Kelowna releases list of top 10 names for massive snow blower

More than 900 suggestions were sent to the City of Kelowna to name its new massive snow blower. Now, people have until Friday, Feb. 3, to pick their favourites.

Flurious George, Snownado and Snow Mercy were among the top 10.

Betty Whiteout is on the list. It was one of the top two names chosen by Chatham-Kent in 2022. That Ontario city also chose Ctrl Salt Delete for one of its plows.

Other top names from Chatham-Kent, which are also on the Kelowna top 10 list, included Buzz Iceclear and Blizzard of Oz.

READ MORE: Ctrl Salt Delete? Kelowna's snow plow naming contest has stiff competition

Other names on the Kelowna list include Snowbe-gone Kenobi, S’no Problem, Snowasaurus and Blizzard Blaster.

The person who submitted the winning suggestion will get a “deluxe snow blower experience” that includes a photo shoot and demonstration with the snow blower.

If more than one person suggested the winning name, the prize will go to the first person who submitted it.

The winning name will go on the city’s new 45,360 kilogram snow blower.

Cast your votes here.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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