News Items tag as: Vaisakhi parade

Okanagan Sikh community offers prayers for healthcare workers in lieu of Vaisakhi celebrations
April 14, 2020 - 7:00 AM

Vaisakhi parades have been cancelled across the Thompson Okanagan region due to COVID-19, but that isn’t stopping Sikhs from marking the occasion.
Vaisakhi parade in Kelowna this weekend
April 28, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna’s most colourful annual parade is returning to Kelowna this weekend.
Vaisakhi parade to impact road and transit travel in Rutland
April 24, 2015 - 8:33 AM

KELOWNA - The Okanagan Sikh Temple and Cultural Society is holding its fifth annual Vaisakhi parade in Rutland next weekend and drivers travelling through the area should be aware of rolling road closures and parking restrictions
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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

Okanagan Sikh community offers prayers for healthcare workers in lieu of Vaisakhi celebrations