Steve MacNaull
News Reporter, Feature Writer and Wine Columnist at KelownaNow
Long-time resident of the Okanagan. Chief business writer for Kelowna Daily Courier.
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Porter Airlines will get a big, watery welcome when it lands for the first time Wednesday in Kelowna
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kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull
It's called a water cannon salute. And it's a tradition in the aviation industry to give such a wet greeting to a plane or an airline taking off or landing for the first time at a particular airport. Wednesday morning it will be Porter Airlines' turn when it lands for the first time at Kelowna International Airport. The salute features the airport's fire trucks shooting arcs of water over the plane after it lands and approaches the terminal.
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1 day ago |
kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull
Personally, new Kelowna Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr believes the Online News Act (Bill C-18) probably needs to be scrapped. And with Fuhr's appointment today to Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal cabinet as secretary of state for defence procurement, Fuhr potentially has the ear of the prime minister to start the ball rolling on having Bill C-18 repealed. KelownaNow spoke with Fuhr shortly after being named a junior minister to offer congratulations and revisit the Bill C-18 crisis.
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5 days ago |
kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull
BC Conservative rural health critic Brennan Day is frustrated and flummoxed. "It's definitely a crisis," he said about the alarming escalation of temporary emergency room closures at hospitals in small communities such as Lillooet, Merritt and Oliver. "We keep asking questions of this (provincial) NDP government and we keep getting deflected.
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kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull
David Saysomsack is lending his winemaking style to Washington state grapes. "Yes, it's different fruit from a different terroir," said Saysomsack, the winemaker at See Ya Later Ranch in Okanagan Falls. "But, it was imperative that the See Ya Later Ranch wines I made from those grapes be similar to what we've always made at See Ya Later Ranch.
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5 days ago |
kamloopsbcnow.com | Steve MacNaull
It's tough to keep track of WestJet's previously much-lauded, non-stop flights between Kelowna and Seattle. In late 2024, the Calgary-based airline made a big deal of announcing it would begin year-round, daily service from the Okanagan's largest city to Washington state's biggest metropolis on Jan. 17, 2025. The route launched as scheduled on Jan. 17. But, in the meantime, a man called Donald Trump was elected president of the United States and took office Jan. 20.
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