News Items tag as: hate speech

Kelowna RCMP are investigating hateful vandalism on rainbow art
November 02, 2023 - 4:10 PM

Police are investigating after rainbow pride art was vandalized in Kelowna with hate speech late last month.
Judge in hate speech trial won't hear free speech charter argument before trial
July 13, 2015 - 9:00 PM

QUESNEL - The hate-speech versus free-speech debate continues in a Quesnel courtroom after a judge decided to wait until the end of trial to hear constitutional arguments from the accused charged with promoting hatred.
Distributor of anti-gay flyers in Kamloops says he's leaving the country for good
March 18, 2015 - 7:28 PM

KAMLOOPS – The controversial author of a what some have called a 'hate-flyer' will no longer deliver them in Kamloops or any other Canadian city — according to his latest blog post, he's leaving the country for good.

Christian proselytizer Bill Whatcott, known across the country for delivering pamphlets targeting and discouraging homosexuality, abortion and most recently the CBC,

Controversial 'hate flyer' comes to Kamloops
March 06, 2015 - 4:17 PM

CHRISTIAN ANTI-GAY, ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST BILL WHATCOTT IN TOWN?
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Kelowna RCMP are investigating hateful vandalism on rainbow art