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Okanagan-Similkameen search and rescue teams carry out mock avalanche rescue
Penticton and District Search and Rescue ran its 2026 Winter Response Training at Apex Mountain where 29 rescuers from regional teams practiced an avalanche rescue and recovered a buried mannequin named "Ruth".
Sudbury aggregate firms recognized for community relations
Ethier Sand & Gravel and Fisher Wavy were named winners of the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's 2025 Community Relations Award for local donations and engagement; they were two of six recipients.
Red Deer welcomes the Year of the Horse with Lunar New Year celebration.
The Red Deer and District Chinese Community Society hosted its annual Lunar New Year celebration at Festival Hall on Feb. 21, featuring a lion dance, drums, martial arts demonstrations and live music.
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Showing: 231-240Levelling up at home with five small, comforting upgrades
As winter continues and more people stay in, this cheat sheet highlights five small, simple pleasures that make everyday life at home more enjoyable.
Donation supports Markham's Varley Art Gallery as winter exhibitions open
Longtime supporters pledged $150,000 to the Varley Art Gallery to launch a capital campaign and a curatorial scholarship, and the gallery opened its 2026 winter season featuring two exhibitions that examine museum histories.
Letting go: A new year conversation about healing and Golden Clear.
The article profiles Golden Clear, a local wellness practice rooted in the founder's lived experience that links emotional awareness to physical health, and notes the practice also attends to food choices such as reducing gluten and lowering pesticide exposure.
Hockey players in their 80s compete at Ontario 55+ Winter Games.
A London team called the Waryears, whose roster is made up of players in their 80s, took part in the Ontario 55+ Winter Games in Huntsville and competed in a younger age division because there is no 80+ category. Players said skating provides social connection and exercise, and the team plans to keep playing together.
Tropical Ontario Airbnb offers a Caribbean-like warm stay
A Burlington farm has converted a 500-square-foot geodesic greenhouse dome into a tropical-themed Airbnb with plants, an indoor pond and a nearby private bathroom. The owner says the dome heats in sunlight and uses fans, geothermal piping and other systems to keep temperatures comfortable even in subzero outdoor weather.
Ford visits Muskoka on snowmobile to support planned hospitals
Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined a snowmobile convoy at a 'Trails For Life' fundraiser in Muskoka supporting plans for new Huntsville and Bracebridge hospitals; the province says feasibility and study work is underway and no construction timetable has been set.
Penticton Dragonboat Pub donates more than $5,000 to Ronald McDonald House
The Dragon Boat Pub in Penticton held its annual "Safety Boys" luncheon on Jan. 14 and donated $5,650 to Ronald McDonald House British Columbia while also delivering a family meal; the pub said its total fundraising has passed $8,000.
Our world looks gorgeous from space this weekend.
NOAA's GOES-East and GOES-West satellites are showing a clear atmospheric river over British Columbia's South Coast this weekend, and the article notes contrasting recent weather across Canada such as Toronto's record snowy day on Jan. 25.
Young artists step into Aldergrove art scene.
The Langley Arts Council is accepting free submissions from artists aged 14 to 29 for its Youth Exhibition (deadline March 18); the show runs May 1–June 14 at the Aldergrove Kinsmen Community Centre and includes a juried competition with cash prizes.
Repair Cafes launch ninth season in Maple Ridge.
Ridge Meadows Recycling Society is launching the ninth year of its Repair Cafes with five pop-up events beginning Feb. 21; since 2018 volunteers have helped fix about 3,400 items over 55 events.