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Local mom chooses College’s Practical Nursing program to launch a new career
For one mom, Okanagan College’s Practical Nursing program was the best way to get back into the workforce after raising her kids. “I always wanted to be a nurse and I chose to go to Okanagan College because it has an amazing reputation for nursing,” said Marie Walker, a 2013 graduate of the Practical Nursing...
Funding flows to Okanagan projects protecting valley water
OKANAGAN - Protecting valley water is what the Okanagan Basin Water Board had in mind when they approved $300,000 to fund 20 proposed projects. Each project is aimed at conservation and improving the quality of the water in the valley. The 20 Quality Improvement Grants were approved at the regular board meeting April 1 out...
Water conservation and quality improvement grant awards, 2014
Regional District North Okanagan Available funds: $57,000 Total Requested: $45,700 Recommended Funding: $45,700 Project Title: North Kalamalka Lake Intake Protection Zone Storm Water Reclamation Project Organization: Greater Vernon Water Project Goals: Kalamalka Lake is a major domestic water source for Greater Vernon, providing about 40% of water to customers. In 2011, Greater Vernon Water received...
66-year-old B.C. man without driver’s licence guilty of killing pedestrian
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who has never held a driver’s licence but has been busted behind the wheel five times in the last three years has been convicted of killing a pedestrian.
Have you thanked a volunteer today? Interior Health helps mark Volunteer Week
Interior Health is celebrating its thousands of volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 6 – 12. Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers for the work they do to enhance health care delivery throughout the region. Volunteer recognition events will be held at many local hospitals and residential care facilities throughout the...
Have you thanked a volunteer today? Interior Health helps mark Volunteer Week
Interior Health is celebrating its thousands of volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 6 – 12. Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers for the work they do to enhance health care delivery throughout the region. Volunteer recognition events will be held at many local hospitals and residential care facilities throughout the...
Eight former Vees taking part in the Frozen Four
PENTICTON – The 2014 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four Tournament is set for next week in Philadelphia, and there are plenty of former Vees taking part. In all, eight Vees alumni will be taking part in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey National Semi-Finals on April 10th, the most out of any BCHL and Canadian Junior Hockey...
Controlled Burning in Two Regional Parks: April 1, 2014
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that controlled burning is underway today (Wednesday, April 2) in an approximately 20-hectare area of Scenic Canyon Regional Park and in a nine hectare section of Coldham Regional Park.. With good air quality and venting conditions open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners...
UBC biologist is saving the eco-system one bee at a time
Since 2006, North America has lost nearly one third of its honeybee population due to infectious diseases and climate change. As honeybees are one of the most important pollinators in Canadian agriculture, countless crops across the country—including blueberries in British Columbia and canola in Alberta—are at risk. “Bees’ importance to us goes far beyond honey,”...
Kelowna Rockets’ Jordan Cooke named Vaughn WHL goalie of the month
CALGARY, Alta. – The Western Hockey League announced today that Jordon Cooke of the Kelowna Rockets has been named the VAUGHN WHL Goaltender of the Month for March, 2014. It is the second time this season that Cooke has been named VAUGHN WHL Goaltender of the Month, having earned the honor for September/October as well....
Member of Parliament Report for Okanagan-Coquihalla: The end of the SIN card?
I have written in previous reports and spoken on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the House of Commons. The feedback from constituents for a number of years has been consistent in supporting tighter regulations that ensure Canadians are provided the first opportunity for employment and that those who become temporary foreign workers are not...
Blazers an integral part of the community
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are proud to be an integral part of the community. With the help of our season ticket holders, fans and sponsors, the hockey club contributed $283,222 to many community partners and local organizations. The Blazers also contributed 828 hours of community service between school outings and other charitable events and...
Welcome home our Kamloops Olympians with the Journey of Champions
KAMLOOPS - Come out on Saturday, April 5, 2014 to welcome home Kamloops’ Olympic competitors and officials from their journey to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Games. Starting at 12:00 pm on Saturday at the McArthur Island Olympic Ice Sheet, the City of Kamloops, Kamloops Long Blades and PacificSport are hosting a celebration to welcome...
The hills are alive with the Sounds of Peachland
UBC FACULTY, STUDENTS TEAM WITH ARTISTS FOR PROJECT AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP Close your eyes and listen. While you walk around and up and down the hills and alleys and avenues of Peachland, what do your ears tell you? What rustles? What squeaks? What rattles? What beeps? Join local artist Debbie Elliott and UBC faculty and...
Who robbed the Safeway gas bar?
VERNON - Police are hunting for a man who robbed the Safeway gas bar at 4300 32 Street yesterday. The robbery happened around 4:50 p.m. A lone man came into the business with his face covered and demanded money. The clerk handed over cash from the till and the man left, heading south. The suspect...
Interior Health Board Director retires
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Interior Health said goodbye to Board Director, Glenn Sutherland, yesterday, who retired after his term expired March 31. “Glenn has been a part of our Board for nine years, showing a tremendous commitment to health care for our region,” says Board Chair Norman Embree. “On behalf of the Board, I would like to...
Crime Stoppers most wanted: Kaitlyn Marlene Elliott
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following female who is wanted on a province-wide warrant as of April 2, 2014. Kaitlyn Marlene Elliott, 19, is wanted for one count of fail to comply with probation. Elliott is described as a white female, 5’6” tall and 126 lbs. She has brown hair...
5 dead as magnitude-8.2 quake hits northern Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile – A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off northern Chile on Tuesday night, setting off a small tsunami that forced evacuations along the country's entire Pacific coast. Five people were crushed to death or suffered fatal heart attacks, the interior minister said, but Chile apparently escaped major damage or serious casualties.
Vancouver driver undeterred, despite heavy levy on hand-held habit
VANCOUVER – One Vancouver driver has rung up 26 tickets in just over three years for breaking the law by using his electronic device while behind the wheel.
Peterson Creek Park Trail Closures
KAMLOOPS - From April 7, 2014 to May 2, 2014, portions of the Petersen Creek trail system will be closed in order to help facilitate the repair of a damaged storm sewer pipe and the subsequent erosion that occurred to the trail. The Escape Trail and a segment of the Tom Moore Trail, where it...
UBC joins partners to host event on keeping our kids, and communities, healthy
UBC’s Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, the Okanagan Sustainability Institute, and Interior Health are working together to present Communities in Motion–Healthy Kids for Better Futures symposium. The symposium takes place Monday, April 1, from 1 to 5:30 p.m., in the Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston...
Smoke and flames near Predator Ridge part of controlled burn
PREDATOR RIDGE - Smoke and flames from a controlled grass fire will be visible in the Predator Ridge area southwest of Vernon and along Highway 97 on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Wildfire Management Branch personnel will be conducting the burn to eliminate fire hazards around the Vernon Fire Zone office and provide...
Repeat performance helps police nab thieves
KAMLOOPS - Thieves cut through a closed up window to get into a building on Aviation Way where they allegedly stole property Sunday, but they made it easy for police to find them. The same evening, police were told a suspicious person and vehicle was at the very same location and when Mounties arrived, they...
Controlled Burning in Two Regional Parks: April 1, 2014
The Regional District of Central Okanagan advises that controlled burning is underway today (Tuesday, April 1st) in an approximately 20-hectare area of Scenic Canyon Regional Park and in a section of Coldham Regional Park. With good air quality and venting conditions open burning is allowed today for those eligible Central Okanagan property owners with permits...