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‘Gentrification’ not the answer: Mega-condo won’t fix larger problems, says Kelowna councillor Loyal
Letters of support for a three-tower downtown development cited issues with homeless population in the Leon area. MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Jan. 15, 2021/ Kelowna Capital News Letters submitted by local businesses in support of a massive Leon Avenue mega-condo prompted...
Kelowna council encourages holiday shoppers to buy local as businesses struggle
Kelowna Capital News / MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ/ Dec. 8, 2020 A profitable holiday season could mean the difference between life and death for several local Kelowna businesses, city councillors warned on Monday. Following the lengthy last regular council meeting of 2020,...
CBC’s The Doc Project: How a B.C. library’s Drag Queen Story Hour turned into a nationwide fight for intellectual freedom
Listen to the entire one-hour program on CBC's 'Doc Project' here. When Miss Freida Whales stepped into the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) last September, she was not prepared for the crowd waiting for the inaugural Drag Queen Story Hour. "I remember coming through...