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Beach protesters demand lakeshore access along Kelowna’s waterfront

KELOWNA – Walk the Beach is again organizing a protest march asking for unfettered high-water beach access on Okanagan Lake.

The group held its inaugural march last August, attracting a couple of hundred participants.

Organizer Al Janusas has vowed to make beach access on Okanagan Lake a political issue during this fall's municipal election.

Docks Shame or Fame — a Facebook group that posts pictures of docks and other structures on Kelowna's lakeshore they believe violate the high water mark — posted this picture in advance of the protest.

“Now this is a whole new of rudeness,” the page administrator said.

The second annual Walk the Beach protest is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 from Kelowna’s City Park.

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By John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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