Greenpeace Activists Arrested at Kelowna Costco

Costco Kelowna was the target of Greenpeace demonstrators yesterday.  During the demonstration, three activists were arrested.  This action was taken to underline the fact that Costco is selling Redlist species -- seafood endangered by overfishing." By 3 p.m., store...

Get Your Vote On Takes Low Voter Turn Out for a Ride

Today, Get Your Vote On is taking voting for a ride in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna  with a critical mass bike ride in all three cities. A posse with a purpose, the Critical Vote Ride, sets out to gear up...

Kelowna Ogopogo Rotary Club Hosts Adventure in Tourism

Ogopogo Rotary offers students an adventure in tourism   Kelowna, BC—Students from B.C. and around the world will be in Kelowna from March 29 to April 3 for the Second Annual Adventures in Tourism program,...

Premier Accused of Pink Shirt Hypocrisy on Anti-Bullying Day

Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....

Food Alert for Kelowna - Ground Beef from Superstore

An alert has been posted on the Healthy Canadians website stating that some ground beef sold by the Real Canadian Supestore in Kelowna may have glass particles in it.  If you bought Lean Ground Beef Club Pack...

B.C. P3 lender burning through government loan guarantees

The Belgian-French bank that's supplying the financing to several public-private partnership (P3) projects in British Columbia has exhausted half of the government guarantees it received in a September bailout....

Listeriosis claims more lives

The listeria death toll across Canada rises to 19 with the recent deaths of two women, one from BC and the other from NB.  Re: the death in BC:"The senior, who died at Kelowna General Hospital, had an...

Canada: Air passengers to undergo 'virtual strip search'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSo much for those mail order $4.99 X-Ray glasses, a new technology is in town for air travellers passing through this little burg Kelowna far in the British Columbia...

Anti- Semitism alive and well in smalltown Canada

Kelowna, a beautiful resort city in the British Columbia Interior, also known as Canada's California by some was a target of anti- semitic hate crime. It's tiny Jewish Community Centre was ravaged by vandals;...

Majority oppose B.C. carbon tax

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA scant few months ago when a Carbon Tax was announced by the British Columbia Government, much Back slapping, Banners and Party Favours were passed out to a Liberal...

Demonstrators Carry Blank Signs Outside "Islamophobia" Trial to Protest Free ...

The signs protesters carried at the courthouse said it all by saying nothing.Protesters carried blank signs in front of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in Vancouver Monday morning to draw attention to erosion of freedom of expression. They say...

Kelowna Will Not Spare Feral Rabbits

European feral rabbits can pose danger to agricultural communities. Kelowna, in response to their immediate problem, looked to outside sources for help."Kelowna city council has contracted a company to...

What's become of the million dollar house?

Being a 'millionaire' ain't what it used to be..."I remember a time not too long ago that a cool million dollars bought you an amazing home. Some may have even uttered the word "mansion". I realize that "amazing...

Hippies had it right: kids need spirituality

"Four years ago, two American psychologists put forth a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded overwhelmingly with one answer:...

Hells Angels: "Halos of Innocence"

Defence Lawyers in British Columbia seem to thrive on defending their Criminal Clientele putting them in a positive light resulting in a Catch and Release Justice system which is seen by some as a Justice System...

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