FILE PHOTO - Minister of Veterans Affairs Kent Hehr speaks with veterans at a stakeholder summit at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Hehr will be in Kelowna on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 where he is expected to announce the reopening of the city's Veterans Affairs office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Veteran affairs office to reopen in Kelowna after 2014 closing

KELOWNA – The veterans affairs office in Kelowna, shuttered in 2014 by the Conservatives under Harper, is reopening.

Veterans affairs minister Kent Hehr will join Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr to make the expected announcement.

The federal Liberals vowed during their campaign to restore the offices in nine Canadian cities including Kelowna.

The announcement is being held at 471 Queensway Ave. in Kelowna on Tuesday, August 16 at 9 a.m.

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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.

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