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2026 BC Provincial Election: Where do candidates stand on our community’s priorities?

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2026 BC Provincial Election: Where do candidates stand on our community’s priorities?

 

Who represents us in Victoria matters. Provincial decisions shape health care, child care, schools, jobs and the services newcomers, families and seniors rely on every day.

OCCA invited Central Okanagan candidates in the BC provincial election to answer three questions about priorities that matter to our community:
-Multicultural Inclusion, Economic Participation & Belonging
-Youth, Families & Seniors
-Civic Participation & Representation

(中文请继续阅读)

Read their full responses:

ENGLISH VERSION

FRENCH VERSION

MANDARIN VERSION

FILIPINO VERSION

JAPANESE VERSION

KOREAN VERSION

Responses are shown as received, without editing or comment. Responses received after the deadline are marked. Candidates who did not respond are also listed.

Your vote shapes provincial decisions on health care, schools, child care, housing and the services our families and seniors rely on. Take a few minutes to learn where candidates stand, make a plan, and vote.

Want to practise first? Visit our mock voting station on Friday, October 23, 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., at the OCCA office, 1460 Inkar Road, Kelowna. No appointment needed.

General Voting Day: Saturday, October 24, 2026. Find your voting place, advance voting dates and ID requirements at:
https://elections.bc.ca

Disclaimer: OCCA Communities Association is a non-partisan registered charity and does not support or oppose any candidate or party. Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname. The order does not reflect any ranking, preference or endorsement by OCCA.

Candidates:
Binny Boparai (BC NDP)
Bill Desrosiers (OneBC)
Adam Frank (BC Green)
Gavin Gew (BC Conservative)
Kristina Loewen (BC Conservative)
Saoirse MacKinnon (BC Green)
Macklin McCall (BC Conservative)
Carter Mochinski (BC Green)
George Morgan (BC NDP)
Abraham Nordine (OneBC)
Miriam Rycroft (BC NDP)
Pavneet Singh (BC Conservative)
Loyal Wooldridge (BC NDP)
Alexandra Wright (OneBC)

2026 BC 省选：候选人怎么回应社区关心的问题？

 

OCCA 的 “社区重点议题调查” 中，社区成员选出了三项最关心的议题：
-多元文化包容与归属感
-青年、家庭与长者
-公民参与与代表性

我们邀请中奥肯那根地区的 BC 省选候选人回应。14 位候选人中有 6 位提交了回答，其中 3 份在 10 月 19 日中午 12:00 截止时间后收到。

以下是他们的回复：

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英文回复 （原文）

中文翻译版本

所有回应按原文刊登，OCCA 不做修改或评论。截止后收到的回应已注明。未回应的候选人也一并列出。

您的一票，会影响省政府在医疗、学校、托儿、住房以及家庭和长者日常所需服务上的决定。花几分钟了解候选人的想法，安排好时间，去投票吧。

想先练习一下？欢迎来我们的模拟投票站：10 月 23 日（星期五）下午 2:30 – 5:00，OCCA 办公室，1460 Inkar Road, Kelowna。不用预约。

投票日：2026 年 10 月 24 日（星期六）。投票地点、提前投票日期和证件要求请移步：
https://elections.bc.ca

立场声明：OCCA Communities Association 是无党派注册慈善机构，不支持或反对任何候选人或政党。候选人按姓氏英文字母顺序排列，排列顺序不代表 OCCA 的任何排名、偏好或背书。

候选人名单：
Binny Boparai (BC NDP)
Bill Desrosiers (OneBC)
Adam Frank (BC Green)
Gavin Gew (BC Conservative)
Kristina Loewen (BC Conservative)
Saoirse MacKinnon (BC Green)
Macklin McCall (BC Conservative)
Carter Mochinski (BC Green)
George Morgan (BC NDP)
Abraham Nordine (OneBC)
Miriam Rycroft (BC NDP)
Pavneet Singh (BC Conservative)
Loyal Wooldridge (BC NDP)
Alexandra Wright (OneBC)

2026 Kelowna Municipal Election: Where do candidates stand on our community’s priorities?

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2026 Kelowna Municipal Election: Where do candidates stand on our community’s priorities?

 

Earlier this year, OCCA’s Community Priorities Survey identified three issues that matter to our community:

-Multicultural Inclusion & Belonging

-Youth, Families & Seniors

-Civic Participation & Representation

We asked candidates for Mayor, Councillor and School Trustee to respond. 26 of 45 candidates sent in their answers by our publication deadline. (中文请继续阅读）

Read their full responses:

ENGLISH VERSION

VERSION FRANÇAISE

简体中文

BERSIYONG TAGALOG

한국어 버전

日本語版

NOTE: Translations are AI-generated and provided for reference only. If there is any discrepancy, the English version prevails.

Responses are shown as received, without editing or comment. Candidates who did not respond by the deadline are also listed.

Your vote shapes the decisions that affect our neighbourhoods, schools, parks and community services for the next four years. Take a few minutes to learn where candidates stand, make a plan, and vote.

General Voting Day: Saturday, October 17, 2026. Find your voting place and advance voting dates at:

https://www.kelowna.ca/city-hall/city-government/elections/vote-election

Disclaimer: OCCA Communities Association is a non-partisan registered charity and does not support or oppose any candidate. Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname within each office. The order does not reflect any ranking, preference or endorsement by OCCA.

Mayor Candidates:
Ron Cannan
Tom Dyas
Andrew Mark Uitvlugt

School Trustee
Joyce Helen Brinkerhoff
Deb Dickerson-Pogue
Richard Gauthier
Val Johnson
Jim Strachan
Ashok Kumar Verma

Councillor
Susan Ames
Les Bellamy
Chris Bocskei
Doris Maria Bregolisse
Nikki Renee Csek
Greg Dahms
Todd Christopher Daniels
Maxine Dehart
Indy Dhial
Crystal Dougan
Tim Down
Julia Fraser
Daniel Gordon Fritter
Bal Grewal
King James Ⅲ
Hamid Khajavi
Kevin Kraft
Davis Kyle
Gord Lovegrove
Teresa May
Trevor McAleese
Randy Millis
H. Morales
Brian James Pinter
JC Rathwell
Brady Rogers
Brian Rogers
Mike Rose
Todd Robert Sanderson
Mohini Singh
Glendon Charles Smedley
Silverado Brooks Socrates
Laura Thurnheer
Lee-Ann Tiede
Rick Webber
Rob Wilkinson

2026 基洛纳市政选举：候选人怎么回应社区关心的问题？

OCCA 今年的 “社区重点议题调查” 中，社区成员选出了三项最关心的议题：

-多元文化包容与归属感
-青年、家庭与长者
-公民参与与代表性

我们邀请市长、市议员和学校董事候选人回应。截至发布截止日期，45 位候选人中有 26 位提交了回答。

以下是他们的回复：

简体中文

繁体粤语

*声明：所有译文均由人工智能（AI）生成，仅供参考；如有歧义，以英文原文为准。

所有回应按原文刊登，OCCA 不做修改或评论。截止日前未回应的候选人也一并列出。

您的一票，会影响未来四年社区、学校、公园和公共服务的决定。花几分钟了解候选人的想法，安排好时间，去投票吧。

投票日：2026 年 10 月 17 日（星期六）。投票地点和提前投票日期请移步

https://www.kelowna.ca/city-hall/city-government/elections/vote-election

立场声明：OCCA Communities Association 是无党派注册慈善机构，不支持或反对任何候选人。候选人按竞选职位分组，组内按姓氏英文字母顺序排列。排列顺序不代表 OCCA 的任何排名、偏好或背书。

Mayor 市长
Ron Cannan
Tom Dyas
Andrew Mark Uitvlugt

School Trustee 学校董事
Joyce Helen Brinkerhoff
Deb Dickerson-Pogue
Richard Gauthier
Val Johnson
Jim Strachan
Ashok Kumar Verma

Councillor 市议员
Susan Ames
Les Bellamy
Chris Bocskei
Doris Maria Bregolisse
Nikki Renee Csek
Greg Dahms
Todd Christopher Daniels
Maxine Dehart
Indy Dhial
Crystal Dougan
Tim Down
Julia Fraser
Daniel Gordon Fritter
Bal Grewal
King James Ⅲ
Hamid Khajavi
Kevin Kraft
Davis Kyle
Gord Lovegrove
Teresa May
Trevor McAleese
Randy Millis
H. Morales
Brian James Pinter
JC Rathwell
Brady Rogers
Brian Rogers
Mike Rose
Todd Robert Sanderson
Mohini Singh
Glendon Charles Smedley
Silverado Brooks Socrates
Laura Thurnheer
Lee-Ann Tiede
Rick Webber
Rob Wilkinson

Past Events

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2020 Spring Lantern Festival

Time: ​ Feb 8, 2020, Saturday, 6 – 9 pm

Location: Parkinson Recreation Centre Apple Hall 1800 Parkinson Way, Kelowna

Featuring: Chinese New Year dinner(Supplied by Grand 88); stage performance; multicultural lantern display; lantern riddles/calligraphic booth/games for children; door prizes

Admission: $20/person. $12/kid between 5-11. Free for kids under 5
If you need reserve tickets for your children, please email [email protected] or [email protected] Or check our ticket sale locations.

Ticket Selling Locations

Mekong Restaurant, 1030 Harvey Ave, Kelowna (250)763-8000

88 Grand Buffet, 325-2339 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna (250)762-8088

Sun Asian Market, 2009 Enterprise Way, Kelowna (778)478-7388

Wendy’s West Kelowna, 220-2330 Highway 97 (250)768-8988 (Mon-Fri, 7-2:30)

Chopsticks Restarurant, 10071 Main St, Lake Country (250)766-1111

 

Dinner Menu
  • Fried noodles
  • Fried rice
  • Dumplings
  • Mixed vegetables
  • Sweet and Sour Pork
  • Black pepper Beef
  • Salt and pepper fish
  • Salt and pepper shrimp
  • Golden Age Group Activity Announcement

  • Dear friends,

    The OCCA Golden Age Group Activities (for seniors) will start in April. Most activities will be scheduled on Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm. Activities are grouped as the following:

    A. Learning: cell phone, ipad, computer & internet
    B. Fitness & Recreation: Taiji, out door (square dance, parks & picnic)
    C. Cultures: Calligraphy and painting, Music instrument & singing
    D. Entertainment: mahjong & card game
    E. Short trips – bus tour in town or to surrounding areas

    All age welcome. Car pool transport is provided for 55 years and older. Please register and indicate your interest group. Wechat network group will be established.

    More activities will be hold upon demand. These activities are financially assisted by Service Canada/New Horizons for Seniors Program.

OCCA Love and Help Activities

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The OCCA launched Love and Help Activity on February 4th. We have helped shopping and necessary errands for many returned travelers in voluntary quarantines at home which benefit local communities in Covid19 epidemic prevention and reflected our sense of social responsibility.

The elderly are at high-risk group in the Covid-19 pandemics. With financial assistance from Service Canada / New Horizon for Seniors Program and support of our devoted volunteer team, the OCCA is expanding the Love & Help for shopping and necessary errands to residents over 65 isolated at home.

The services are currently available in the neighborhoods of Rutland, Springfield & Spall, Kelowna downtown, Upper Mission, Kettle Valley, Glenmore, Westbank and Peachland. If you are not resided in these areas, but need help or can serve as volunteer, please contact us. For updated infos, please visit our website: www.occabc.ca

The Administrative rules of Love and Help:

1) The services for returned travellers are: to drive your vehicle to the airport parking lot for you to drive home by self and may provide 10 masks free of charge.

2) Food and necessity shopping for returned travellers quarantining at home and for residents over 65. The service is free and the clients pay own bills.

3) We encourage those need help to allocate friends and neighbours to help. We will provide masks and mileage allowance in the same way as to our volunteers.

4) . A deposit of $100/family must be made to the OCCA prior to service starting. The deposits will be refunded upon un-subscription or program closing if all purchase bills were refunded in full to the volunteers. Deposit can be waved by the volunteers

5) All financial transitions will be handled via e-transfer methods. Our volunteers will coach the technology in case need.

6) Shopping and delivery time will be scheduled by the volunteers.
Please provide you name, address and phone to register for receiving services via email: info@occabc.ca or Wechat or call our helpline 778-484-6222.