The Duchess of Cambridge smiles as she is greeted by hundreds of spectators at UBC Okanagan, accompanied by B.C. Premier Christy Clark. | Photographer: Adam Proskiw
YEAR IN REVIEW: Eye catching photos from 2016
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. Day in and day out, our reporters are in the field, looking for stories that matter to you.
Being right in the middle of the madness often produces the best images.
The following photos captured some of the top stories from 2016:
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., The Splatsin indian band increased pressure on band council to call off the vote on their ancestral burial site. Credit: Aaron Leon Photographer: Adam Proskiw
FILE PHOTO – Helen Sidney, 93, waves to a passersby on Bella Vista Road in Vernon in April 2016. Charlotte Helston
Caitlin’s mother Priscilla Potts thanked organizers for arranging the search. Charlotte Helston
Carson Holtz can be found filling the streets of Vernon with music, and friendly hellos. Charlotte Helston
Howard Everett Krewson leaves the Vernon courthouse in handcuffs following the guilty verdict in 2016. Charlotte Helston
Sir Anthony Hopkins addressed the audience from the biggest screen in the Okanagan — the Starlight Drive-in — at the world premiere of Blackway June 2, 2016. Charlotte Helston
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home. Photographer: Adam Proskiw
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., A visitors car got stuck in the parking lot of The Market at the Big White Village Sunday, March 6, 2016. Photographer: Adam Proskiw
Kathy Bernard’s K-Town is home to more than 100 miniature people who ski, cut wood, shop, skate and visit with Santa. She creates it in her basement for her grandchildren. Adam Proskiw
A group of churches got together to fill a void left by a recent cut to language studies in Kelowna. Adam Proskiw
Okanagan sunflowers on Knox Mountain in Kelowna. Photographer: Adam Proskiw
ATU 1722 president Scott Lovell says he regrets the inconvenience this strike has caused for passengers. | Photographer: Adam Proskiw
Cheralyn Redford is breaking a new Kelowna bylaw that makes sitting or sleeping on the sidewalk punishable by a $50 fine. Adam Proskiw
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., Emergency personnel at the scene of a head on collision at Vaseux Lake Provincial Park on Highway 97 on Jan. 24, 2016. An Oliver woman was taken to Kelowna General Hospital after being seriously injured in the incident. Photographer: Steve Arstad
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., Oliver cherry grower Greg Norton displays rapidly growing Rainier cherries on his Oliver orchard. Norton expects to be harvesting in late June this year. Photographer: Steve Arstad
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., A sudden change in the weather could cause problems in what was a great year for cherry growers in the Okanagan. Photographer: Steve Arstad
One of the exhibits in Riverside Park at Luminocity 2016 in Kamloops is pictured in this file photo. Kim Anderson
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., There were activities for all ages at Riverside Park for the annual Canada Day celebration. Photographer: Kim Anderson
Photographer: Brendan Kergin
Brendan Kergin
The CP Holiday Train arrives to a cold, but enthusiastic crowd in Kamloops, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Kim Anderson
Sam Shakura and her mother started Rock House Style in 2010. Their home on the most expensive property in Kelowna, serves as both their portfolio and home., Members of Kamloops Fire Rescue, Kamloops RCMP and paramedics pull man up from river shore. Photographer: Brendan Kergin
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Photographer: Kim Anderson – Assistant Editor
Little Farmer’s Petting Zoo at Centennial Park in Kamloops. | Photographer: Brendan Kergin
FILE PHOTO Randy Millis
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Originally from a northern B.C. town that boasts a giant fly fishing rod and a population of 3,100, Kim moved to Kamloops in 2011 to attend Thompson Rivers University. Kim is as comfortable behind a camera as she is writing on her laptop. After graduating with a degree in journalism, Kim has been busy with an independent freelance writing project and photography work. Contact Kim at kanderson@infonews.ca with news tips or story ideas.
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