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Kelowna Secondary School
Kelowna Secondary School is a public school in Kelowna, British Columbia within School District 23 Central Okanagan, School District 23. Academics Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings. Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition ." ''Fraser Institute ''. April 2006. KSS received a 7 out of 10 overall rating from the Fraser Institute in 2020. It was ranked 63/252 out of high schools in British Columbia. Notable alumni *Jerod Zaleski, Montreal Alouettes player *Taylor Loffler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers player *Dianne Watts, Former Mayor of Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey, BC *Kevin Kane (musician), Kevin Kane, mus ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelowna
Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''kiʔláwnaʔ'', referring to a male grizzly bear. Kelowna is the province's third-largest metropolitan area (after Vancouver and Victoria), while it is the seventh-largest city overall and the largest in the Interior. It is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city proper encompasses , and the census metropolitan area . Kelowna's estimated population in 2020 is 222,748 in the metropolitan area and 142,146 in the city proper. After many years of suburban expansion into the surrounding mountain slopes, the city council adopted a long-term plan intended to increase density instead - particularly in the downtown core. This has resulted in the construction of taller buildings, including One Water Street - a 36-storey building that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hooper (musician)
The Grapes of Wrath are a platinum-selling Canadian rock band. Formed in 1983, they enjoyed their greatest commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group split in 1992, with Kane going solo while Jones and the Hoopers continued to record as Ginger. Vocalists Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane briefly reunited as the Grapes of Wrath for one album in 2000. With the return of Chris Hooper for a festival appearance in 2010, the three founding members were back together and have continued to perform and record since. ''Singles'', a greatest hits collection featuring two new recordings, was released in October 2012 by EMI in Canada. The band's most recent studio album, ''High Road'', was issued in 2013, with a compilation album of sessions recorded for CBC’s “Brave New Waves” following in 2017. Biography The Grapes of Wrath were formed in Kelowna, British Columbia, in 1983 by Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane. All three had been members of the short-lived p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Young
Jared M. Young (born July 9, 1995) is a Canadian professional baseball second baseman and first baseman in the Chicago Cubs organization. He made his MLB debut in 2022. Amateur career Young attended Prince George Secondary School in Prince George, British Columbia and Kelowna Secondary School in Kelowna, British Columbia. Young attended Minot State University his freshman year of college. Young hit .398 with 5 home runs and 35 RBI for the Beavers, earning all-conference second-team honors. Young transferred to Connors State College for his sophomore season, hitting .480 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI. After graduating from Connors State, Young next attended Old Dominion University, where he played college baseball for the Monarchs. Young hit .367 with 7 home runs and 34 RBI, earning ABCA/Rawling All-American Third Team honors. Young was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 15th round, with the 465th overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft. Professional career Young spent the 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Test
''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB on September 17, 2005, which continued to air the series through its second and third seasons. The rest of the series aired on Cartoon Network starting on January 7, 2008, in the United States and internationally. In Canada, the show premiered on Teletoon on September 3, 2006. The series revolves around the adventures of the title character, Johnny Test, an 11-year-old suburban boy who lives with his parents, his "super-genius" 13-year-old twin sisters, Susan and Mary, who are scientists and best friends with each other, and a talking dog named Dukey. They reside in the fictional town of Porkbelly (either in the United States or Canada). Johnny is often used as a test subject for his genius twin sisters' inventions and experiments, ranging from gadgets to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbie (film Series)
This article lists all CGI/computer-animated feature films and streaming television films which form the core component of the multimedia franchising of ''Barbie'', a fashion doll manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel. These films were broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United States from 2002 until 2017. They were also released on home video formats, predominantly by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, until 2017. From 2012 until date, Mattel expanded the franchise beyond just the films to other audiovisual media such as web series, television shows and streaming television content, with the latter following a growing rise and trend in streaming services and online platforms. In 2020, Mattel revamped the films into streaming television films, brand them as animated "specials" and revolve them around the canon of the streaming television series, '' Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures''. Additionally, a live-action adaptation of the toyline is currently await ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tockar
Lee William Tockar (born 1969) is a Canadian voice actor and visual artist who works for several studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a writer of children's literature, a musician, sculptor, illustrator and collected painter. Tockar is best known for his work on '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' (as Snips and at least 8 other roles), Eugene "Bling Bling Boy" Hamilton in ''Johnny Test'', George in ''George of the Jungle'', Doktor Frogg on '' League of Super Evil'', the titular character of ''Yakkity Yak'', the evil Makuta Teridax in the Bionicle films and Fidgel from '' 3-2-1 Penguins!''. He also founded FanBuilt.com. Early life At the age of five, Tockar told his mother that he wanted to "grow up to be a cartoon". Tockar did not initially understand the concept of a cartoon when he made the statement. At the age of ten, Tockar won first place in a talent show for his vocal impersonations of Kermit the Frog and Bugs Bunny. At the age of 12, Tockar won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Tree Hill (TV Series)
''One Tree Hill'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB. After the series' third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW, and from September 27, 2006, the series was broadcast by The CW in the United States until the end of its run in 2012. The show is set in the fictional town of Tree Hill in North Carolina and initially follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty), who compete for positions on their school's basketball team, and the drama that ensues from the brothers' romances. Most of the filming took place in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Many of the scenes were shot near the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS ''North Carolina'' and on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. The first four seasons of the show focus on the main characters' lives through their high school years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johansson
Paul Joseph Otto Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is an American-born Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/ CW series, ''One Tree Hill'', and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived '' Highlander: The Series'' spin-off '' Highlander: The Raven''. He directed the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel, '' Atlas Shrugged: Part I''. Life and career Early life Paul Johansson was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Canadian ice hockey player Earl Johnson, but raised in Kelowna, British Columbia. Acting career Johansson landed his first role on the soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. He played Greg Hughes from 1989 to 1990. Soon he made appearances in other television shows such as ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' and ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and later recurred on '' Lonesome Dove: The Series'' and starred on '' Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years''. Johansson became well-known to fans of ''90210'' for playing John Sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Prize
The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine. The award was endowed by James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel ''Journey''. The winner receives , making it the largest monetary award given in Canada to an up-and-coming writer for a short story or excerpt from a fiction work-in-progress. The prize's winner in 2000, Timothy Taylor, was the first writer ever to have three stories nominated for the award in the same year."The patter of little stories". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 2, 2000. The Journey Prize also publishes an annual anthology of the year's longlisted short stories. Two writers, Andrew MacDonald and David Bergen, have both had a record four total stories selected for inclusion in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naben Ruthnum
Naben Ruthnum is a Canadian writer, who has published work under both his own name and the pen name Nathan Ripley. He won the Journey Prize in 2013 for his short story "Cinema Rex", and has since published the books ''Curry: Reading, Eating and Race'' (2017), a non-fiction essay collection about immigrant cultural identity in food and literature, and two literary thriller novels, ''Find You in the Dark'' and ''Your Life is Mine''. Ruthnum's current novel, ''A Hero of Our Time,'' was published in January, 2022 and a novella, ''Helpmeet'', was published in May, 2022. Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, Ruthnum is of Mauritian descent."Naben Ruthnum" ''Asian Heritage in Canada''. He has a master's degree from |
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to: Places South America * Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin), a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries * Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin Elsewhere * 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US People * Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon" Art and entertainment Fictional characters * Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alix Hawley
Alix Hawley (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer. Her novel, ''All True Not a Lie In It'' (Knopf 2015), won the amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2015. Early life and work Hawley was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1975, but moved shortly afterwards to Kelowna, British Columbia, where she began writing early. She studied for her BA (Honors) in English Literature, with a minor in Nineteenth-Century Studies, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she won the Governor General's medal as the top graduating student in the faculty of Arts. She moved to the UK to complete a M.St. and D.Phil. under Hermione Lee's supervision at Somerville College, Oxford; her thesis discusses Virginia Woolf and nineteenth-century children's culture. She went on to complete an MA in Creative Writing (Fiction) at the University of East Anglia, studying with Andrew Motion, Richard Holmes, and Paul Magrs. Her favourite authors include Alice Munro, Patricia Highs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
