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On The Lawn powered by BDO marked its 10th anniversary this summer, pushing the Kelowna fundraiser's total support for local youth outdoor recreation past $290,000, with the decade-old summer fundraiser having begun in 2015 as a way to bring Kelowna businesses and young professionals together for a lawn bowling tournament in support of youth access to outdoor recreation. It has since grown into one of the city's most anticipated summer events, regularly selling out within minutes of registration opening.
During a meeting on Monday, Aug. 31, councillors were presented with the "Kelowna Creates" plan which will help guide investment direction for the city's cultural development from 2027 to 2031, and by the end of discussions on the topic, council unanimously voted to endorse the plan. A key part of the plan is a call for the city to increase investment into culture to $40 per capita, rather than the current $27.74 per capita. Cultural services manager Christine McWillis said the plan "describes a community, Kelowna, that leads cultural vibrancy in British Columbia by investing in the creative ecosystem, one that strengthens our economy and enriches our quality of life, belonging and well-being."
Honest Mini Market, located at 2340 Silver Place, welcomed customers for the first time Saturday at 10 a.m. Owner Aaron Li and his wife Shayla have worked hard to get the store up and running, supplying roughly 80 per cent of its produce from their own 13-acre property right out back. Right now they have watermelon, cantaloupe, figs, peaches, apples, and pears, with 40 different kinds of produce, and the mini market was lined up nearly out the door around 10 a.m. on Saturday, with plenty of locals eager to support the local small business.
A local staging of Come From Away wrapped its Fredericton run to full houses, with demand so strong that a local production of Come From Away playing in New Brunswick's three major cities sold out its Fredericton run early on, but ticket listings are still popping up on resale sites for prices up to $1,400. In Fredericton specifically, every show of the co-production with the Saint John Theatre Company sold out quickly, even prompting the company to add two additional shows, while a ticket from the Fredericton Playhouse box office cost between $50 and $80 plus tax, but on resale sites prices range from around over $600 to over $1,400.
Down the highway in Moncton, a class-action lawsuit against a former nurse accused of misconduct has run into a complication after lawyers in the class-action lawsuit are looking to replace their lead plaintiff after she died suddenly last month. The suit centres on allegations that Jayde Scott had been representing many mothers who say Nicole Ruest gave them labour-inducing drugs without their consent, and with Scott having died on Aug. 11 at the age of 33, the case now hinges on whether her family can step in to keep it moving forward — a story closely watched across the Maritimes for what it could mean for maternity care oversight.
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on American goods take effect this week after Ottawa vowed to match Washington's levies dollar-for-dollar and rate-for-rate, a response to the U.S. slapping a 50 per cent tariff on $27.6 billion worth of Canadian exports. Following the U.S. decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods effective August 22, Minister Champagne confirmed Canada will match the new U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate, with additional Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods. Talks toward a comprehensive trade deal had been ongoing, but the U.S. proposed new terms seen as asking too much of Canada while offering too little in return, prompting Ottawa to suspend negotiations rather than accept a bad deal.
The uneasy relationship between the two countries' leaders played out publicly over the weekend when the U.S. president posted a mocking cartoon of himself and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump shared an image on Truth Social of the two leaders playing hockey, showing himself in a USA Hockey jersey standing over a fallen Carney dressed in a Hockey Canada sweater, taunting him to get back up and referring to him as a governor. The post came just days before Canada's tariffs on U.S. products take effect Tuesday, targeting nearly $28 billion worth of more than 700 American goods.
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