News Items tag as: extinction rebellion

Anti-pipeline protest to be held in Kelowna
January 11, 2020 - 11:53 AM

The Wet’suwet’en First Nation will get support from the Central Okanagan today, Jan. 11.
iN PHOTOS: Climate protesters back up downtown Kelowna traffic
November 29, 2019 - 2:55 PM

Chanting, "Stop denying the planet is dying" and carrying poster boards with messages like "greenhouse gases kill the masses" climate protesters turned heads in downtown Kelowna today.
Kamloops dancers take part in world-wide climate protest led by Extinction Rebellion
October 07, 2019 - 2:39 PM

KAMLOOPS - A small group of protesters dressed in red costume and white face makeup gathered outside a storage area for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to protest climate change in Kamloops today.
Extinction Rebellion set to march along Kelowna's Bennett Bridge
October 07, 2019 - 12:58 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna’s branch of Extinction Rebellion will not sit out the bridge blocking protest that has slowed traffic across the globe.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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First stand-alone Taco Bell in BC opens in Vernon
Whether it’s for a quick lunch or a much needed late night burrito after an evening at the bar, folks in Vernon now have the option to visit Taco Bell. The city’s first Taco Bell, and one of the only ones in the B.C. Interior ha

Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be f

Hundreds of housing units proposed for old Kelowna Farmer’s Market location
The old Kelowna Farmers' Market location could be getting a drastic new look and purpose. A developer has proposed two, six-storey buildings connected by a common level of underground parking with 294 residential units at the northeast

Anti-pipeline protest to be held in Kelowna