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Chicago punk rockers Rise Against coming to Okanagan Valley

Rise Against is Okanagan-bound. The Chicago-based alternative punk rock quartet will take the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre (PTCC) stage on March 27, 2026, as part of the North America-wide tour alongside fellow punk band Destroy Boys. Rise Against formed in 1999 and has since released 10 studio albums, including Ricochet (2025). Among the band’s

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Students donate Halloween candy to make 825 Christmas bags for Maple Ridge seniors

Students at Kanaka Creek Elementary have made up special gifts for local seniors this holiday season. The entire school of 600 students donated part of their Halloween candy, and decorated bags with winter and Christmas designs, before adding the candy and stapling them shut with a holiday message from “Kanaka Creek Kids”. Organized by Grade

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Grads reflect on B.C. opportunities as ground shifts for international students

One ruined piece of meat showed Steven Mathews that studying and working in Nelson was the right career move. Mathews was a student in the kitchen at Selkirk College’s culinary management program when he accidentally wrecked specialty meat he was using in a recipe. At a school or kitchen in India, where he was grew

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