News Items tag as: Okanagan Mermaids

Yes, that's a swimming mermaid in Kelowna and she's looking for friends
August 18, 2024 - 11:30 AM

If you’ve seen swimmers wearing brightly coloured tails in pools and lakes this summer it is because they are “mermaiding.”
Glitter, sequins, shells and tails: These women are the Okanagan Mermaids
July 10, 2017 - 3:05 PM

KELOWNA - When Jennifer Grant is not working as a corporate image consultant, she is either swimming, or donned in glitter head to tail - a mermaid tail that is.
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The science and art of making mead at Vernon's Planet Bee
Mead has been gaining in popularity as an alcoholic beverage but also as a craft and career. Planet Bee in Vernon is a case in point. James Nowek, co-owner of Planet Bee honey farm, makes mead right on the premises from honey harvested from

Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures,

Developer refutes First Nation claims at Tranquille site in Kamloops
The developer behind the massive proposed rebuild of Tranquille is pushing back against claims made by Secwepemc leaders about the land and its institutional past. Ignition Developments said the province has been "strategically manipul

Yes, that's a swimming mermaid in Kelowna and she's looking for friends