News Items tag as: Okanagan Mermaids

Yes, that's a swimming mermaid in Kelowna and she's looking for friends
August 18, 2024 - 11:30 AM

If you’ve seen swimmers wearing brightly coloured tails in pools and lakes this summer it is because they are “mermaiding.”
Glitter, sequins, shells and tails: These women are the Okanagan Mermaids
July 10, 2017 - 3:05 PM

KELOWNA - When Jennifer Grant is not working as a corporate image consultant, she is either swimming, or donned in glitter head to tail - a mermaid tail that is.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
BEMMEL, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands expanded a government-run initiative on Monday allowing legal cannabis sales. While growing cannabis is still illegal, cannabis shops — known as coffeeshops — in 10 municipalities

Penticton strata to pay condo owner $17K after 7-year dispute over roof leak
A BC Tribunal has ordered a Penticton strata to hand over $17,000 to a condo owner following a dispute over a roof leak that took place seven years ago. However, the $17,000 is a fraction of the money Marta Lillian Hunchak claimed Strata KA

Yes, that's a swimming mermaid in Kelowna and she's looking for friends