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In the photo: Vision Mate volunteer Petrina Dumais (left) chats with Les Nolin of the CNIB. It’s White Cane Week, which highlights awareness of the blind and vision-impaired.

Cheryl Anderson and James Pusey found a fun way to enjoy the great outdoors after this week’s snowfall in Kamloops.

In the photo: Representatives of several Kamloops charities gather at the Kamloops This Week office to share in the success of the KTW Christmas Cheer fundraiser.

Eight-year-old Nora Simcoe watches as her paper airplane is launched by the battery-powered device built by each participant at an event at the downtown Kamloops Library during Family Literacy Unplug and Play Week activities.

Pacific Way elementary student Inan Latif (right) asks questions about the Math Expo project of Westmount elementary students Isobel Stodola (left) and partner Linden Marshall.

The 2015 Kamloops Luxury Bridal Fair was held at Thompson Rivers University on Sunday, Jan. 25, and KTW photographer Allen Douglas was there to shoot the styles:

The Kamloops Fish and Game Club’s annual Learn To Ice Fish Day attracted hundreds to the lake south of Kamloops on Sunday, Jan. 18, with perfect conditions greeting visitors.

Five-year-old Ryan Trudeau doesn’t seem too fazed by a face full of the white stuff after taking a face-plant into the snow during an outing to the outdoor skating rink in Pineview Valley. Dave Eagles photo/KTW

In the photo: Sarah Hines catches some air while flying down a hill at Beattie School of the Arts on McGill Road on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the second of two snow days in which Kamloops students enjoyed the winter wonderland with classes cancelled.