by Okanagan Life | Aug 13, 2013 | Features |
Whazzup with today’s youth? Seems like they’re always texting or listening to music, earbud wires dangling, a distracted look on their faces—or glued to the screen of a laptop in some bustling coffeehouse. Do they spend more time with friends electronically than...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 1, 2013 | Community |
Kelowna locals Erik Madsen and Wynden Danylowich have taken top spot in Mountain Dew Canada’s DEWmocracy video contest. Masden and Danylowich created the winning video in support of Voltage, and will be taking home 1% of Voltage net sales over the next two...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 22, 2013 | In Person |
Dragon’s Den tough guy Kevin O’Leary was a bit hard on 10-year old Teagan Adams, but as Teagan sees it, O’Leary “wasn’t as bad as I’ve seen him before.” Teagan had even written a jingle to sing on the show. When he finished the song, O’Leary jokingly advised him “not...
by Okanagan Life | Sep 17, 2012 | Features |
Ready for trouble The noon break draws to a close on a sunny February day at Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon. The hallways are full of life. Fulton cheerleaders are packing up and counting profits from their Valentine’s Day cupcake sale in the bright school...
by Okanagan Life | Sep 17, 2012 | Books, In Person |
Dané le Roux sits in bed and for a moment the then 12-year-old thinks before she picks up her ballpoint pen and notebook. After filling three pages of whatever comes to mind, she hands the notebook to her mirror image sister. Julie scans through the words. “Well,...
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