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Devin Roubideaux

Professor of Management, Marketing, and Hospitality/Tourism at Okanagan College in Kelowna, BC, and President of the Kelowna 2026 BC Summer Games.

Jul 30, 2026

This is Kelowna

This is Kelowna

Can a smoky Kelowna still attract tourists?

Jul 30 · 13m

Dale Boyd
Dale BoydCORRESPONDENT
4:25
But just as everything was set to kick off, nature had other plans.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:29
By the time all the athletes had arrived at around 9:30 PM, uh, it was obvious that, uh, we were getting into a bit of a smoky situation.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:39
The next morning, we woke up Thursday morning hoping for blue skies, but in fact seeing quite a bit of, uh, smoke.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:45
Uh, we have a medical doctor as part of one of our board members.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:49
He's, he's the director of medic- medical.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:52
And he was very closely, uh, watching the air index.
Devin RoubideauxGUEST
4:57
Uh, what was a four to start, which is okay, turned into a six pretty quickly.
Dale Boyd
Dale BoydCORRESPONDENT
6:07
You can't really negotiate with Mother Nature.

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