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Children learned about the many skilled trade professions in the province at a recent workshop in Maple Ridge. The trades workshop featured an overview of various trade professions, and children learned about the responsibilities of different professionals and the important roles they play within the community – like carpenters and electricians. It was geared for […]

An opportunity is available for two students heading into Grade 9 to receive a full-tuition scholarship to Meadowridge School. The school is now accepting applications for their Head of School Bursary, which will provide two well-rounded Grade 9 students, who wouldn’t otherwise have the financial means, an opportunity to have an independent, International Baccalaureate, (IB),

A plethora of new pizza places has raised the ire of some within Summerland. Summerland has at least five independent pizza outlets, as well as a winery which offers a variety of pizzas on its patio. Since the fall of 2025, two pizza outlets, both affiliated with national chains, have set up in Summerland, and

Volunteers with Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child are gearing up for their spring bottle drive. The bottle drive raises money to help fill shoeboxes for their annual Christmas campaign where shoeboxes are filled with school supplies, toys, and hygiene items, and handed out to children in countries around the world who are experiencing famine, war,

A Kelowna man is likely to face a hefty fine after being found guilty of interfering with a helicopter actioning the McDougall Creek wildfires in 2023. On Aug. 27, 2023, Derek Leippi was in his boat and operating a miniature drone just off the shore of Okanagan Lake Resort. Leippi was using the drone to