Judi Tyabji
Spring 1992 When young Liberal candidate Judi Tyabji was declared the new MLA for Okanagan East, a...
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Category: Profiles
Features: Inform, entertain, stir the pot—we do it all, proudly bringing you stories that matter. Remember these 25 fabulous features?
Profiles: Let us grab your attention with the 25 profiles we’ve chosen to represent hundreds of fascinating people featured in our magazine over the years.
Ursula Surtees
Spring 1995 Since moving to the Okanagan as a young war bride in the 1940s and becoming the first...
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Jim Stuart
Fall 1991 “I’m accused of being anti-ALR, anti-most everything and very pro-development. But...
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May Bennett
Fall 1989 May and her husband had a simple agreement: he would run the province and she would run...
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Wendell Phillips
Jan/Feb 2003 • July/August 2004 Camera in hand, Wendell Phillips has travelled the world,...
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Robert Dow Reid
Fall 1988 The plunge into the world of art paid off for Robert Dow Reid. The shipyards of Scotland...
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Jack Hambleton
Winter 1988 Jack Hambleton liked to say that he was self-taught. For an artist to wait for...
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Valley Sports Heroes
Their athletic exploits brought us to our feet, swelled our hearts with pride, took our breath...
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Triple Threat Krystal Garib
Krystal Kiran Garib wasn’t always enthusiastic about dance school. “My mom said ‘I paid for the classes—you better go,’” she says. When a visiting teacher sparked her interest in hip hop and commercial dance, she was hooked; then she had to convince her parents …
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Duncan Keith: Slam Dunc
Was he dreaming of a day like this when four-year-old Duncan Keith laced ’em up for the first time in Fort Francis, Ontario.
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The Changing Face of Beauty Pageants
Spring 1993 • September 2001 “Here he comes…” A comical gender bender—an attractive young man,...
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Requiem for Jennifer
Summer 1997 By Julianna Hayes The image is one Jean Cusworth will never forget. It’s of her...
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Rockets Mania
June 2004 The Memorial Cup 2004 couldn’t have happened on a more appropriate weekend for the...
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Coquihalla Phase 3: Okanagan Connector
October 1990 From politicians to project supervisors to sub-contractors to tourism personnel,...
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Tyler, David and Organ Transplants in Children
Fall 1998 • October 2000 • Nov/Dec 2004 Okanagan families share their experiences in the hope that...
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Road Warriors
Winter 1997 Scott Parker One of the tests for a hockey player with NHL ambitions is life on the...
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Stockwell vs Clark
Spring 1997 David Stockwell is British Columbia’s most famous voter—the Kelowna man who would have...
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Début Issues: Best Restaurants & Best of the Okanagan
Fall 1995 • Fall 1996 Best Restaurants (1995): The Okanagan has a better than average mix of...
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Old Lady of the Lake
Jan/Feb 2004 The seven-eighths of a mile between the Westside and the sandy beach at Kelowna has...
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Developer Mike Culos
Homes 1997 Successful developer and Social Credit Party president Mike Culos is no different than...
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Ink! The Musical
April 2006 For years a father would sing songs to his three children as they drifted off to sleep....
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With Glowing Hearts
April 2010 Name one other event in the history of our country that has so completely enthralled...
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Return of the Sockeye Feature
October 2012 Each net wriggling with sockeye is a triumph. When the population returning to the...
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Betting the Farm
June 2007 BC’s Agricultural Land Reserve is recognized internationally as a progressive tool for...
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Online Dating
Spring 1998 • March 2010 1998: Looking for love on the Internet is like patronizing a fantasy...
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Firestorm Friday
September 2003 Friday, August 22 At 6:00 p.m. we put the September issue of Okanagan Life to bed....
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Special Olympics
Jan/Feb 2007 Name all the athletes who play on elite teams or compete individually at provincial,...
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Clash of the Conservationists
October 2006 The South Okanagan Similkameen park proposal has stirred up a snake pit of...
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Hockey Greats Fantasy Camp
Jan/Feb 2010 Kelowna was the site of an exceptional hockey camp last August that brought together...
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Sandwich Generation
April 2010 Mid-lifers struggling to cope with ailing parents and growing kids can feel jammed...
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Chiefs of the Valley
Summer 1991 The contrast between Chiefs is interesting in itself. Among the six tribal heads...
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