June in Kelowna: Celebrating Pride, Indigenous Culture, and the Start of Summer
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June is a big month. From Pride to National Indigenous Peoples Day to the official start of summer, it’s a month for getting out and about to explore Kelowna…
Tag: Kelowna Pride
Explore Kelowna While Attending the 2023 Fierté Canada Pride National Conference
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Kelowna will welcome delegates from over 75 Pride organizations for Fierté Canada Pride's 2023 National Conference & AGM in just over a week…
“Two years of pent-up energy” Ready to Explode at Kelowna Pride Week 2022
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Fahmy Baharuddin (he/him/his) attended his first Pride in Vancouver at 22. It was his first year in the country. Baharuddin came to Canada as a refugee, and celebrating Pride was illegal where he grew up…
Kelowna Pride Week 2021 Events
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Kelowna Pride Week is back! Due to the ongoing pandemic, Kelowna Pride Week has shifted to October…
Jackknife Brewing - A Place You Knead-To-Know
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Brad Tomlinson along with his business partner and pizza wizard, Damien Moore, opened Jackknife Brewing in March of 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Celebrating Kelowna Pride Week 2020
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“Your Future, Your Story...” This is the theme for Kelowna Pride 2020, which takes place September 18-27. As this year has been challenging for everyone, creating isolation and uncertainty, Kelowna Pride looks to bring people together in a safe, socially distanced way at some of Kelowna’s most premiere locations…
Local Love for Kelowna: Bobby Bissessar
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Upon meeting Bobby Bissessar, you will be struck by his poise, professionalism, and plain old…
Drinking in the Kelowna Lifestyle with a Truly Canadian Queen
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Ella Lamoureux is a truly Canadian drag queen. Heralding from the Kaska First Nation, whose traditional territory covers parts of northern British Columbia and southeastern Yukon, Ella’s ancestral people have lived in what is now Canada for thousands of years…
Loyal to Diversity... A City Councillor’s Take on What Makes Kelowna Awesome
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Loyal Wooldridge is a successful entrepreneur - operating Loyal Hair, a full-service luxury hair salon since 2006 - and in fall 2018, he was elected to Kelowna City Council…
Add These Kelowna LGBT2Q+ Fall Events to Your Calendar
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The pumpkin spice lattes are out in full force, the trees are varying shades of autumnal colours, and the weather is cooling down, but things are still smoking hot for Kelowna’s LGBT2Q+ community…
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