News Items tag as: Pride Week

Kelowna Pride Week postponed until September
April 27, 2020 - 2:44 PM

Along with so many other events that have been cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19, Kelowna Pride Week is being rescheduled.
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.
iN PHOTOS: Hundreds show their Pride in Kelowna
June 22, 2019 - 1:06 PM

KELOWNA - In 1969, the LGBT community struck a major blow in the fight for equal rights at the Stonewall riots. 50 years later, the Pride Festival marked the important occasion with a massive turnout.
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.
Mass wedding planned for end of Kelowna Pride Week
July 28, 2017 - 9:55 AM

KELOWNA – For the first time in Kelowna, a mass wedding and vow renewal will take place at the end of Pride Week.
Pride Week brings awareness to TRU
April 03, 2015 - 2:34 PM

KAMLOOPS - With several hundred people attending Thompson Rivers University’s first Pride Awareness Week the event was a great success and everyone who attended was better for it.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
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Kelowna Pride Week postponed until September