Paul’s Tomb trail at Kelowna’s Knox Mountain closed for construction

Paul’s Tomb is located on Knox Mountain in Kelowna, B.C. (Contributed)
The trail will be closed for two months
A transit bus headed for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal stops to pick up passengers on a snowy Douglas Street in Victoria. Observers are concerned that B.C.’s push for a clean public transportation network is not paying enough attention to rural and remote communities. Don Denton file photo

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The Ooknakane Friendship Centre in Penticton (Western News File)

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Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Canada's ambition to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and stay competitive in the low-carbon industrial revolution underway is a complicated plan that hinges on one main thing: electricity. Power lines are seen against cloudy skies near Kingston, Ont. , Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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The first Princeton Posse logo. (Photo courtesy of Lyle Thomas)

Princeton Posse has a wild, wild west history
A February 2023 Telus Health survey indicates people with debt or financial uncertainty experience worse mental health than those with security. (Credit: Pixabay)

Debt, financial fears impacting Canadians’ mental health, survey finds
The Alberta Energy Regulator logo is seen on a flag at the opening of the regulator’s office in Calgary in an undated handout photo. Alberta’s energy regulator is defending its finding that the province’s largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Energy Regulator

Regulator defends finding that Alberta’s largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch
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Dr. Mehul Sharma (L) and Dr. Stuart Turvey (R) helped discover the variant in the STAT6 gene which causes severe allergies, including food and drug allergies, ezcema and more.

B.C. researchers lead global discovery of gene variant behind severe, life-altering allergies

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Vancouver city council votes to repeal 25-cent single-use cup fee, effective May 1

Copies of the Federal budget are seen on a table Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

BUDGET 2023: Key highlights from the federal Liberals’ spending plan

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief, RoseAnne Archibald, speaks during her closing address at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Archibald says advancing economic reconciliation must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Move toward ‘economic reconciliation’ must also come with healing: AFN national chief

Archibald: government has failed to create more economic opportunities for First Nations

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The Royal Canadian Legion is asking the Trudeau government for more details about its promise of more money to address longstanding delays and backlogs for ill and injured veterans. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Veterans’ groups call for answers as budget stokes memories of past cuts

Organizations seek clarity on how the federal budget will affect ill and injured ex-soldiers

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An Ottawa Senators player warms-up with rainbow coloured hockey tape as part of a #HockeyIsForEveryone campaign prior to taking on the Vancouver Canucks in NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The Vancouver Canucks will wear themed warm-up jerseys when they host the Calgary Flames for their annual Pride celebration game Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Vancouver Canucks to wear themed warm-up jerseys for annual Pride night

Jerseys will be designed by a local artist, and a $20,000 donation will be made to QMUNITY

Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrick Allvin signs former Salmon Arm Silverbacks d-man Akito Hirose to the team on March 29, 2023. (Vancouver Canucks/Twitter photo)

Former Salmon Arm Silverbacks captain Akito Hirose signs with Vancouver Canucks

Hirose played 208 regular-season games with the Salmon Arm team

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A meatball made using genetic code from the mammoth is seen at the Nemo science museum in Amsterdam, Tuesday March 28, 2023. An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mastodon. The high-tech treat isn’t available to eat yet - the startup says it is meant to fire up public debate about cultivated meat. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

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“Unfortunately, many women that leave the house have no where to go and end up returning to their abusers,” said Liz Gomes, acting executive director of SOWINS.

Have a Heart Radiothon at Penticton mall to help with housing for abused women

Bounce Radio and SOWINS at Cherry Lane mall March 30 raising money for 2nd stage housing

Mickey Schienle was celebrated by friends at a luncheon for her 100th birthday. (Submitted)

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Big Daddy Tazz will perfom his stand-up comedy in Summerland and Cawston in April. (Contributed)

Award-winning comic to perform in Cawston and Summerland

Big Daddy Tazz was the recipient of the John Candy Award for his stand-up work

Amanda Marshall will be at Prospera Place on July 2. (Facebook)

Amanda Marshall taking comeback tour to Kelowna

Canadian pop icon comes to Prospera Place on July 2

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At left is the CP Style Book from 1957. At right is the 19th edition of the Canadian Press Stylebook from 2021. Canadian Press style is used by most English-language newspapers and media outlets in Canada. While details have changed, the principles in these books have remained consistent. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)

COLUMN: A piece of newspaper history

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January 17, 2023 -Cory Landels and Laura Berlanda stand outside their Common Foundry stationary and pen shop on Wallace Street in Nanaimo . Don Denton photo

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