In the face of disaster, businesses, non-profits and individuals across the southern Interior of B.C. are showing their solidarity with people displaced by wildfires in the Okanagan and the Shuswap by donating food and other necessities.

The catastrophic Okanagan Mountain Park fire burned more than 250 square kilometres of land from August to September 2003, destroying nearly 240 homes on the southern edges of Kelowna and causing damages estimated at $200 million.

The violinist from a popular music band in Kelowna, B.C., has successfully recovered his rare violin.

Gitxsan artist Clint Williams embarked on his artistic journey while pursuing a four-year program at the Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Art in Hazelton of northwestern B.C., during the '90s. It's unknown when he landed in the Okanagan region and when he began experiencing homelessness.

After decades of having their creations showcased across the globe, Canadians Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller have opened a permanent exhibit in Enderby, B.C., called the Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse.

Natalie Parent and her husband, Ed, spotted a drowning osprey while they were on a boating trip in the Shuswap Lake near Salmon Arm, B.C. and decided to save it.

Kelowna, B.C., ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier plans to swim 106 kilometres from the Okanagan Lake's north arm to the southern tip of the lake within 40 hours starting Tuesday at 4 a.m. PT.