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TOWER TROUBLES SOPA Square concerns being raised again

The damage to the SOPA Square development where tiles and debris fell off the outside of the building. (Mackenzie Britton - Capital News) By Mackenzie Britton and Kathy Michaels

The troubled SOPA Square building on Pandosy Street has suffered another setback. This time concerns are being raised about debris falling off the building and crashing down onto the street below. Kelowna City Hall started to receive calls Tuesday about tiles falling off parts of the building, which is owned by the Aquilini Group. The falling tiles generated safety concerns for drivers, pedestrians and nearby businesses in the Mission shopping district. “We were informed that tiles were coming off the face of the building, and we contacted the Aquilini Group to tell them what’s expected for the next steps,” said City of Kelowna chief building official Doug Patan.

“The failure of the tile is a cosmetic issue, and it’s up to the Aquilinis to get it fixed. If it was city property, we would take a stronger stance, but its an issue we will make sure the Aquilinis take care of.” Businesses in the area noticed the falling debris and certain parts of the sidewalk blocked off with cones and tape. “I called my landlord concerned when I noticed,” said Glenn Smith, general manager of The Canadian Brewhouse & Grill. “They said they were aware and they were taking care of it.” Just down the block from the Brewhouse, Tailored Shave barber shop manager Shantel noticed the blocked off areas, but had not received any update on the situation. “It’s concerning for the building, and the safety of customers

and the community in this area,” Shantel said. Patan said that the City of Kelowna is keeping an eye on the needed fixes to the SOPA building, and fully expect the repairs to be made. The building has a long and troubled history. The Aquilini group and Ernst and Young, entered into an agreement in 2014 that saw the Aquilinis acquire SOPA Square for $29.5 million. At that time, only two floors were completed in what was supposed to be a deluxe hirise building. It soon became clear that it wasn’t what was expected. SOPA Square was first approved for construction by the city in 2008. It was to have 48 townhouse units and 51 condominiums, as well as 40,000-square-feet of commercial and retail space on the ground

level and 14,000-square-feet of office space on the second floor. The planned mixed-use development was once touted as a potential anchor for the South Pandosy commercial area. The original cost was estimated at $70 million. Troubles for the original developer started early and there was a lengthy delay in starting work on the project. Then safety concerns about one of the cranes on the site shut down construction for a period of time. The original developer ran out of money before the project was complete and it sat idle for a time but was revived when a second developer took over. That developer, however, also quit the project leading to Ernst and Young stepping in to find a buyer. After the Aquilini Group take over, the project was completed.

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Local chefs want styrofoam off the menu By Sydney Morton

The Okanagan Chefs Association wants to create a greener future. An idea devised by chefs Rod Butters, of RauDZ Regional Table, and Bernard Casavant, director of operations for RauDZ and chairman of the association, brought forward a motion last year to find a more eco-friendly alternative to styrofoam for deliveries to restaurants. “I think it (the idea) was really born out of frustration by Rod, it’s ridiculous how much food comes in styrofoam,” said Casavant. The four restaurants run by Butters have already transitioned away from plastic straws and styrofoam take-away containers. Casavant says that perishable and temperature sensitive products such as cheese and seafood are usuallydelivered n styrofoam. They are currently speaking with Gordon Food Services and Sysco Corporation about the move to a greener future. “We are reengaging with sup-

Ross Derrick, manager at Codfathers Seafood Market, and owner Jonathan Crofts deliver fish in their reusable bins to chef Chris Braun, with RauDZ Regional Table. (Tess Oljaca - Capital News) pliers and saying that we are no longer interested in having a part in this brutal environmental impact,” he said. “Rod and I both said it’s about

time, it’s our environment.” The movement has already been When the duo presented the idea making its way around the counto the association again Casavant try. says there were smiles and nods The president of the association, coming from around the table. Jeremy Luypen, brought forward

the motion to a regional meeting with chefs from Western Canada. At the meeting, Codfathers Seafood Market owner Jon Crofts announced they would switch to reusable totes to transport their fish to restaurants. “We made the decision because it was honestly going to save us money in the long run and be better for the environment,” said Crofts. Codfathers has already discontinued styrofoam take-out containers and switched to biodegradable containers. While a lot of the fish that comes into the store comes in styrofoam packaging, Crofts says that he will continue working with his suppliers to discontinue their use of styrofoam as well. “The stuff that bugs me is the single use plastic that just gets tossed. I love that a lot of our customers come in with reusable shopping bags,” said Croft. Butters was unavailable for comment as he is currently in Thailand.

Founder of Me Too movement speaks in Kelowna By Sydney Morton

Tarana Burke, the founder of the Me Too Movement, says she hopes society will one day view sexual violence in the same way they view smoking. “If someone lit up a cigarette (in a building) you would be appalled. But that wasn’t the case 30 years ago. They didn’t even think about it, they would smoke on planes and in offices. So you can change people’s thinking and shift the way people relate to one another,” said Burke, who spoke in Kelowna Wednesday “It’s not about your own health, it’s about other people’s health. So we have evidence in our world that there are shifts in understanding, thinking and in our culture,

it can happen. We need to be aware of how do we re-imagine our lives so that we look down on sexual violence as something so distasteful, like smoking, like drug use… to make sure people don’t have this experience in their lives.” Burke has been in sharp focus lately, but the activist has been pounding the pavement for her grassroots movement for 25 years. She first wrote “Me Too” on a piece of lined paper in 2006 when she was frustrated with the amount of sexual violence in the world and the way it is spoken about. What the movement has become most known for, however, does not resemble what she set out to create. “I don’t think it will ever be what it was when I started because it started as a

grassroots movement in the (U.S.) South (Alabama),” said Burke. “So, I think that coming up on two years (since then), we are able to shift the narrative so more people understand it’s more expansive than what the media would lead you to believe. It’s more expansive than a hashtag. It’s all-encompassing in ways we don’t really get to see represented on a day-to-day basis.” People who said, “Me Too” were talking about the entire spectrum, she said, not just being harassed at work or what is happening in Hollywood. ”They were talking about their real lived experiences,” Burke said. Burke said the media, while it has helped amplify her voice, has failed to share

ferent sexual violence experiences and expanding the coverage of the topic instead of focusing on the celebrity angle. “I think the media’s role is a big one. I think that people have also been socialized in a way to think about sexual violence in a way that is incredibly small,” said Burke. “The other side of things is I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the media. We wouldn’t be able to have this platform and talk about sexual violence the way that we do.” Burke spoke at UBC Okanagan Wednesday to help students understand their Founder of the Me Too movement, Tarana Burke was in Kelowna to speak role in the Me Too Moveto students and the public Wednesday. (Sydney Morton - Kelowna Capital ment as students, as well as News) how to handle sexual violence the narrative that features the scratched the surface, ques- on campus. Later she spoke spectrum of sexual violence. tioning authority, sharing at the Kelowna Community The movement has not stories of people with dif- Theatre.

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Co-housing concept finds interest By Carli Berry

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Gord Lovegrove, associate professor of engineering at UBC Okanagan and co-housing project leader, gave a presentation about the co-housing concept to an engaged audience Wednesday at the Innovation Centre. (Carli Berry - Capital News) co-housing can definitely be successful here. It’s been successful in other parts of B.C. in the U.S. and in Europe,” Head said. Head said he would consider living in a co-housing unit. The marketing students developed a plan to market to a targeted audience and

facilitated media press releases to promote interest in the event. “Our goal was a bit over 100 people, and people keep coming in and it’s looked like we’ve reached our goal and things are going well so far,” Head said. Craig Hostland, project coordina-

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they decide instead of living in a variety of different locations in Kelowna, or even in side by side townhouses, that they want to live in a more socially focused environment,” he said. With co-housing, you would have your own private space, but certain amenities would be shared in common areas, such as a communications room, a work shop or a communal kitchen, he said. The aim of the workshop is to show residents the idea and get them to take the intuitive to start a co-housing project. He noted co-housing already exists elsewhere across B.C. in Kamloops, Nelson, Langley and Vancouver.

Downtown shelter’s lifespan extended The announcement by BC Housing this week of another extension to the Cornerstone Shelter lease on Leon Avenue has drawn a mixed reaction from the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. Chamber president Carmen Sparg released a statement voicing disappointment by the decision while taking some solace in the BC Housing commitment to close the temporary shelter by this summer. “A short-term extension to the Cornerstone lease is preferable to the erection of a tent city in Kelowna,” said Sparg in her statement. Sparg cited ongoing downtown business owner concerns about the rise of petty crime, vandalism and nuisance behaviour since the temporary emergency shelter was established. She acknowledged city staff response to those concerns has made a positive impact but safety issues remain.

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Credit where credit is due We’ve all heard the phrase ‘behind every great man stands a great woman.” It might sound like a compliment for women, but if you stop to think about, it’s not. It implies that a woman can only be successful in support of a man, or that their successes will always be tied to that of a man. That is changing now, but through much of the 20th Century, the accomplishments of women were put aside or hidden as part of a man’s work. Take Maud Menten, forbidden from doing independent research in Canada in the early 1900s, even though she was a University of Toronto medical graduate. But in 1913 Berlin, one of her discoveries led to the process that allowed enzymes to be purified, modified, and targeted as drug therapies. Viola Desmond, who now graces our $10 bill, was a successful businesswoman as well as a civil rights icon, setting her sights on the addressing the lack of beauty products for black women. In the process, she founded her own salon and beauty school. Accomplishments that stand alone. Then there are the women who worked at the Harvard Observatory as “computers,” doing calculations and detailed examinations of the glass plate photographs shot by the astronomers. Though they received little public recognition, they were responsible for a number of advances in astronomy, including the system still used for cataloguing stars. This isn’t to say women were never recognized for their contributions. There have been many famous female artists and writers, for example, and even the occasional scientist like Marie Curie. But the overall idea that women weren’t suited to some kinds of work—even though they were quietly contributing greatly to those fields—is something to be ashamed of. This has changed and hopefully will continue to change for the better, with women recognized for their contributions in every field of human endeavour. But that doesn’t mean the battle is over. Humanity could backslide into caveman behaviour again, or there could be other changes for the worse. It’s all about building a better society where we all have an equal part. When our greatgreat-great grandchildren are looking back at us a century from now, let’s hope they’re not ashamed of our record. –Black Press

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There’s nothing wrong with periods Late bloomer should have been my middle name. Breeding, getting my period, first bra —all of it, slightly later than the norm. This age bonus is probably why when my period arrived, I gave my dad an excited call and said it was time to go to the pharmacy because his firstborn was a finally fully formed woman. (Fun fact: It was right after Ben Johnson got Kathartic Canada a gold medal. Let’s KATHY not discuss the MICHAELS national shame that followed.) From the moment he awkwardly hung up, after saying “OK. Will do. Gotta go,” I realized that one woman’s joy is another man’s discomfort. That said, there’s no shame in my game. Discussing things like periods, tampons and pads and watching people react uncom-

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One man made the mistake of complaining about the cost to taxpayers for the odd girl asking for a pad or tampon on our Facebook page. He defended himself about how he saw the differences between pads and toilet paper while other readers went for his blood. He was wrong if you ask me. So too were the people who resorted to name calling. But I digress. There’s a bigger issue at play — why do women feel shame about periods? A poll conducted last year by underwear brand THINX of 1,500 women and 500 men from across the U.S. has found that 58 per cent of women have felt a sense of embarrassment simply because they were on their period. Forty-two per cent of women have experienced period-shaming, with one in five being made to have these feelings because of comments made by a male

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No doubt short-term rentals are toxic To the editor: No doubt short-term rentals are toxic. re: Brian Turner’s rebuttal of my March 1 letter to the editor on short-term rentals. Turner, you say homeowners are taxpayers whereas renters are not. It seems you think taxes justify the right to have short-term rentals. Curiously, no one down at city hall has said the same. Moreover, given how landlords so often assert that rents are what cover their taxes and other costs, renters evidently do pay taxes indirectly. You also question what proof I have for saying STRs are toxic. I admit my letter was not written in a scholarly style, but my eightpage position paper submitted to the city as part of stakeholder consultations was. The paper relied on my own research and on the research of others. My research showed what you deny, that STRs negatively impact the local economy. A 2017 survey of Central Okanagan businesses found more than 90 per cent had trouble attracting and retaining labour due to the tight rental market. The service, retail and tourism sectors were particularly hard hit. Former chair of

Tourism Kelowna, Daniel Bibby, condemned STRs when he said they worsened the housing crisis for employees and employers. In 2018, the BCGEU likewise said that its members struggle to find long-term rentals in Kelowna, leading many to move further away from their work and others to leave the province altogether. Big White Ski Resort Ltd. is a case study of disorder caused by short-term rentals. In 2017, the company had to redirect $3.5 million earmarked for more resort infrastructure and tourism facilities to the construction of new employee housing due to the owners of condos and ski chalets having switched their availability from staff accommodation to Airbnb. According to the company vice president, Big White would need to build additional staff housing in each of the following three years if STRs were to prevail. As for your observation that the president of the Kelowna Hotel and Motel Association, Dale Sivucha, recently said the industry is unconcerned by competition with STRs, this contradicts a 2018 interview with Okanagan hotelier Ingrid Jarrett, who complained

that traditional hotels were in fierce and unfair competition. Although the regulations that the city now proposes will level the playing field somewhat in terms of taxation, it appears the competition will continue. On the sunny side, you apparently want to correlate a rise in tourism with a rise in STRs. But statistics from the City of Kelowna do not show the same. Economic Impact of Tourism in Kelowna and the Greater Kelowna Area, B.C., produced by Tourism Kelowna, shows an increase of visitors between 2006 and 2011 of 26.9 per cent. From 2011, when STRs began to proliferate in our city, to 2016, by which time STRs had increased 328 per cent according to Airdna, the increase of person visits remained almost constant at 27.5 per cent. As for your idea that STRs have no negative impact on homebuyers, the study, “The Sharing Economy and Housing Affordability: Evidence from Airbnb,” shows that a 10 per cent increase in Airbnb listings leads to a 0.37 per cent increase in house prices. Applying the formula to Kelowna’s 899 per cent increase in STR rentals from

2011 to 2018 (Airdna), we should have seen a 33.3 per cent increase in house prices across the same period. CMHC data for this period show the median price of a single detached home actually increased by 56.5 per cent. For your information, STRs also affect rental rates. The Sharing Economy concluded that a 10 per cent increase in Airbnb listings leads to a 0.24 per cent increase in rents. Applying the formula to Kelowna’s 899 per cent increase in STRs, we should have seen a rent increase of 21.6 per cent between 2011 and 2018. Padmapper reports an actual increase of 15 per cent in each of the last two years alone. Although STRs are not the only phenomenon to negatively affect the local economy, house prices and rental rates, there’s no doubt they do play a role in the conditions that led to the 2019 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey having ranked Kelowna as the 28th least affordable housing market in the world, up from 32nd the year before. Dianne Varga Renters United Kelowna

Short-term rental cure raises questions To the editor: As we near the Ides of March, our city hall bureaucracy wants to make property ownership more unaffordable by increased regulation requiring a taxable expansion of a new multitude of bylaw enforcers. There is a delicate socioeconomic balance between owners and renters.

Disruption of this balance is counterproductive. No ownership can sustain renting premises at below operating costs for an extended period. Many homeowners are so highly leveraged that they are one step from foreclosure in many respects. Some owners note tax assessment increases of 20 per cent to 30 per cent while rental rates are leg-

islatively limited. Now we have the threat of $10,000 fines for those seeking mortgage helper income, statistically annualized at a lesser amount. Financing of ownership today is becoming increasingly difficult. It is simple economics; to foster affordable rentals there must be affordable ownership. And we certainly know

that foreclosure is a significant cause of homelessness. Then we have seasonal-term renters, such as students, teachers who rely upon rental premises being held available after allowing a summer of short-term rentals. Has their voice been lost in this panic mode attack on Airbnb? Or is this a rush to solve one need by creating another.

With all the of special zones and specific developments allowing continued Airbnbs, let’s hope this is not special favouritism. Let’s hope the end game of some voices is not a simple attack on the haves by the have-nots. Let’s also hope that the cure is not worse than the disease. Ian Royce Sisett Kelowna

Some need to reconsider misjudgement of Americans To the editor: In response to the Feb. 27, 2019 letter “Trump Has Misjudged Mexico” I offer the following thoughts: For years, I have read letters like this printed in local newspapers throughout the Okanagan Valley. Addressing this letter specifically, a good experience in Mexico has changed the way the author views the Mexican people and U.S President Trump has misjudged them. Yet expressing this opinion is not enough when Trump, according to what I read, is now an”idiot” and “giant idiot who needs to go away soon.” Letter writer Nol Preen has abandoned communicating his new found positive opinion of the fine Mexican people and embraced the trending “America bash.” When my American visitors showed me this letter we could only guess as to why the writer would witness rude/non-tipping behaviour in

a Mexican bar then fabricate the opportunity distributed newspapers. Maybe Tourism Kelowna for attack and criticism in claiming “They were should weigh in on this. Michael Lipinski probably ignorant Americans,” a statement right Peachland out of the blue, early in the letter, setting the tone for the eventual presidential insults. Misjudging and ironic. Children and young adults read the newspaper and might be looking for an explanation of why choosing to print the words “ignorant AmeriIn Wednesday’s edition, March 7, of cans” differs from “ignorant gays” or “ignorant the Capital News, it stated in the title Muslims.” I am aware of the different usage and “KSS grad engaged in accounting jourdefinitions of the word “ignorant” and agree ney” which is incorrect. Angela Gordon’s that our laws on discrimination and hate speech career is in financial services. include race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation The article also incorrectly said she had and nationality. more than 20 years of experience in North These types of letters chosen for print have America and 12 years in Western Europe. become more common. Opinions and disagreeShe has more than 20 years of experience ments sign off with insults or mudslinging. I including her 12 years spent in Europe. don’t know why they are given space in widely

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Artist remembered on International Women’s Day By Carli Berry

The impact of a renowned Kelowna artist can still be seen today in the city’s cultural district 41 years after her death. Gwen Lamont spent 30 years in Kelowna and her works of art, along with her legacy, remain a crucial part of the Kelowna Art Gallery. Born in Macleod, Alta. in 1909, Gwen moved with her husband John and twins Eain and Gwendy to the Central Okanagan from Victoria in the 1940s. She was the original curator of the Kelowna Art Gallery, and was heavily involved with the performing arts scene and the Kelowna Regatta Lady of the Lake pageant. She also worked as an artist for the Capital News in the 1950s, said her daughter. “She had a very good understanding of Okanagan history,” Gwendy Lamont said. “She was very willing to explore new methods, and I mean she was involved with puppetry, stage sets.” Three volumes of her sketches of

Gwen Lamont with her twins Eain and Gwendy. (contributed) the Lak-La Hai-Ee Shuswap First Nations community can also be found in the Okanagan Heritage Museum. Gwen taught adult art classes in the community, as well as a children’s Painting in the Park pro-

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ing children and being involved in some aspect of art and the people she met.” Gwen is featured as one of the Okanagan’s Inspirational Women featured at the Okanagan Heritage Museum as part of International Women’s Day today. “She was a very interesting person, and had a very broad outlook on life. I think she immersed herself very deeply in the life of Kelowna,” Gwendy said. Nataley Nagy, current executive director of the Kelowna Art Gallery, said Gwen Lamont was a great example of a practising artist who was dedicated to her community. “We plan on being here another 100 years,” said Nagy. “So all of our plans when it comes to collecting mean we’re going to be a resource for many years to come, that’s thelegacy. We have a big responsibility on behalf of the City of Kelowna to manage our collection of 881 works of art and it was started by Gwen.” The tradition carries on 41 years later.

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Tracy Gray (left) and Renee Wasylyk are vying for the Conservative nomination in Kelowna-Lake Country. (Capital News file)

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nomination date to choose either Renee Wasylyk or Tracy Gray, the two declared candidates, as the party’s nominee to challenge incumbent Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr in the upcoming

Oct. 21 federal vote. Wasylyk and Gray have just one day left to sign up new members to the party as March 9 has been set as the cutoff date for new or renewed, memberships required

to vote in the nomination process. March 2 was the deadline for candidates to officially declare they were seeking the nomination, and only Wasylyk and Gray—both of whom

announced last year they would seek the n o m i n at i o n — p u t their names forward. Wasylyk heads a Kelowna-based development company and Gray is a local businesswoman and a former Kelowna city councillor. Both women have publicly criticized the representation provided to the riding by Fuhr, an accusation he rejects pointing to federal money secured for area projects and a long list of federal cabinet ministers who have visited the riding in the last 3 1/2 years. Fuhr defeated longtime Conservative MP Ron Cannan in 2015 to become the first Liberal MP for the area in 45 years. Because of the short time between the April 6 Conservative nomination vote and October’s election, both Wasylyk and Gray have said they are already campaigning among the broader electorate as if they have the nomination. Meanwhile, in Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola, which includes the downtown area of Kelowna, long-time incumbent Conservative MP Dan Albas has already been acclaimed as his party’s candidate heading into October’s election.

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Pads, tampons stocked at schools Free feminine hygiene products available to students By Kathy Michaels

Free pads and tampons are easily accessible in Central Okanagan schools, says a school district official. “We provide a number of feminine hygiene products to our students at middle and secondary schools,” said Terry Beaudry, deputy superintendent for Central Okanagan public schools. “They are located around different parts of the schools, so female students know where they can go to access products.” The hygiene products can be found in school offices, counselling centres and learning assistance rooms, added Beaudry. “Access to free feminine hygiene products at school has never been an issue, in the sense that there are bundles of supplies in

Terry Beaudry, deputy superintendent for Central Okanagan Public Schools, says access to feminine hygiene products is not an issue in the district as there are free supplies at all secondary and middle schools. (Flickr) multiple locations,” she said. “We want to ensure our girls are well looked after and they are not put in an uncomfortable position to have to leave the school or head home for hygiene products.”

The issue drew attention across B.C. this week when the New Westminster School District announced it “made history” by approving free pads and tampons for students through coinless vending machines.

The difference in delivery of free supplies was something it said addressed inequities. “We made history tonight! Coin-free period products so no girl stays home from school because they have no access

to products,” said Dee Beattie, a trustee with School District 40 in a Tweet. The vending machines are set to be ready by September. The move is aimed at addressing a nationwide awareness about the struggle to access menstrual hygiene products. O n e - t h i rd of Canadian women under 25 have struggled to afford menstrual products, according to a 2018 study by Plan International. That study found feminine hygiene products were one of the top three material costs of being a woman across all age groups. It also revealed one-third of Canadian women under 25 have struggled to afford menstrual products for themselves or their dependents. It also found 83 per cent of women feel their period prevents

Local teacher pleads guilty By Kathy Michaels

A former Mount Boucherie teacher was in court Thursday and pleaded guilty on charges of sexual exploitation, attempting

to pervert or obstruct justice and several counts of breaching conditions. Brad Michael Furman, 29, was in court for an arraignment hearing and entered

the plea. He will be in court May 14 so lawyers can go over pre-sentence and psychiatric assessment reports, according to court documents.

The charges date back to the spring of 2018 and Furman remains out of custody. Due to the nature of the charges, there’s a ban on the identity of the victim.

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With the skidding of tires, one Lego robot knocks another out of the stadium. It’s the fourth year for the annual Sumo Bots championships, held Wednesday at Hollywood Road Education Centre. The robots, designed by Central Okanagan students, battled in sumo-like stadiums with the goal of knocking each other out of the rink. Cooper Corbett, 11, along with his teammates from Anne McClymont Elementary, designed a robot that looked like a blue monster. This is his second time competing in the tournament and this year he

created his robot almost from scratch. Using a box to cover the mechanical parts, the goal was to make it spin in a circle, similar to the one he created last year, he said. “It was really fun (last year) so I decided to do it again,” Corbett said. “We’re not done it yet, we’re still working on it.” Murray Chalmers, with Central Okanagan Public Schools, said the competition has been growing with 92 robots and more than 200 Grade 4 to 9 students participating from Peachland to Oyama. “One of the mandates from the ministry of education is that they want kids to be exposed to coding and pro-

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Kelowna wrestler returning home for CWE debut By Mackenzie Britton

Kelowna born wrestling star Mike Shreddz will make his official Canadian Wrestling Elite debut this spring. Shreddz is a six-year veteran who dominated the Okanagan wrestling scene before relocating to Vancouver. Shreddz will return to the Okanagan in Kelowna on April 11 as well as an additional show in Penticton April 9. The local wrestling legend joins the CWE during its upcoming 10th Anniversary Tour to compete with some of the CWE’s best competitors from across the world. Winner of two Wrestler of the Year awards, four time Most Popular Wrestler of the Year award winner, Shreddz also holds the record for most title defences while

company with a ton of stuff going on throughout Canada.” Having success in Big West Wrestling and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling leagues has Shreddz really to return to his hometown of Kelowna and get back in the ring. The CWE tours throughout Canada and features and brings

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While Ross Kulak enjoys dancing, he will have a bit more pep in his step now after matching all 10 numbers in the Lotto 6/49 draw held Feb. 27 to win the $1 million guaranteed prize. Kulak has been playing Lotto 6/49 using quick picks for as long as he can remember and bought the winning ticket as part of his weekly routine. “I was at the grocery store and thought I’d check my ticket and see if I had any small wins

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