, just for fun.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

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