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Outpouring of support, condolences for deceased Okanagan DJ
KELOWNA – A local DJ who lit up the Okanagan dance scene passed away earlier…
A Kelowna family is trying to rebuild after a house fire and you can help
KELOWNA – A family is trying to rebuild their lives after a fire devastated their…
Penticton family in need of support after double tragedy
PENTICTON – A Penticton family besieged with misfortune is in need of the help of…
Kelowna man whose home burned down is waiting for a lung transplant
KELOWNA – The couple whose home burned down in a fire yesterday evening are currently…
BAT ASSAULT: New fundraiser organized for Kamloops teen and his family
KAMLOOPS – As the victim of a brutal baseball attack remains in a coma in…
Cancer spreads in Kamloops toddler with brain tumour
KAMLOOPS – A local family who recently found out their two-year-old son had brain cancer…
Community members continue rallying for fire service in Pinantan Lake with online fundraiser
PINANTAN LAKE – The small community of Pinantan Lake has made several attempts for fire…
Former Okanagan Sun football player needs help after brain aneurysm
KELOWNA - A young Kelowna man is fighting to regain his old life after a brain aneurysm caused him to crash his motorbike and left him in hospital in a coma. Jesse Kendall, 23, was riding with friends when it happened, his wife Michelle Felty says. “They were doing one last ride before winter," she...
Westsyde girl, 5, fighting cancer for second time
KAMLOOPS - A Westsyde couple is in need of a bone marrow donation for their daughter, as well as financial assistance, as their five-year-old continues her battle with cancer at the B.C. Children’s Hospital. Samantha Donovan and her family thought the battle with Burkitt’s leukemia was over after the family returned from the hospital three...
Local man wants $500,000 for this ridiculous reason
KELOWNA – A Peachland man with a good sense of humour but a less than life-threatening injury is seeking half a million dollars from the public to help get him through a difficult time. Jack Klassen filed the tongue-in-cheek post to the fundraising website gofundme.com Thursday morning. He doesn’t have medical bills to pay and...
Crowd funding websites weren’t on Elections B.C. radar
KELOWNA – When the B.C. Government introduced new regulations covering municipal election campaign donations in May it appears they didn’t take into consideration the latest, greatest way to raise money—crowd funding. Many candidates taking part in the civic election campaigns across the province have turned to crowd funding websites like gofundme.com or kickstarter.com. Sean Upshaw...