Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes recently awarded 12 Shuswap residents with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. The medals are awarded to recognize and celebrate significant achievements and extraordinary contributions Canadians have made for the benefit of their fellow citizens and their country. Front row, from left to right are: Jeffrey Smith, Duncan Myers, Jack Bowers, Brig.-Gen. Peter Kilby, Lt.-Col. John Bagshaw and Chief Nelson Leon. In the back row, MP Colin Mayes, Judy Dangel, Mark Dibblee, Douglas Adams, Brian Ayotte, Delores Mori and Philip Wright.