https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--922-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:22:38 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--922-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/144972/Local-teacher-honoured https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/144972/Local-teacher-honoured Sat, 01 Aug 2015 05:00:00 PDT Contributed On July 13, 2015 the Honourable Erin O'Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, presented the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation to local secondary school teacher Don Bingham of Kelowna. Don is a social studies teacher at Kelowna Secondary School (KSS) and has dedicated a great deal of time ... https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/144000/Respecting-citizenship https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/144000/Respecting-citizenship Sat, 18 Jul 2015 05:00:00 PDT Contributed A few constituents have written to me concerned by misinformation that dual citizens in Canada are under attack because of legislation that was passed by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of Canadian citizenship. I want to assure constituents it is not the case. In an effort to underscore... https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/143334/Science-funding-for-UBC-O https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/143334/Science-funding-for-UBC-O Sat, 04 Jul 2015 05:00:00 PDT Contributed As a top priority of the federal government, science and research funding was again front and center when our Minister of State for Science and Technology, the Honourable Ed Holder announced that UBC Okanagan researchers were the recipients of more than $2.6 million in financial grants, fellowships,... https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/142390/Protect-women-and-girls https://www.castanet.net/news/MP-Report/142390/Protect-women-and-girls Sat, 20 Jun 2015 05:00:00 PDT Contributed As a father of three grown daughters, I proudly support the action our Government is taking to end all forms of violence against women and girls, including murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls. It was our Government that established the special committee on missing and murdered aborigi...