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Westside-Kelowna

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


2011 Budweiser Shootout

Next, Bob Hadley, of Westside Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Florida, said the invocation, and actress Amber Heard gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

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.

Balsamorhiza sagittata

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

Bonnie Franklin

Also in 1988, she appeared with Tony Musante at the Westside Arts Theatre (in Manhattan) in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally.

Bouchout Castle

In November 1944, a first flying bomb struck the westside of the Domain causing most windows of Bouchout Castle to break.

Bruce Samazan

In mid-1993, Samazan released a rap music single under the "pseudonym" B-Man Samazan on the Westside Records label called "One of a Kind", and filmed a music video for the song with Kellie Hoggart from Teen Queens (and later of Hi-5 fame).

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.

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.

City of Quartz

The rest of the book explores how different groups wielded power in different ways: the downtown Protestant elite, led by the Chandler family of the Los Angeles Times, and the new elite of the Jewish westside; the surprisingly powerful homeowner groups, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Catholic Church.

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.

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.

Gold Trails and Ghost Towns

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

Goose Hollow / SW Jefferson St

It is the third stop westbound on the Westside MAX alignment and makes several cameo appearances in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? as the stop where Marlee Matlin's character boards the train to get into town.

Gordon McGhie

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

Independent Soldiers

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

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 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.

Kelowna-Lake Country

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

Landmark quiz

Landmark Quiz is an annual quiz contest instituted in 1992 by the Landmark Bookstores owned by Tata Group through its Trent (westside) brand.

Lincoln Lewis

Early during 2013 US Pilot season, Lewis was cast in ABC and Warner Bros. drama television pilot "Westside" directed by McG.

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

Saint Joseph, Oregon

Saint Joseph was named by Ben Holladay, who chose this location as the terminus of the westside line of his Oregon Central Railroad, in order to encourage competition between Lafayette and McMinnville.

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

Skye at Waterscapes

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

Tarun Arora

He was seen in advertisement campaigns for brands like Raymond, Westside, Kwality Walls, McDowell’s whiskey, and LG, and walked the runway for several designers.

Thuggish Ruggish Bone

The music video was shot near the Cuyahoga River on Cleveland's westside, near from the Lakeview Estates public housing units.

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

Westside Connection

Westside Connection began performing together in 1994, appearing on Mack 10's self-titled debut album, Mack 10, on the song "Westside Slaughterhouse".

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.

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.

Zdravko Rajkov

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


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