News Items tag as: Okanagan seniors

Home support for Kamloops, Okanagan seniors 'a zoo' with new scheduling system: Senior
February 01, 2022 - 7:30 AM

Home support services offered by the Interior Health Authority are designed to keep seniors safely living in their own homes as they age.
Pilot projects look to make housing more affordable and healthier for Okanagan seniors
June 26, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Seniors organizations in Penticton and Kelowna are part of a six-city Seniors Companion Housing pilot project being launched in July.
Dozens of violations found at Summerland senior’s home
January 16, 2020 - 6:00 PM

In the last couple of years about a dozen complaints were filed and many more infractions found by Interior Health at the Summerland Seniors Village.
Efforts begin to try to keep bulldozers away from Kelowna senior’s centre
July 08, 2019 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - A senior’s group that’s planning on celebrating its 50th anniversary on July 27 is likely to get the boot from its waterfront meeting place before getting much older.
This 80-year-old Kelowna woman is running and winning marathons
June 03, 2019 - 7:00 AM

KELOWNA - Now that she’s 80, the pressure is off Kelowna’s Liz Borrett to win her age group every time she runs a marathon.
Spry 95-year-old donates her age in metres to fund Okanagan Rail Trail
December 22, 2016 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - A local woman is donating her age in metres to help create the Okanagan Rail Trail.
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Skeetchestn residents left 'sick' after bear shot dozens of times in middle of night
Neighbours were left feeling sick after they watched a treed bear get shot dozens of times with an underpowered gun over almost an hour in a trailer park at the Skeetchestn Indian Band last month. They watched and listened as a group shone

Canneries had a short but vital heyday in Kamloops, Okanagan
When you think of agriculture in Kamloops, the mind turns to hay and cattle. That makes sense because, according to Venture Kamloops, the beef and dairy industries, along with supporting crops, now accounts for 85-90% of agricultural acreag

Federal Court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access
VANCOUVER - Megan McLaren thought her future career was in law enforcement, but her path radically shifted thanks in part to psychedelic drug therapy, she says. McLaren left a civilian position with the Vancouver Police Department in 2019 f

Airbnb doesn't compete with Kamloops, Kelowna hotels but still stalling recovery
In the past year, the number of short-term rentals in the Thompson-Okanagan region has grown by 11.3% to almost 5,000. Those rentals are marketed to tourists so it would be logical to assume that hotels and motels, still struggling to recov

Home support for Kamloops, Okanagan seniors 'a zoo' with new scheduling system: Senior