News Items tag as: B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship

Why this extraordinary Kelowna woman was awarded a provincial medal
January 08, 2024 - 6:00 PM

For almost two decades Kelowna resident Spring Hawes has been working tirelessly to improve accessibility and inclusivity for people with disabilities.
Okanagan Falls man joins an exclusive club with citizenship medal
March 23, 2017 - 2:30 PM

OKANAGAN FALLS - The province paid homage to one of Okanagan Falls’ leading citizens with it’s newest honour, the Medal of Good Citizenship, in a brief ceremony in the community today.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Why this extraordinary Kelowna woman was awarded a provincial medal