The West Kelowna Feed-In will go ahead as scheduled at tonight's West Kelowna council meeting. Photographer: Contributed

West Kelowna breast-feeding protest to go ahead as planned

WEST KELOWNA – The West Kelowna Feed-In is going ahead as scheduled despite a bit of damage control by the district.

The group declared they would protest at the March 24 council meeting after a delegation from the Interior Health Authority and UBC Okanagan asking council to help them promote breast-feeding were turned away at the last meeting.

Council issued a press release soon after the March 10 meeting saying that Mayor Doug Findlater would be bringing forward the Baby-Friendly initiative for consideration by staff.

However, supporters of the Facebook page West Kelowna Feed-In remain undeterred and plan a rally at tonight’s meeting, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The group may have to wait awhile if they want to hear what council has to say. Unless a councillor makes a motion to move it forward, the Baby-Friendly Initiative is the last item on a lengthy agenda.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infotelnews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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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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