South Okanagan Council of Canadians
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South Okanagan Council of Canadians
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The Council of Canadians believes we all do better when we advocate for a society built on democracy, justice and care for each other. Join this chapter to make a difference sokcofc@gmail.com
Thanks for coming to the first AGM for South Okanagan Council of Canadians Nov 2! New members, new core team, new ideas! GREAT SOUPS !!! We are starting off STRONG! DM if you want to get the monthly e-newsletter.
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Apple Fundraiser Extended to Sat, Nov 1. One $25 box of apples (unsprayed Macs or Spartans) = $15 towards buses for Outdoor Ed for Gr 2 kids at Queen's Park, Penticton. Go here to order and help science education. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Basic Income would provide everyone who needs it with income security.
October Newsletter from Basic Income BC (BIBC) mailchi.mp/3689c807cdf1...
#basicincome @basicincomebc
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
South Okanagan Council of Canadians visited striking workers to support their job action. The union has offered restructuring solutions that have been rejected by management, leading to unnecessary deficits. Here’s the proposal. www.deliveringcommunitypower.ca/our_plan #workersrights
October 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
More photos from #DrawtheLine Sept 20 in Penticton. We stand up against the billionaires and for social services, clean water, equity, peace, and climate solutions.
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@ftfokanagan.bsky.social Can you Connect the Dots between Fossil Fuels Big Oil to affordability? Join us ONLINE Thur, Sept 18 for a webinar wit Kiki Wood of @stand.earth Register to get the link tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion in advance of #drawtheline Sept 20 in Penticton and around the world.
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SEPT 20 Draw the Line Penticton PARADE from Gyro Park 11AM. Decorate bike, walker, scooter, stroller. Go around Market to Veterans Park for songs and stories about climate, justice, and HOPE. Draw the Line for a future built on peace, clean energy, and fairness. Email SOkCofC@gmail.com ALL AGES
September 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
International Peace Day, SUNDAY, Sept 21 Join Musaic choir, friends, and everyone at Gyro Park in Penticton to sing songs of peace. 2-2:30PM.
Raise your Voice for World Peace! #peace #singforpeace
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September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sept 15 doc screening about FIRES in BC. Don't miss it. tinyurl.com/5969muvj
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Pride Arts Festival Osoyoos was a great day! Lots of love and support. Climate Prayer Flags made by kids. Postcards to PM to protect the planet. Requests to Min of Health to protect Pharmacare. New members of CofC !! #pharmacare #canadaisburning #climateaction
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Mark your CALENDAR. "Trouble in the Headwaters" Doc Screening in BC. Join filmmaker, UBC prof, and others in panel discussions. How do clearcut forests cause floods and damage watersheds. Penticton Sep 8 6:30PM at Oasis United Church tinyurl.com/y3ewv3nn #forest #water #watersheds #landslides
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Climate Change is Real and Expensive! #climate #endfossilfuels
August 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
AUGUST 13 PENT Connect the Dots - share stories, spark conversations, imagine a better way forward. Seniors for Climate & Neighbourhood Small Grants hold a Potluck Picnic in the Park at Skaha Lake Park Pavillion! tinyurl.ee/tiLlv BYO chair, plate, cup, utensils and some food to share. With YANTI !
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Please join activists in the Okanagan on July 26 to support actions for peace in a region-wide rally to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Bring flags, signs, voices and friends to Kelowna. #peace #stopwar #defundmilitary #nogenocide
July 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sept 20 HUGE for climate, social justice, peace, democracy and Indigenous reconciliation. Hold the Date! DRAW THE LINE.
#peace #water #drawtheline @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social @ftfokanagan.bsky.social @sokcofc.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🇵🇸June 4 6-8PM Doc screenings Summerland Library - Resistance Climbing and Tour de Gaza @penticton4palestine shares movies to educate and build connections for PEACE in the OK Valley. Palestinians are resisting the occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. See how.
June 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Abnormally DRY for the South Okanagan "The map above shows the extent and severity of drought conditions across Canada. The scale used runs from D0 Abnormally dry to D4 Exceptional drought." Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as of Apr 2025. It IS worse NOW.
May 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
PEACE in the world. Kelowna May 31 BANNER DROP for Gaza. End the War. Stop starving and maiming and killing children. Stop killing journalists. Stop killing. Parkinson Rec Centre Parking Lot near overpass. 1:30PM
May 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Food Insecurity in the Okanagan for First Nations is a real challenge. One group is tackling food sustainability by creating a community garden. Learn from Dixon Terbasket at Ntamtqen Community Garden and FTFO May15 7-8PM Online. Preregister. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Earth Day Ap 22 Our Planet, Our Power! TOMORROW @10am SS Sicamous in Penticton. Gather for an honouring of Mother Earth. Then take up climate prayer flags and create a Chain of Hope for Climate. We Demand an end to Fossil Fuels for our climate-safe future.
April 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
April 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sat, Mar 22 11-4 CREATE climate prayer flag Demand faster action by elected leaders on Climate Action. Seniors for Climate South OK. 221 Martin ST Penticton Preparing to make a HUGE line Ap 22 Earth Day from the Sicamous along Okanagan Lake to the Peach or further LATER IS TOO LATE!
#climateaction
March 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
St. Paddy's Day "Green" beer Disinformation Detective Chat Games & Prizes Learn how to detect 'greenwashing' Mar 17 2-5PM Elks Lodge 343 Ellis, Penticton. There are climate solutions. Later is Too Late! www.facebook.com/share/169u2j... Invite your friends and family. Kids welcome.
March 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join Seniors for Cl!mate and all those interested in climate solutions at the Elks Lodge 343 Ellis, Penticton, for games & prizes & conversations about 'greenwashing' and how to become a Disinformation Detective. 2-5 Drop-In March 17 St. Paddy's Day
March 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM