Rally

High-powered luxury cars revved up for Okanagan Dream Rally
KELOWNA – Get ready to rev your engines; the Okanagan Dream Rally is back in…

Education advocates to rally at Kamloops high school
KAMLOOPS — Parents, students, and business owners will be among dozens of people expected at…

TRU social work students to rally against unpaid internships
KAMLOOPS – Some students at Thompson Rivers University are uniting behind thousands of students in…

Postponed Kamloops Harley-Davidson rally morphs into wildfire fundraising
KAMLOOPS – Unfortunately, after months of planning, the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Rally scheduled for this…
Second rally planned for Roxanne Louie
PENTICTON – Family and friends of Roxanne Louie are not going to let her memory…

Thompson-Okanagan locals travel by bus to anti-Kinder Morgan pipeline rally in Vancouver
'WE WILL BE LINKING ARMS AND STANDING TOGETHER AS PEOPLE FROM ALL RACES, NATIONS, AND…

Protest against Trump in Kelowna this weekend
KELOWNA – A local man is trying to get Kelowna on the list of cities…

Big White Winter Rally chosen as final round for national championship
BIG WHITE – Whether you drive a souped-up Subaru or a race-ready beater, the back…
‘My daughter’s future is in jeopardy’: Vernon mom speaks out at medical marijuana rally
VERNON - A drop of cannabis oil eaten on a cracker is making 13-year-old Tanniel’s seizure’s drop from 170 a day, to 30. “It was our life saver,” her mom, Elizabeth Bakker says. Doctors tried a number of different things, Bakker says, but Tanniel’s non-epileptic seizures weren’t getting better. Frustrated and heartbroken at seeing her...
ELECTION 2015: Mulcair would ‘love nothing more’ than to take Conservative stronghold of the North Okanagan-Shuswap
VERNON - More than 300 locals at an NDP rally in Vernon today welcomed a special guest: the party’s national leader or, in their words, the next prime minister. The optimistic crowd gathered outside North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras’ 30 Avenue campaign office Tuesday afternoon to welcome Tom Mulcair. The party leader has been...

ELECTION 2015: Support and anger during Harper’s Kamloops stop
KAMLOOPS - In a Kamloops warehouse filled with roughly 200 supporters and Conservative Party staffers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke of the economy under his government, touting the latest auditor general results from this morning as proof his government is the right one to be leading our country. The Conservative Party rally kicked off around...

Vernon joins Canada-wide rallies against Bill C-51
VERNON - Vernon residents will protest a controversial piece of government legislation at a rally Saturday afternoon. The focus of the protest is Bill C-51, the federal government’s Anti-terrorism Act. The proposed legislation would allow federal authorities to investigate terrorism by accessing the public’s private information, and sharing that information among intelligence and law enforcement...

National anti-terrorism bill demonstrations make stops in Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Demonstrators gathered across the country today to protest the government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation. In the Thompson-Okanagan rallies were held in Kamloops and Vernon. Organizers dubbed the nationwide protests "Defend our Freedom." The Conservative government introduced the legislation, known as Bill C-51, in January and says it will make Canadians safer. Dozens of people...

IN PHOTOS: Teacher rally draws hundreds
KAMLOOPS - By the time noon hour was over more than 300 people had gathered at the foot of the Overlanders Bridge to show support for teachers and hundreds more showed support by honking and waving as they drove by. Kamloops Thompson Teacher's Association President Jason Karpuk says while not surprised, he was happy with...

Diverse-abilities on display at City Hall
KELOWNA – A line of people stood together outside City Hall Wednesday raising awareness for issues still faced by those in our city who have disabilities. The rally, called the Pathways Inclusion Chain, was organized by Pathways Abilities Society, a 61-year-old group started by a handful of parents in 1953. It has since grown to...