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12 unusual facts about Kelowna


Balsamorhiza sagittata

Under the name Okanagan Sunflower, it is the official flower emblem of the city of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

Bryan Ryley

His work is found in numerous private and public collections, such as, The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna; Vernon Public Art Gallery; The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; Petro Canada Collection; Shell Collection in Calgary, Alberta.

Garry Lefebvre

After founding and pastoring a small church in Kelowna, BC in 1988, Garry returned to Edmonton in 1992 as director of the 100 Huntley Street counselling center.

Global News

On October 4, 2007, Global's then-parent company Canwest announced it would be centralizing news production control room functions for all O&Os (except CHBC Kelowna) at four broadcast centres - CHAN Vancouver, CITV Edmonton, CICT Calgary, and CIII Toronto.

Gordon McGhie

Gordon McGhie is a music composer who resides in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

James Birren

He is working with ASA and the MindAlert program to bring Guided Autobiography to locations as diverse as Kelowna, British Columbia and Atlanta, Georgia.

James H. Stuart

James H Stuart is a former mayor of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, from 1986 to 1996.

Kelowna-Lake Country

Kelowna—Lake Country, a federal electoral district in use from 2003 to present

Skye at Waterscapes

Skye at Waterscapes is the tallest building in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, with 26 stories.

Westside-Kelowna

The riding was created out of parts of Okanagan-Westside, Kelowna-Lake Country and Kelowna-Mission.

Wilfrid Emmett Doyle

Doyle then did work in the Diocese of Kamloops before moving in 2001 to St. Elizabeth Seton House of Prayer in Kelowna, which he had established during his tenure as Bishop and where he and others were later forced to evacuate when forest fires threatened to consume the residence.

Zdravko Rajkov

In his later years he retired with his wife Violet in Kelowna, B.C., Canada.


41st British Columbia general election

Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding, and was re-elected in a by-election in Westside-Kelowna.

CHBC-DT

CHBC's studios are located on Leon Avenue (near Water Street) in Kelowna, and its main transmitter is located near Lambly Creek Road in Central Okanagan; CHBC also operates 18 rebroadcast transmitters across the southeastern part of the province.

Christie Van Hees

Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, Van Hees currently resides in Dallas, Texas with Huczek and their two daughters, Evelyn and Faith.

CKKO-FM

The denial was due to the fact that the station would focus more on the nearby city of Penticton, where it would compete with other stations in that market, while losing its focus on Kelowna.

Gold Trails and Ghost Towns

Created and produced by Kelowna television station CHBC-TV and hosted by Mike Roberts with historian storyteller Bill Barlee.

Independent Soldiers

Over the past few years the gang has gained prominence in Vancouver, as well as Kamloops, Kelowna, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Surrey, and elsewhere.

Kelowna Flightcraft

Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, a cargo airline based in Kelowna, British Columbia, owned by Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

Kelowna Flightcraft also owns Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, a Canada-based charter company, and Allied Wings, contract operator of the Canadian Forces Contracted Flying Training and Support program.

On March 30, 2005, Kelowna Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Kelowna Memorial Arena

The "Memorial Arena" is the centre of Downtown Kelowna, right beside Okanagan Lake.

Kelowna Regional Transit System

Kelowna Regional Transit System is operated under a single zone system within the Regional District of Central Okanagan.

Kelowna Rockets

Justin Keller scored the game-winning goal late in the third period as the host Kelowna Rockets won their first ever MasterCard Memorial Cup by defeating the QMJHL Champion Gatineau Olympiques.

Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary School

- a performance by Kelowna post-punk band Empty Set, featuring future members of Grapes of Wrath (Kevin Kane), 54-40 (Darryl Neudorf) and Cannon Heath Down (Jon Brotherton), in the outdoor amphitheatre in 1982.

Pyramid power

Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, British Columbia built a 4-story replica of the Great Pyramid, alleged by the winery to improve the quality of wine aged within it.

Q103

CKQQ-FM, a hot adult contemporary radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

School District 23

School District 23 Central Okanagan, a school district that serves the Central Okanagan, which includes Kelowna, for which the school district's office is based in

West Kelowna Mall

Okanagan Lake Shopping Centre, a shopping mall located in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Westbank Shopping Centre, a shopping mall that was located in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, with it operating from 1995 to 2004

William R. Bennett Bridge

On April 21, 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell officially renamed the bridge from the Okanagan Lake Bridge to William R. Bennett Bridge in honour of former Premier William Richards Bennett, a native of Kelowna.

Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge replaced the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link Downtown Kelowna to West Kelowna across Okanagan Lake as part of Highway 97.