Bestselling author to be keynote presenter at Vernon event

Canadian author Paul Young, who wrote the critically acclaimed novel, the Shack, will join Vernon-based foundation, the Emily Dahl Foundation, for a Fireside Chat event in June 2021. (YouTube)
The Shack author Paul Young to join with Emily Dahl Foundation for summer Fireside Chat

Alan Davidson was sentenced to almost six years for abusing seven boys in the late 1970s and early 1990s. (Canadian Press file)

Full parole granted to former Mountie, sports coach convicted of sex abuse of boys
Carol Loiselle filed a discrimination and harassment complaint with the B.C. Humans Right Tribunal in 2018 after working at Windward Software Systems, Inc. in Penticton for eight years. (Google maps photo)

Penticton woman wins part of her B.C. Human Rights Tribunal case
Cannabis users toking up more amid pandemic, survey suggests

Cannabis users toking up more amid pandemic, survey suggests

Experience. Discover. Explore.

Salmon Arm Recreation notified the public of a COVID-19 exposure at the Salmon Arm pool on Jan. 14. (Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer)

COVID-19 exposure reported at Salmon Arm pool
The first COVID-19 vaccine arrives in B.C. in temperature-controlled containers, Dec. 13, 2020. (B.C. government)

More vaccine arrives as B.C. struggles with remote COVID-19 cases
The RCMSAR rescue boat did double duty as an icebreaker to evacuate a man in Seymour Arm who was in need of medical attention on Jan. 10. (RCMSAR Station #106/Facebook)

RCMSAR boat breaks ice on Shuswap Lake to reach man in need of medical attention
The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose in Canada is prepared at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Doses of COVID-19 vaccine expected in 60 B.C. First Nations by next week
video

Designated driver service helps people get home safely

Shuswap BC Liberal candidate Greg Kyllo

House fire in Hedley

AlleyCats Alliance needs a donation of a small space
See More Videos 

News
A woman wearing a protective face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 walks past a mural in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel

115 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths in Interior Health

There are now a total of 4,970 cases in the region

(Ashley Wadhwani/Black Press Media)

Armstrong responds to complaints of businesses violating COVID orders

City staff have assumed an educative role in the province’s COVID enforcement efforts

More in News 

Most Read

 

Impress TV

Experience. Discover. Explore.

West Coast Traveller

Sports
Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) celebrate a goal against the Vancouver Canucks during second period NHL action in Edmonton, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Connor McDavid nets hat trick as Oilers cruise past Canucks 5-2

Edmonton avenges opening-night NHL loss to Vancouver

Shin Wook Lim, 45, is shown in this undated police handout photo. A former Taekwondo Canada coach has been found guilty of sexual assault and other sex-related offences involving a teenage student. Shin Wook Lim pleaded not guilty to 15 charges involving two female students, including sexual assault and sexual interference. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Toronto Police Services

Former Taekwondo Canada coach found guilty of sex-related offences involving student

Shin Wook Lim was found guilty of 10 charges, including sexual assault and sexual interference

More in Sports 

 

LOCAL GOOD (Powered by Do Some Good)

What GOOD are you seeing in your community?

Tell us about your favourite cause. Celebrate friends, family, and neighbours for their acts of kindness. Show your employees volunteering in the community. Ask for needed supplies and volunteers for your cause. Share fundraising event details.  
Click HERE to find out how to get featured. 

Looking for a Local Event?
Want to Volunteer Locally?

A special thank you to our Community Partners, Good Companies and Local Champions who are essential allies in our mission to build stronger communities. Their support allows causes you care about and volunteers to use the Do Some Good platform for FREE. This increases volunteerism and support to ALL nonprofits and charities in our community.

Read more stories here

Trending Now
A South Okanagan “Garbage Gobbler” claims another unsuspecting victim in the 1970s. B.C.’s unique roadside garbage receptacles were in place from the late 1950s to early 80s. (B.C. Dept. of Transportation / Patrick Selby / Facebook photo)

Do you remember B.C.’s ‘Garbage Gobblers’?

The 70s were a different time…

The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie performs during the first stop of the Man Machine Poem Tour in Victoria, B.C., Friday, July 22, 2016. COVID-19 face masks emblazoned with the Tragically Hip’s popular song title “Courage” have raised more than $40,000 for Canada’s music industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Tragically Hip face masks raise $40K to support Canadian musicians

The Kingston, Ont. band started selling the COVID-19 non-medical cloth masks last summer

More in Trending Now 

Community
Community calendar

Community Calendar

Follow the link to our Community Calendar and add your event

    Our HOME Town is set to debut Feb. 12, 2021, during the 61st annual Vernon Winter Carnival. (Sherpa Group Events Inc. - Contributed)

    Curtains rise on virtual theatre experience this Vernon Winter Carnival

    Complete with a local star-studded cast, new carnival event is one of a kind

    More in Community 
    Obituaries

    Rodney Abel Gagnon

    Nov 6th, 2020

    Kenneth William 'Ken Magee' Magee

    Kenneth William ‘Ken Magee’ Magee

    Oct 16th, 2020

    Pat McCoubrey

    Pat McCoubrey

    Oct 11th, 2020

    Helen Gatzke

    Helen Gatzke

    Sep 2nd, 2020

    Edward Perepolkin

    Edward Perepolkin

    Aug 28th, 2020

    Douglas F. Irving

    Aug 15th, 2020

    See Celebrations of Life See More Obituaries 

    Entertainment
    Penticton band Yarrows play an outdoor show at the their debut album release party, in front of a small, socially distanced at a downtown Penticton cafe in August, 2020. It was the only time they’ve been able to play their new album in front of a live audience due to pandemic. (Jesse Day - Western News)

    Okanagan musicians struggling in silence through pandemic

    Public health orders has put live music on hold since since March 2020

    Actress Kim Cattrall poses for a photograph during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 8, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    ‘Sex and the City’ revival won’t have Kim Cattrall’s character Samantha

    There have also been long-reported tensions between Cattrall and Sara Jessica Parker

    More in Entertainment 

    Opinion

    Citizen science on a small Vancouver island Coho stream. (Public Fishery Alliance)

    LETTER: Public Fishery Alliance clarifies stance on ways to restore B.C.’s salmon population

    ‘Fishing is enjoyable, but that’s not why the public fishery supports adipose fin clipping all chinook production’

      Twitter logo. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

      EDITORIAL: Standards are needed on social media

      Platforms have given some, including U.S. President Donald Trump, an unfiltered platform

        eEdition

        Lake Country Calendar, Jan 14

        Recent Issues

         

        More in Opinion 

        Life
        Ed Geric of Mike Geric Construction. Photo by Lia Crowe

        Life and style interview with Ed Geric

        A passion for family, community and development projects

          Fashion at Craigdarroch Castle with model Kande Whitehouse. Lia Crowe photography

          Capturing The Conceptual

          Wearable structure winter fashion

            More in Life 

            Impress
            Cameron Bulger was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 6 and passed away 2 1/2 years later. While BC Children’s Hospital is home to experts leading the way in treating the most aggressive cancers, a devastating 20 per cent of children who are diagnosed with cancer will not survive the next five years.

            A childhood story of love, loss and hope

            Supporting the fight to conquer childhood illnesses

              Cameron Bulger was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 6 and passed away 2 1/2 years later. While BC Children’s Hospital is home to experts leading the way in treating the most aggressive cancers, a devastating 20 per cent of children who are diagnosed with cancer will not survive the next five years.

              A childhood story of love, loss and hope

              Supporting the fight to conquer childhood illnesses

                More in Impress