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News Items tag as: Christmas 2016

  • 'Season of miracles': How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950

    December 25, 2022 - 6:00 PM

    PENTICTON - This holiday season, as you brave the malls and grumble about shovelling snow, let's recall Christmas 66 years ago, when people from around the South Okanagan — and Naramata in particular — dropped all Christmas preparations to rescue 16 people stranded on Okanagan Mountain.

  • Serve a wonderful holiday meal, without any next-day surprises

    December 25, 2021 - 8:00 AM

    Food can play an important role in holiday celebrations but if not prepared properly it could lead to a holiday to remember for all the wrong reasons.

  • Surviving the Christmas season without losing your mind

    December 24, 2019 - 12:00 PM

    The Christmas holiday season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but the pressure of social commitments, shopping for presents and the expectations about creating the perfect Christmas for family and friends can take their toll.

  • YEAR IN REVIEW: Major unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior

    December 29, 2016 - 9:00 PM

    THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From homicde to suspicious deaths and missing persons, there were several unsolved crimes in the Southern Interior this year.

  • iNPHOTOS: Christmas in the Interior was picture perfect

    December 28, 2016 - 2:30 PM

    THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Twinkling lights, snow-covered hills and wildlife made Christmastime in Kamloops and the Okanagan Valley especially photogenic this year.

  • Travel stress-free this holiday season

    December 25, 2016 - 9:00 PM

    With more than 100,000 passengers expected through the doors, this holiday travel season promises to be another active one at the Kelowna International Airport (YLW). Travelling during the holidays can be stressful, so be sure to plan in advance and prepare for longer than normal wait times at the airport.

    YLW anticipates increased, but steady traffic flow from Dec. 17 through Jan. 3. The busiest travel days of the season will be Dec. 26, 2016 through Jan. 3, 2017.

  • Vernon project raising Christmas spirit for seniors on the poverty line

    December 25, 2016 - 8:00 PM

    VERNON - Grace, 87, is barely making ends meet and would love a gift card for groceries so she can buy a couple extras this Christmas. Cowboy George, 63, would like a pair of cowboy boots, size 13, so he can get back in the saddle. Roswita, 74, is asking for an affordable place to rent, preferably with a bathtub and a wood stove to help with her arthritis.

  • iNPHOTOS: CP Holiday Train stops in Kamloops

    December 25, 2016 - 4:30 PM

    KAMLOOPS – Kids were bundled up like mummies and adults pretended not to feel the icy -12 Celsius weather while waiting for the popular CP Holiday Train yesterday.

  • Keep your pets safe this holiday season

    December 25, 2016 - 2:30 PM

    THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As the mercury drops and the holidays get closer, there are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to keeping your pets safe.

  • VIDEO: Kelowna's biggest little Christmas town now even bigger

    December 25, 2016 - 11:30 AM

    KELOWNA – Kathy Bernard’s miniature Christmas town has grown again.
  • 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

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