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  • YMCA of Okanagan joins the Y Mind Initiative to help youth with anxiety in BC

    January 04, 2018 - 2:08 PM

    KELOWNA, BC — The YMCA of Okanagan is joining the YMCA of British Columbia’s Y Mind initiative to help young adults manage stress, worries and anxiety. With $3 million in funding support provided by the Government of British Columbia, the YMCA Mindfulness Group program, as a part of the Y Mind initiative, will expand to five regions across the province.

  • 9th Annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive

    January 04, 2018 - 11:21 AM

    Kamloops, BC – The 9th annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive, sponsored by Kamloops Honda in partnership with Literacy in Kamloops (LinK), takes place January 6-27, 2018. The goals of this project are to increase book ownership in all homes and to encourage a love of reading. Over the past eight years, more than 80,000 children’s books have been given away.

  • Weekly Volunteer Highlights for December 21 to January 3 2018

    December 22, 2017 - 10:39 AM

    Special Events / Fundraising:

  • Prestigious scholarships propel Okanagan College students to study abroad

    December 21, 2017 - 11:14 AM

    Okanagan College’s Grace Oswald and Kira Johnson are among 29 students in British Columbia that are fulfilling their dreams of studying abroad thanks to the Irving K. Barber Premier’s International Scholarship which awards students between $6,000 and $10,000.

  • Construction Completed on Key West Kelowna Wastewater Infrastructure

    December 18, 2017 - 11:09 AM

    More than 2,200 residents are benefitting from the Horizon Village Lift Station wastewater improvement project, which was completed with contributions from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia under the New Building Canada Small Communities Fund.

    The old lift station was running well beyond its intended capacity due to continuing rapid growth in the City of West Kelowna.

  • Safety tips to prepare for winter storm season

    December 15, 2017 - 10:52 AM

    VICTORIA - Most areas of British Columbia have already seen their first snow of the season, and winter conditions will be the norm for the next few months. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Minister Responsible for Emergency Preparedness Mike Farnworth reminds British Columbians that proactive winter storm preparedness can go a long way towards ensuring the safety of B.C. families.

  • Weekly Volunteer Highlights! December 14 to December 20, 2017

    December 14, 2017 - 10:41 AM

    Special Events / Fundraising:

  • Board Notes

    December 12, 2017 - 2:51 PM

    CONSENT AGENDA

  • 'Ring in the Season' at a special OSO Christmas show

    December 12, 2017 - 2:44 PM

    The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) is thrilled to share the stage with the Okanagan Handbell Chorus for a special Christmas performance, 'Ringing in the Season.'

    By popular demand, we welcome back thirteen of BC’s most accomplished handbell ringers to ring in the holiday season with an evening of sparkling music. Anthony Lau will also join the festivities performing such seasonal classics as Panis Angelicus and O Holy Night on the classical harmonica.

  • The Central Okanagan's Primary Business Resource

    December 12, 2017 - 10:24 AM

    Meet the 2018 Advisory Board
  • 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
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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