News Items tag as: SOGI-123

Accessing gender-affirming care proves difficult for Kelowna transgender man
April 28, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Being transgender comes with its fair share of challenges including discrimination, body dysphoria, mental health issues, access to proper healthcare, the list goes on. When it comes to being transgender in Kelowna, these challenges can be exacerbated.
Vernon school board has no plans to reopen meetings anytime soon
January 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Abbotsford school board meetings are open the public again after being moved online in response to hundreds of anti-SOGI protesters.
Vernon not alone in banning public from school board meetings
January 29, 2024 - 7:30 AM

The Vernon school district's recent decision to only allow the public access to its school board meetings over Zoom mirrors an action taken by the Abbotsford school district last fall.
Protests over sex, gender not new in Okanagan but tone radically different
January 26, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Parents have been concerned about how their children are educated probably ever since there were schools.
Vernon school district steers anti-SOGI campaigners to BC government
January 22, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A flood of letters opposing the provincial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity position should go to the province not the school board, according to School District 22 superintendent Christine Perkins.
iN VIDEO: Vernon school board meeting disrupted and shut down by protesters
December 21, 2023 - 8:05 AM

A video posted on YouTube five days ago by a group calling itself Big Tree View shows what appears to be members of the Vernon School District Board walking out and shutting down their meeting as a woman reads a lengthy diatribe of accusations.
More anti-SOGI rallies planned for Okanagan tomorrow
October 20, 2023 - 7:45 AM

Three more “1MillionMarch4Children” rallies are planned for the Thompson-Okanagan tomorrow, Oct. 21.
Kelowna anti-SOGI event planned in wake of billboard removal
February 20, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The anti-SOGI movement hasn't given up in the Okanagan.
What SOGI 123 is – and what it isn't
October 14, 2022 - 7:00 PM

SOGI 123 has once again become an election issue for trustees at school boards across the Thompson-Okanagan, though it appears many candidates and voters are still unsure of what it is.
Coquitlam teacher's licence suspended for anti-SOGI-123 comments
April 28, 2020 - 12:29 PM

A Coquitlam teacher who said SOGI 123 was harmful to students and tried to distribute pamphlets with that same message had her teaching certificate suspended for a day and will have to take a course on 'creating a positive learning environment'.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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