by Okanagan Life | Jun 13, 2015 | Culture, Okanagan Women
You might think Clare Fleming has wings tucked into her shoes, the way she effortlessly flies into the splits mid-uthorir. But no, there are no wings, just hours and hours and hours of training tucked under her belt that helped her soar to the top at the Performing...
by Darcy Nybo | Apr 8, 2015 | In Person, Okanagan Women
“Water binds us together, as humans and with all other species, as shared inhabitants of our watery planet,” says Anna Warwick Sears, executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board. “This bond is the link to our future.” When someone has this kind of passion for...
by Okanagan Life | Dec 10, 2014 | In Person, Okanagan Women
Janice Perrino’s advice to any woman thinking about running for elected office is “Just do it.” Two terms as Summerland’s mayor, preceded by six years as a councillor, has given Janice first hand insights into women in politics. “I didn’t have a lot of confidence that...
by Okanagan Life | Nov 6, 2014 | In Person, Okanagan Women
Brain injury is no black-and-white matter for Christine Lefaivre Her therapy brings colour back into the lives of the brain injured. After more than two decades of working with recovering patients, occupational therapist Christine Lefaivre has published her...
by Okanagan Life | Sep 30, 2014 | Arts & Culture Archives, Culture, In Person, Okanagan Women
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by Okanagan Life | Jun 25, 2014 | Culture, In Person, Okanagan Women
Kelowna’s Debby Helf has devoted most of her life to theatre, particularly community theatre. She started putting on plays when she was four, obtained her BA in dramatic arts from the University of California at Berkeley in 1968, and has been involved with Theatre...
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