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Last week, Thom Killingsworth, Chair of the Tourism Kelowna Board of Directors, accompanied the 2020 Kelowna Memorial Cup Host Committee to the 2019 Memorial Cup in Halifax to host a welcome event and to meet with event officials in preparation for Kelowna hosting next year's event. …
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Last week, Big White Ski Resort, in partnership with BC Snowboard and Canada Snowboard, announced that they will host athletes from around the globe at the Barrels & Berms Snowboardcross World Cup, taking place at the resort from January 20 to 27, 2020. This will be the first Snowboardcross World Cup to be held in Canada since 2013…
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This morning, the World Curling Federation announced that the World Mixed Doubles and Seniors Curling Championships 2020 will take place at the Kelowna Curling Club from April 18-25, 2020.…
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Canada's National Sport Organizations (NSOs), Event Rights Holders (ERHs), and sport industry educators were on hand at the 2019 Sport Events Congress (SEC), held March 18-21, 2019, in Ottawa. Groups such as Ringette Canada, Golf Canada, and Curling Canada attended to discuss their portfolios of events and meet destination representatives from across Canada at the annual conference…
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UBC Okanagan has won the bid to host the inaugural Canada West Golf Championships this fall at the Okanagan Golf Club. Canada West, the conference within U Sports that is represented by 17 post-secondary institutions across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, announced Kelowna as the 2019 host at their semi-annual meeting last week. …
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On Wednesday, February 6, Tourism Kelowna presented the Tourism Kelowna Sport Hosting Award to Jock Tyre and the Kelowna Curling Club for their outstanding efforts in hosting the 2018 Winn Rentals World Mixed Curling Championships…
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We are proud to announce that Harvey Hubball, Business Development, Sports & Events for Tourism Kelowna, has been selected as a finalist for the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) Sport Tourism Rising Star of the Year Award.…
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In mid-December 2018, Tourism Kelowna participated in a meeting with 14 other sport tourism officials from British Columbia (BC) as part of the BC Sport Tourism Network…
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Skate Canada International is returning to Kelowna in October 2019. This morning, Skate Canada announced that Kelowna won the bid to host the 2019 Skate Canada International, marking the second time the event has been held in the Okanagan…
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On Wednesday, October 3, the Kelowna Rockets and the City of Kelowna were selected by the Western Hockey League (WHL) Board of Governors to host the 2020 Memorial Cup, presented by Kia Canada…
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