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What nurse practitioners bring to our health care system: Interior Health wants you to know
March 07, 2015 - 7:37 PM

KELOWNA - What began as a study to figure out how Interior Health nurse practitioners could be better incorporated into the health system has turned into three instructional videos for the public to help them understand the role of NPs.
Lumby students dominate college spaghetti bridge contest
March 07, 2015 - 4:37 PM

KELOWNA - It came down to a battle between three friends from Lumby at Okanagan College’s 32nd annual Spaghetti Bridge Contest held at the Kelowna campus today.

Grade seven student Adrian Schartner from Lumby placed first with his bridge weighing 982.6 grams and supporting 275.6 kilograms before spectacularly collapsing in front of cheering friends, peers, teachers and parents. His bridge was the only one to break the 200-kilogram pressure threshold.
Seattle ski coach who secretly recorded teens at Silver Star sentenced
March 07, 2015 - 10:27 AM

VERNON - An American cross-country ski coach who secretly took videos of young girls while at a Silver Star Mountain Resort has been sentenced to time served.
When to start reserving provincial camping sites
March 07, 2015 - 9:38 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Camping enthusiasts can set their alarms for the 9 a.m. opening of the online camping reserve system, Sunday, March 15.
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What nurse practitioners bring to our health care system: Interior Health wants you to know