MLAs plan town hall on 'downtown disorder' - Update

The City of Kelowna is charging business owners $5 to attend a forum on crime and disorder. Anybody refusing to pay for the priviledge of squacking at their elected parasites will likely be told to fuk off and if they fail to do that will probably be arrested for creating social disorder.

Uber lame duck MLAs of the imploding B.C. Conservatives have jumped on the 'Social Disorder' bandwagon with the ridiculously overpaid knob Darren Caul. MLAs Kristina Lowen, Macklin McCall and Gavin 'Fuzzy' Dew are calling on the business community to come forward and share their insight. WTF these dead useless aretards plan to do about it is a mystery. “This town hall is a result of business owners speaking out, saying we are dealing with so much and this is not sustainable anymore,” Kelowna Centre MLA Kristina Loewen spewed. City of Kelowna community safety director aka goofy face Darren Caul offered his many assurances that he and council has made public safety a top priority.

Caul said the expensive new initiatives, which include enhanced downtown patrols, closer collaboration with business groups and the launch of the community-led crisis response program, will save the day. Neither he nor corrupt mayor Tom Dyas is saying what its all costing. "We're calling a knock and talk initiative. This initiative allows us to meet our businesses where they are at, knocking on their doors and listening to their concerns." Riiiiight.

For those citizens in Kelowna concerned about their property taxes increasing over 4% every single year to pay for insulting talking heads like Darren Caul, the meetings are scheduled for Feb. 5 at 6 p.m., downtown on Ellis at Revelry. Advance registration and $5 ticket purchase is required to attend. “Everyone is invited. If you want your voice heard, we want to see you there,” said the TERRIBLE fashion sense Kristina Loewen. A commentator sums it up "Aren't these pathetic, lazy frauds supposed to be working in Victoria?"

Add up what the terrible trio get paid ($119k) and fukface Darren Caul ($186k) and that's over $540K per annum from taxpayers.

Kelowna community safety director Darren Caul fingers flatlanders

Asshole Kelowna community safety director Darren Caul (dcaul@kelowna.ca) says new arrivals to Kelowna, especially basterd migrants from the Prairies, are responsible for the current massive social disorder in downtown Kelowna. Caul says new arrivals are often unaware of the "expectations” he and Tom Dyas place on them. In 2022 the career knob was pulling down $151,087 per annum. The latest number is a truly stomach turning $186,900. The city tightened rules on the ‘tent city’ along the Rail Trail. Numbers living there plummeted, with some 24 there today.

People were limited to two tents, one bike and one dog, visitors were prohibited, fencing was put up, and fires were banned. People had to sign a ‘good neighbour agreement’ in order to use washrooms and access water. On-site security was increased, and belongings were checked regularly for stolen property. Naturally the homeless fukked off.

"These are largely new faces, new individuals in our city that we are seeing in our downtown,” he spewed. Caul and Kelowna RCMP Supt. Chris Goebel gave a press conference. It turns out Kelowna crime numbers are actually down, not up. That truth doesn't help the career prospects of grossly over paid City of Kelowna employees/assholes nor corrupt mayors in an election year. Here

Aretard Tom Dyas promises crime crackdown

The predictable outcome of the crackdown on the Rail Trail means the 'brains' behind the crackdown is now vowing to spend shitloads more of taxpayer money for enforcement elsewhere in Kelowna. This outcome was predicted months ago by Ron Cannan and it has come to pass. Where 24 are apparently camping now at the Rail Trail, there were upwards of 320 in 2022.

The fully obtuse Dyas throws enforcement resources away at the Rail Trail and the homeless simply go elsewhere because of the increased heat, taking their crimes with them. Meanwhile the most recent unemployment numbers in Kelowna have 'improved' to 8.6% from the record breaking 11%. That is still among the highest unemployment rate in any metro area in Canada. The preliminary 2026 Kelowna budget totals $1.05 billion. It was $777 million in Tom Dyas’s first year in office.

Kelowna citizen Alexandra Wright pens letter

Dear Castanet,

Over the past few months, the letters to the editor have all had one recurring theme: that the citizens of Kelowna are facing real problems (aka collateral damage) arising from the decisions made by our City Council – the same City Council that has been woefully unresponsive in accepting accountability for identifying its mistakes, let alone working to reverse those problems before it dives headfirst into further socio-political maelstrom. I suggest that our current City Council has not just been inept in its handling of socio-political issues within Kelowna, but its actions have caused the complete destruction of the social contract upon which we, as citizens, rely.

If you drive around Kelowna, you will see hundreds of examples of individuals blatantly violating our rules of society: they camp along the highway and creeks, they smoke crack in front of “family friendly” restaurants, they shatter plate glass store windows to unleash their misplaced anger, and they endanger those residents of society who expect others around them to meet society’s bare minimum level of decorum. Stepping back, who hasn’t driven around Kelowna and been disgusted by the illegal dumping of fill and garbage on residential and agricultural lands, the blatant misuse of taxpayer funds for our Councillors’ “legacy” projects, and the evergrowing sprawl of concrete modular buildings and wood frame condos that are popping up like molehills throughout our once pristine landscape (and that none of us asked for or approved)?

Kelowna's Rail Trail.

The City of Kelowna is completely responsible for this situation. Anyone who has attended a public hearing in the past few years (if they are lucky enough to obtain one, that is) knows that the good people of Kelowna can scream until they are blue in the face, point to irrefutable facts and statistics, and prove that the majority backs their position, and still the City Councillors will hem, haw, ask City staff a few irrelevant questions, and vote with utter disregard for public opinion (and oftentimes in violation of the very rules that are in place to provide them with guidance on making such a decision). Witness the City’s unilateral decisions regarding Kelowna Springs Golf Club (“KSGC”), Performing Arts Centre, Parkinson Recreation Center, etc. etc. – all of which have created a society in which good people feel helpless to affect public policy or the economy, let alone their autonomy in this society. In the instance of KSGC, the citizens squawked so loudly that the City was forced, for once, to vote to repeal a prior decision – but don’t worry, in true City Councillor fashion, the City is now offering the developer alternate lands at an undisclosed commercial value, and another kick at the can via a second public hearing (TBD) to make hundreds of millions of dollars at the expense of critical green space and the wishes of Kelowna’s residents.

I have been watching the City of Kelowna and its decisionmaking processes carefully for the better part of the decade, as it has made not one, but multiple decisions that have directly affected the quality of life of my family, and the value of my property. In my many FOI requests to the City, I’ve discovered that the City has not even implemented a bylaw enforcement policy, which policy would provide the citizens of Kelowna with transparency as to the City’s decisions regarding enforcement, and as recommended by the BC Ombudsperson’s office. There is no standard to which our Councillors are held, and they appear to have taken this to mean carte blanche oligarchic powers. As an aside, since City Councillors aren’t city “employees”, but elected representatives, they have no firm work hour requirements, nor a boss to review their work hours against their performance. Does anyone see a problem with a political system where ordinary citizens are held to a different standard than the politicians we expect to dig us out of this mess?

2026 is a civic election year. Might I suggest that this be the year that we collectively agree not to vote for career politicians? Can we agree that being a “nice guy” is a useless (and potentially harmful) trait for a politician? Can we agree that the metrics for determining who leads our battle cry to fix Kelowna should be a team of business people who don’t care about popularity contests or image (and don’t need to pay KPMG ungodly amounts of money to understand what a CPI is)? People who don’t own fancy houses in the Mission, or spend their evenings at the yacht club hobnobbing with Kelowna’s who’s who, but rather spend their nights at the local school board meetings fighting educational overreach, who rally their neighbours to sign petitions to change the things they cannot accept, and who wake up at 4 am panicking about how they are going to keep their businesses afloat, and pay their employees, and keep their kids physically and mentally healthy in a world where the Highway 97 fentanyl zombies have become de rigueur?

Regards,

Alexandra Wright, B.A., J.D.

Tom Dyas conflict of interest

A Kelowna citizen penned a letter.

"Denciti is a Vancouver-based development company that has been a member of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce since 2022. In June 2023, the Chamber publicly came out against the city council's move to change the land-use designation of KSGC back to "private recreational" from "industrial". "TD Benefits is also a member of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. Tom Dyas is listed on the TD Benefits website (employee benefits specialists) as president of the company. Since the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce (KCC) is a direct customer of Tom's through their Chamber of Commerce group insurance plan, does this not leave him and his company open to potential influence and possible conflict of interest?"

The citizen raises a valid point. Tom Dyas has a financial interest in following the wishes of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce as he does business with it. TD Benefits is the exclusive advisor for the Chamber of Commerce Group Insurance Plan, offering employee benefits and insurance. "I, for one, believe he is in serious conflict and should recuse himself from any further discussions, negotiations or votes regarding this matter."

The citizen also points out another truth - the sweetheart agreements that the City of Kelowna have entered into with Denciti have occurred in a secretive process that excluded public view. Tom Dyas has embraced his conflict of interest. This space has long suspected a deeper conflict.

Alexandra Martin invites RDCO councillors for coffee - update

Ryan Nixon's TNT Trucking and father Melvin Ernest Nixon have received a default judgment in BCSC in the amount of $85,458.08 plus interest of $4,326.75, and costs in the amount of $1,137.14. The fly by night operation will NOT be paying for any remediation for the ALR land they have destroyed over 9 years at 982 Old Vernon Road in Kelowna. HERE

As well as refusing to enforce city bylaws, Kelowna did $50,116.57 in business with TNT Trucking in 2022, and at least $43,366.66 in 2023. This is the price of incompetent Kelowna City staff, councillors, and mayor Tom Dyas. This is the cost of incompetent RDCO trustees, incompetent and corrupt ALR employees including Dave Birchmore, and incompetent and conflicted Provincial and Federal elected officials. This is what Kelowna citizens get. Hello Councillors,

I know you are busy – and, per Castanet, eager to start the holiday season – but I am following up on this request to confirm you received it and are working to protect the citizens of RDCO. More than a few of you represent both the City of Kelowna and RDCO; just a reminder to those wearing dual hats that they have a duty to act in the best interests of the citizens of the RDCO. Presumably you will recuse yourselves from any vote where you don’t feel you can represent RDCO’s interests with the proper standard of care, and not sacrifice the “country mice” in favour of those big city mouse developers. I invite you all to sign my petition – there are only 1530 signatures so far, but of course that is without any marketing endeavours thus far. https://www.change.org/p/save-kelowna-springs-greenspace-updated-2025-petition Ms. DeHart – I, too, extend an invitation to everyone to come and join me for a coffee at my property. You can admire my view of the City-sanctioned gravel pit at the same time.

Regards,
Alexandra Martin, B.A., J.D.

982 Old Vernon Road in Kelowna has been turned by Ryan Nixon and the Kandolas into an environmental disaster zone.

Ryan Nixon of TNT Trucking has operated an illicit soil remediation business at the ALR property of Jeetender S. Kandola and Manraj K. Kandola for over 9 years. TNT operates at least a dozen dump trucks and offers demolition, excavation, landscaping supplies, waste removal, crushing and screening, waste bin rentals, soil remediation and concrete disposal. All TNT activities are banned from ALR ground and have never been permitted there. The required zoning for Nixon's business has always been industrial. (I1, I2, I3, and I4) Here.

raj.kandola@century21.ca

ryan@tntkelowna.com

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Alexandra Wright/Martin penned an open letter to Regional District of Central Okanagan directors in November after the Tom Dyas announcement of his Kelowna Springs steal. Here

"I am writing to request you provide urgent attention to the proposed land transfer and future development at Kelowna Springs Golf Club, as explained by Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas to Castanet Nov. 22. While the land is within Kelowna city limits, its development poses a direct threat of flooding to RDCO farmland and rural residents. This is not a speculative concern, it affects livelihoods, property and the safety of our community. I urge the regional board to:

• Immediately assess flood risks to RDCO lands.
• Engage and inform affected residents without delay.
• Coordinate mitigation efforts with the City of Kelowna prior to the issuance of any approvals.
• Maintain full transparency so the public fully understands the potential impact to RDCO of this proposed development.

The RDCO has a duty to protect residents from preventable harm. Please act now before irreversible damage occurs.
Alexandra Wright"

Part of the problem is that Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, and several of his hand picked conflicted councillors, are members of the RDCO board. Here

Loyal Wooldridge, Chair

ireland@lakecountry.bc.ca, wayne.carson@rdco.com, mdeguevara@wfn.ca, stephen.johnston@westkelownacity.ca, kevin.kraft@rdco.com, gord.milsom@westkelownacity.ca, mayorvanminsel@peachland.ca, corporate.officer@rdco.com

Kelowna Pickleballers call out asshole Dyas

A common theme with Tom Dyas and Denciti Development is the screaming need in Kelowna for Pickleball courts. Indeed, servicing Pickleballers is their rally cry for paving over Kelowna Springs. A letter published on Castanet explodes that false narrative. "Most pickleballers do not support the (change at) 480 Penno Road. It would have severe consequences for the neighbouring farmers and everyone living along Mill Creek. Nothing is certain with the developer. The developer (Dencity) may supply the land and then (the city) would have to pay for construction of a (pickleball) building. Dencity’s offer is not free."

Volodya Gusak

"The association already allocates all the money it receives from their members. The pickleball association did not go to Dencity (to ask for a pickleball facility), Dencity went to it for its endorsement as a large group. Most of the players do not support this development on this land." (pkcregistrar@gmail.com)

Garry Fawley

"Players from West Kelowna say 480 Penno Road is too far to travel. Do not destroy this green space in the hope of extra pickleball courts. Dencity may never build them. We have 5.6% industrial vacancy now and a supply for 36 to 56 years. Pickleball can be played anywhere. It is not too late to say no to the developer."

Another citizen's letter states; "I read two separate reports, one from the City of Kelowna and one from the Regional District of Central Okanagan. They both clearly indicate there is an industrial land surplus of 5.6% and rising, with a 36 to 56 year supply."

One should be impressed with the simple logic. Pickleball REQUIRES no specialized courts or buildings. An empty space of any description is perfectly fine. Since there is a virtually inexhaustible supply of that in Kelowna, it makes no sense to build a fixed pickleball court. To build one over irreplaceable greenspace when it clearly isn't needed is a sin. Tom Dyas, Volodya Gusak and Garry Fawley can go to hell.

Tom Dyas 'looks back on busy year'

There is something inherently annoying with Tom Dyas verbiage. His voice, his demeanor, his appearance. He comes across as a crooked used car dealer, and that isn't far from the truth. His insulting lies are constant.

Citizens of Kelowna are fed up with Tom Dyas as he leads them into a severe economic decline.

Tom Dyas Denciti steal - 3199 Hollywood Road North

The city takes control of the 60 acre golf course property (which is unsuitable for development because of aquifers) at 480 Penno Road while transferring 9.1 acres of city-owned industrial land at 3199 Hollywood Road North.

The newly created lot was carved out of a municipal property that will become the Central Okanagan’s new bus barns. The land was removed from the ALR. It's a prime commercial location, close to Highway 97 and the University of B.C. ChatGPT tells us that on the low end, 10 acres of commercial land in Kelowna will be worth $20M. Assuming the high end is closer to $30M, the City of Kelowna is returning the entire purchase price of the Kelowna Springs purchase to Denciti. Denciti retains it’s 46 acres of land adjacent to the golf course which remains subject to an application for industrial land use. The sweetheart Denciti deal clears the way for industrial development on the 9.1 acres it would acquire from the city as well. Why would the City give away lands that it might need for its bus depot expansion? Why did the City buy that land if it was going to then give it away?

Perhaps folks should ask bum-like city manager Doug Gilchrist. (dgilchrist@kelowna.ca)

His salary increased from $264K in 2019 to $384K in 2024. Gilchrist’s pay package is just $5k less than the city manager’s salary in Vancouver, a city more than four times the size of Kelowna. “There’s vast differences about the breadth and depth of the services we provide.” he lied.

Stealing from citizens appears a big part of Doug Gilchrist's very expensive services.

Meanwhile, new zoning is coming for major business park development in Lake Country. The Lake Country Business Park, formerly known as the Glenmore Industrial Lands, will encompasses 200 acres stretching south along Glenmore Road and west along Okanagan Centre Road. Conservative estimates suggest there is already in excess of a 50 year supply of industrial land in the Okanagan. There is zero demand for more.

Khalistani lapdogs spew - Mohini Singh with Gavin Dew

Gavin 'Fuzzy' Dew announced he is NOT going to try to attain leadership of the B.C. Conservatives.

Few are more tightly connected to Kelowna mayor Tom Dyas than Punjabi Mohini Singh (Ubhi). Here.

Gavin Dew is a know nothing refugee from the Liberals. He finished dead last in the Liberal leadership race before magically becoming a B.C. Conservative under the disgraced 'Indo Packing' John Rustad. Dew was anointed in the riding of KTF (Khalistan Tiger Force) boss Bir Singh Sandher by Rustad. Gavin Dew has taken grease from the Sandher Crime Family multiple times. He is grossly dirty and corrupt. There is no question that MLA Gavin Dew is on the Sandher payroll. The $11m Sandher fentanyl bunker is in his riding.

Gavin Dew has absolutely no skills of any description, he watches his wife run a daycare as a career choice. He has 'done' nothing else, ever. "Dew, in an interview with Kelowna city councillor Mohini Singh on her new podcast Chai and Chat, said his primary concern on if he runs or not is his family." Gavin Dew trots his children out for virtually EVERY photo op. He consistantly uses them as a political tool. “When your kids having a tough day, they just want to see daddy and you can't be there for three more days, it breaks your heart.” Gavin Dew is a screaming hypocrite.

For over 7.5 years Bir Singh Sandher illegally dumped his plant waste water into the ditch in front of his plant on Old Vernon Road in Kelowna. Instead of digging a $25k settlement pond he elected to have his unpermitted, illegally built plant dump into the environment. His illegal discharge stank to high heaven, causing multiple complaints that FINALLY resulted in over $115k in fines.

His downhill neighbor and vocal opponent was turfed as the B.C.Conservative candidate in Bir Singh Sandher's riding because he told leader John Rustad to do it. His choice was his grease taking Gavin Dew and that is who is MLA today.

The KTF and Bir Singh Sandher bought Gavin Dew and John Rustad. Both are considered KTF assets.

Gavin Dew took Sandher grease through the corruption of Conservation officer Ken Owens and ALC Dave Birchmore and Brandon Jacobsen. Here.

Owens was busted cold receiving $50k from Sami El-Helou and the Sandhers. Grease was to quash the ALC investigation into their massive drug lab bunker on Black Mountain. Cash went to Brandon Jacobsen of the ALC and Gavin 'Fuzzy' Dew.

Kelowna vacancy rate near 7% - Unemployment 11%

Tom Dyas says the city is in 'uncharted territory' as the rental vacancy rate is 6.9%, the highest of any city in Canada. This goes with Kelowna's 11% unemployment rate, also the highest in Canada. Dyas's Kelowna is in economic freefall.

285 Dougall Road is a new rental build by Khalistani backed Troika Developments. Completed four months ago it is still half (or more) empty. This begs the question why a housing partnership between the City of Kelowna and Troika Developments for more terrible cheap quality, tiny wood frame shitbox condos is proceeding.

Troika applied for development permits for two city owned sites in Rutland and Glenmore. The city provides the land while Troika builds and manages the buildings. Projects are 129 wood frame units at Dougall Road North in Rutland, and 71 units on Glenmore Road. The vast majority are studio and one bedroom. The 'below-market' rental prices will be as follows: Studio - $1,250 One bedroom - $1,660 Two Bedroom - $2,040 Three bedroom - $2,370

'Eligible renters' will need a combined household income between $80k and $120k to pay no more than 30% of their income. Once development permits are approved, Troika will seek building permits and begin construction. According to CMHC, 1,300 new rental units were added to the rental pool in Kelowna in 2025.

Kelowna citizens (unlike the corrupt Tom Dyas) aren't stupid. Their comments sum it up ... "Dyas, pointing to several city programs and incentives"... The more government involvement there is, the more supply goes off kilter with demand. Governments should stick to their knitting. "Mayor Dumba&& can pat himself on the back all he wants, people can see through his bull crap word salad." "hey dyaas thousands of little studio shoe boxes for rent less than 300 square feet at a cost of $1700, where are all the Kelowna jobs to fill these low quality units?" "cost of a 350 sqft shoe box that no one actually wants to live in, takes up their entire income for the rent, so it becomes a choice, do i want to eat, or have a safe place to sleep and live"

Maxine DeHart - Khalistani shill - update

Kelowna city councillors were eager to start their month-long Christmas break. For the second straight meeting, council deferred hearing a presentation from staff about ways in which city streets are being made safer. They decided they needed their vacation instead. Council was scheduled to meet Santa, and “That’s the most exciting thing today,” said Maxine DeHart. She invited councillors for free coffee on the Jhajj's dime at the Ramada Hotel. Over achieving council won’t meet again until January 12, 2026.

UBER tight up Tom Dyas anus is the over the hill, past her prime, Maxine DeHart. "Mayor Tom Dyas and I attended the URBA Holiday Mixer with the Kelowna Chiefs and were asked to “drop the puck” at the hockey game." Here DeHart has spent 30 years as Director of Sales and Marketing at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre in Kelowna. For the past 3 years her paycheque has been signed by Khalistani heavyweight Gurjit Singh Jhajj. She SURELY needs to recuse from the Kelowna Springs vote because her boss stands to gain off her positive vote.

DeHart is in a conflict of interest. mdehart@kelowna.ca

Hobnobbing with the gruesome twosome is none other than the also Khalistani conflicted Gavin 'Fuzzy' Dew. The permanently unshaven bum is B.C Conservative MLA. He's taken grease from Bir Singh Sandher multiple times. The Sandher drug lab on Black Mountain is in his riding.

Dew fancies himself the leader of B.C. Conservatives. I wouldn't vote for this conman to pick up dog shit.gavin.dew.mla@leg.bc.ca