Anti-abortion billboards gone from West Kelowna commute
Kathy Michaels Dec 5, 2025
Larger than life ads protesting abortions are no longer part of a commute through West Kelowna.
This shift is the result of an effort by a UBC Okanagan student, supported legally by the BC Humanist Association, that started last spring.
The BC Humanist Association said in a story posted to their website this week that their members heard last spring about UBC Okanagan student Sophie Harm’s thwarted efforts to launch a counter message along Highway 97 and pitched in their help.
[ARCC News] Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna, B.C., coming down
Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna, B.C., coming down
December 9, 2025 Video – 2:24 minutes
Billboards with anti-abortion messages may soon be coming down in the Kelowna area. For many years, a local billboard company has allowed the signs along Highway 97 through West Kelowna. As Brady Strachan reports, pressure from a local pro-choice advocate has led to a policy change.
there shouldn't be ANY billboards, it's abomination
I remember driving that road before the billboards. They are such a gross distraction and it takes away from the views
Complain to the band it’s their land.
I am very much in Quebec’s camp when it comes to pushing religious ideology: keep it firmly between your ears.
Especially when it comes to the supremely hypocritical anti-abortion camp, among whom almost no-one bothers to adopt. If they would at least adopt - say, a good half-dozen kids if not more - I would give them a lot more leeway. But nooooo… flaming hypocrites, the lot of them. Pro-birthers they are.
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