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Marty Eckert of Armstrong is the winner of a 2023 Volkswagen Taos through the Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win promotion. Eckert will be presented with the car Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Volkswagen Canada photo)

Armstrong man wins new car from Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim

Marty Eckert will be presented with a new Volkswagen Taos Wednesday, May 31

 

Katie Thielman from Salmon Arm and her horse Rose took part in the 2022 BC Games in Prince George in July, bringing home four gold medals and a bronze for show jumping. (Photo contributed)

Shuswap, North Okanagan equestrians compete for Canada in international competition

Riders from Salmon Arm, Vernon selected for Pony Club International Virtual Dressage competition

 

Trevor Meyer pops a wheelie in 49th Parallel Grocery while doing his grocery shopping in a scene from his winning BC Bike Race video. (Photo by Nick Clarke)

VIDEO: Clever training formula lands rider top prize in BC Bike Race video contest

Eat, ride, sleep and repeat brings humorous connotations

 

Toyota regional marketing manager David Beauchamp (from left), Vernon Toyota general sales manager Oliver Orlie and Toyota regional training manager Phil Rucht admire the Corolla GR Morizo edition. It’s one of only 10 such vehicles in Canada, and the lone one in B.C., purchased by a Vernon man. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Rare Toyota race car finds home in Vernon

Local man wins chance to purchase specially made vehicle, of which there are only 10 in Canada

Toyota regional marketing manager David Beauchamp (from left), Vernon Toyota general sales manager Oliver Orlie and Toyota regional training manager Phil Rucht admire the Corolla GR Morizo edition. It’s one of only 10 such vehicles in Canada, and the lone one in B.C., purchased by a Vernon man. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Vernon chef Simon Dufresne, left, receives the championship certificate from Chef JC Felicella after winning the B.C. Young Chefs provincial title, a culinary event hosted by the B.C. Chefs Association. (Facebook photo)

Culinary creation earns Vernon chef provincial title

Simon Dufresne, 21, wins B.C. Young Chefs championship to advance to national finals event in Ontario

Vernon chef Simon Dufresne, left, receives the championship certificate from Chef JC Felicella after winning the B.C. Young Chefs provincial title, a culinary event hosted by the B.C. Chefs Association. (Facebook photo)
Lynx Air recently announced service between Kelowna and Toronto. (Photo/LynxAir)

Okanagan travellers could win free flights for a year

Lynx Air giving away one flight a month to anywhere in its North American network

Lynx Air recently announced service between Kelowna and Toronto. (Photo/LynxAir)
More than 100 community members showed up to Planet Ice in Maple Ridge on April 1 to watch the live announcement of who won the Kraft Hockeyville 2023 contest. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

B.C. arena loses Kraft Hockeyville 2023 contest

Planet Ice in Maple Ridge will still receive $25,000 as a runner-up

More than 100 community members showed up to Planet Ice in Maple Ridge on April 1 to watch the live announcement of who won the Kraft Hockeyville 2023 contest. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy posed with Fin, the Vancouver Canucks mascot, for a Kraft Hockeyville promotional video at Planet Ice. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Vancouver Canucks mascot helps make killer contest video for B.C. arena

Voting for the Kraft Hockeyville contest starts on March 31

Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy posed with Fin, the Vancouver Canucks mascot, for a Kraft Hockeyville promotional video at Planet Ice. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Planet Ice in Maple Ridge is the only B.C. arena to be a finalist in this year’s Kraft Hockeyville contest. (The News file)

B.C. arena named finalist in Kraft Hockeyville contest

Planet Ice is one of the four finalists competing for the $250,000 grand prize

Planet Ice in Maple Ridge is the only B.C. arena to be a finalist in this year’s Kraft Hockeyville contest. (The News file)
Love is in the air. (Pixabay)

How you met your lover: Kelowna shares dating stories

Readers share stories of how they met their partner for Valentine’s Day

  • Feb 14, 2023
Love is in the air. (Pixabay)
Sarah Jane, left, a nurse who works at Jefferson County Public Health, hears a breakdown of the proposed affordable housing project from Suzanne Davis, the director of community outreach and project manager from Third Place Design Cooperative of Seattle. The 43-unit proposal is slated for Seventh and Hendricks streets in Port Townsend, next to the public health office and the county Department of Community Development. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)

North Okanagan regional district launches creative housing contest

The Canadawide competition is being done to help directors address the lack of housing supply in RDNO

Sarah Jane, left, a nurse who works at Jefferson County Public Health, hears a breakdown of the proposed affordable housing project from Suzanne Davis, the director of community outreach and project manager from Third Place Design Cooperative of Seattle. The 43-unit proposal is slated for Seventh and Hendricks streets in Port Townsend, next to the public health office and the county Department of Community Development. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)
Kelowna’s new snowblower machine has been named Snownado. (City of Kelowna)

The public has spoken: Kelowna’s new snowblower has a name

The winning name received 34 per cent of the vote

Kelowna’s new snowblower machine has been named Snownado. (City of Kelowna)
Kelowna’s Alice Roshinsky is in the running for Inked Magazine’s next cover girl. (cover.inkedmag.com)

Tattooed grandma in Kelowna wants to be next cover girl

Alice Roshinsky, 61, says her family is fully supportive in her running for Inked Magazine’s cover

  • Feb 6, 2023
Kelowna’s Alice Roshinsky is in the running for Inked Magazine’s next cover girl. (cover.inkedmag.com)
The City of Kelowna has announced their top 10 names, as suggested by the public, for their newest snowblower. People can now vote on their favourite name out of the top 10, with the winner being announced in early February. (City of Kelowna)

Show ‘snow mercy’ when voting on the name of Kelowna’s new snowblower

The City has released the top 10 names for the public to vote on, winner announced early February

The City of Kelowna has announced their top 10 names, as suggested by the public, for their newest snowblower. People can now vote on their favourite name out of the top 10, with the winner being announced in early February. (City of Kelowna)
Submissions are being accepted until midnight Dec. 23. (City of Kelowna)

Vote: Kelowna’s new lean, mean, snow-blowing machine needs a name

It can fill 500 trucks an hour, and launch snow clear over a house

Submissions are being accepted until midnight Dec. 23. (City of Kelowna)
Zoe Pauling won Black Press Media's contest to win tickets to the Vancouver Canucks game later this season. (Contributed)

Doubled-sided sign wins tickets to Vancouver Canucks game

The winners received two tickets to a future Vancouver Canucks game

Zoe Pauling won Black Press Media's contest to win tickets to the Vancouver Canucks game later this season. (Contributed)
Kelowna International Airport. —Image: Capital News file

Kelowna airport memories could win you a free trip with Flair

The contest is open to all Kelowna residents

  • Nov 29, 2022
Kelowna International Airport. —Image: Capital News file
Rapid Ascent, Salmon Arm artist Valerie Rogers’ painting of a chinook salmon ascending rapids on its journey to spawn, is the winner of the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s prestigious Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition for 2023-24. (Photo contributed)

Renowned Salmon Arm wildlife artist puts her stamp on prestigious contest

Painting of spawning chinook wins Pacific Salmon Foundation competition

Rapid Ascent, Salmon Arm artist Valerie Rogers’ painting of a chinook salmon ascending rapids on its journey to spawn, is the winner of the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s prestigious Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition for 2023-24. (Photo contributed)
2021 Wildlife in Focus first place winner Wild Settings. Photo credit: Steve Burgess

BC SPCA annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest ends soon

There’s still time to enter the BC SPCA’s annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest,…

  • Jul 7, 2022
2021 Wildlife in Focus first place winner Wild Settings. Photo credit: Steve Burgess
People take part the 2019 Spirit of the People Powwow at Chilliwack Secondary on Feb. 16, 2019. Youth are being asked “What does being Indigenous mean to you?” as the topic of the National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 Writing and/or Art Contest. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Fraser Valley writing, art contest open to all Indigenous youth in B.C.

Youth asked ‘What does being Indigenous mean to you?’ as the topic contest

People take part the 2019 Spirit of the People Powwow at Chilliwack Secondary on Feb. 16, 2019. Youth are being asked “What does being Indigenous mean to you?” as the topic of the National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 Writing and/or Art Contest. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)