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UBCO program to reduce diabetes risk expands across Canada
A UBC Okanagan professor created a program in collaboration with the YMCA that offers diet…
Your chance to win a $1 million Okanagan home with return of lottery
The Lake Life Lottery is returning for a second year to raise money for charity…
Beached out? How about H20, the only wave pool in the B.C. interior?
KELOWNA – Ask the locals: The real Okanagan Lifestyle is mostly hosting friends and family…
Keeping recreation centres up to snuff in Kelowna could prove costly
KELOWNA – If the Kelowna Family YMCA pool in Rutland is any example, the City…
Kelowna RCMP seek information about vandalized YMCA vans
KELOWNA – Police are looking for help figuring out who vandalized some YMCA vans in…
Kamloops YMCA lottery lands local man in new house
KAMLOOPS – All it takes is one ticket. For Brocklehurst resident John Thorpe that one…
Winners announced in Kamloops Dream Home lottery draw
KAMLOOPS - The YMCA-YWCA 2015 Dream Home Lottery came to a close yesterday, July 7, and with it gave 305 ticket holders something to smile about. The big winner was Marge Lane, the owner of a brand new Juniper Ridge home worth $597,500. “We tried to give her a call and her line was busy,”...
YMCA Strong Kids campaign gets provincial boost
KAMLOOPS - The YMCA gives families a chance to be physically active together and the provincial government decided to recognize that effort with funding as the Strong Kids fundraising campaign enters the final week. Health Minister Terry Lake was on hand at the new John Tod Centre YMCA location to make the $250,000 funding announcement...
Budget ramped up for John Tod centre
KAMLOOPS - The finishing touches are being installed as a crew hustles to complete the conversion of John Tod from a school to a community centre — and now a parking lot has been added to the 2014 to-do list. Work began on the $2.2 million conversion earlier this year but the city planned to...
Options for back to school as strike continues
KAMLOOPS - As of Friday morning, B.C. teachers are still on strike and with only three weeks before back to school it’s time to start planning for what to do with your kids if a deal cannot be made before Sept. 2. Monica van der Meulen of the YMCA says the local group will be...
John Tod Centre set for fall opening
KAMLOOPS - Drywall, nails and two-by-fours litter the space as workers buzz around painting or installing new doors and windows in the future home of a new North Shore community centre. Members of the local Elks Lodge, KGHM and Interior Savings Credit Union were on hand for a tour Monday after donating a combined total...