News Items tag as: LGBTQ

Kelowna’s LGBTQ+ community looking for love not hate as Pride Week wraps up
June 08, 2023 - 6:00 AM

As the LGBTQ+ communities in Kelowna and Penticton celebrate Pride Week this year, they are under attack like never before in recent times.
Kelowna council not being let off the hook for inaction on conversion therapy
November 03, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Even though Kelowna city council has publicly condemned conversion therapy and sent a letter to the federal government urging that it be made illegal, it doesn’t go nearly far enough, according to nearly 1,000 Kelowna residents.
Kamloops LGBTQ2s+ community plan rally after violent attack on transgender youth
September 29, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The bullying and victimization of a transgender youth in Kamloops earlier this month has shaken up some members of the LGBTQ2s+ community in the city and sparked a peaceful rally planned for mid-October.
Kelowna Pride concerned with lack of consultation on RCMP's new LGBTQ+ program
February 23, 2021 - 12:01 PM

Kelowna RCMP have launched a new program to offer safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ+ community, but the Kelowna Pride Society is concerned it wasn't consulted before yesterday's launch.
Kelowna Pride looking for help as it gears up for Pride Week 2020
February 20, 2020 - 3:06 PM

Vendors, advertisers and volunteers are needed as Kelowna Pride builds on the growing success of its Pride Week celebrations.
Here’s what the Kamloops Pride 2019 events lineup looks like
June 18, 2019 - 3:08 PM

KAMLOOPS —Kamloops Pride has announced its events lineup for this year’s pride week.
RCMP launch Safe Place Program for LGBTQ2S+ in North Okanagan
October 12, 2018 - 11:15 AM

VERNON - RCMP have brought the Safe Place Program to the North Okanagan.
Research to shed light on advanced care planning among LGBTQ+ in Kamloops
September 17, 2018 - 3:10 PM

KAMLOOPS - Simon Fraser University’s Gerontology Research Centre is hoping to hear from Kamloops residents 55 or older who identify as LGBTQ+ who are willing to share their concerns about living and aging in non-metropolitan areas.
VIDEO: How Pride helps people in Kamloops
August 26, 2018 - 6:09 PM

KAMLOOPS - The rainbow wasn’t in the sky this rainy August day in Kamloops.
VIDEO: How a Kamloops church chose to support Pride Week
August 26, 2018 - 12:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops church took their Pride display a step further yesterday.
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THOMPSON: Why I have hope today's youth will do better than my generation
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iN VIDEO: Kamloops baker gives crash course on making the perfect macaron
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Court agrees with ban on medical marijuana advertising in Mississippi
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