News Items tag as: Lake Country Food Bank

Okanagan RCMP family preparing to light huge star on local mountain
November 28, 2023 - 4:30 PM

A star will be lit above Lake Country this week as part of an annual tradition that started during the COVID pandemic.
Lake Country Food Bank digs in to build new facility
March 18, 2015 - 10:46 AM

LAKE COUNTRY - Less than two months after winning $100,000 in a contest to put toward the project the Lake Country Food Bank broke ground today on their new million-dollar facility.
Lake Country Food Bank wins grand prize
January 27, 2015 - 4:42 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – The Lake Country Food Bank is one step closer to getting the new facility it so desperately needs.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

iN PHOTOS: These edible mushrooms in Okanagan, Kamloops dissolve into ink
While shaggy mane mushrooms are a common find for foragers in the Okanagan and Kamloops, the fungus does something unusual at this time of year, they start to dissolve into an inky mess. Charles Ruechel, an owner at Elements Adventur

A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. But four years later,

House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal Housing Minister in the House of Commons earlier this week where statistics were given out of context. Kelowna-Lake Country MP Trac

Okanagan RCMP family preparing to light huge star on local mountain