City of Kelowna awarded $2 4 million to connect Houghton Road corridor to Rail Trail - Kelowna News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RCMP investigating after racist rant outside Kelowna vaccine clinic caught on video
A racist rant outside a vaccination clinic in Kelowna, B.C., has prompted an RCMP investigation and an online backlash against the man at the centre of it.
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Posted: Jul 15, 2021 6:49 PM PT | Last Updated: July 16
A image taken from a video showing an anti-vaccine protester confronting security guard Anmol Singh outside a vaccine clinic in Kelowna, B.C., this week.(Carly Berry / iNFOnews.ca)
The RCMP are investigating an incident at a vaccine clinic in Kelowna, B.C., after video surfaced showing an anti-vaccine protestor unleashing a racist rant toward a security guard in a parking lot on Tuesday.
Kelowna council approved rezoning of a property on Manhattan Drive despite vehement opposition - Kelowna News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FILE PHOTO - The beach at Boyce-Gyro Park in Kelowna is seen in this undated file photo. Eight Okanagan Lake waterfront land owners on Watt Road, just north of Boyce-Gyro Park, have had their properties designated as future parkland by the city.
(ADAM PROSKIW / iNFOnews.ca) July 13, 2021 - 6:00 PM Led by councillor Luke Stack, Kelowna city council resisted a strong lobbying effort by eight Okanagan Lake waterfront land owners on Watt Road and designated their properties as future parkland. But it might take decades to buy and develop the land. “If we really do believe that this is part of what we need as a community, we should have enough courage and stand up and say, this is what we need, ” Stack said near the end of an hour-long discussion over the land at city council s meeting Monday, July 12.
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The accident happened near St. Paul Street and Bernard Avenue around 11 a.m. at the Bernard Block, a major three-tower residential and commercial project being constructed by Okanagan builder Mission Group.
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The crane was being used to build a 25-storey residential tower and was taller than the building it was helping to construct. The upper portion of the crane toppled, leaving most of the crane’s support tower standing.
At least three people were sent to hospital, including one in critical condition, but it is likely there are more injured.