Rustad's campaign stop

Leader of the Conservative Party of BC John Rustad is making another campaign announcement in Kelowna Saturday afternoon.

Following his childcare campaign announcement Friday, Rustad is appearing at Weddell Place in Kelowna's North End at 1 p.m. Saturday to make another announcement.

While the topic of the announcement was not disclosed prior, the Conservative party texted locals on Friday that they planned to “remove tent cities from Kelowna,” and Saturday's announcement is taking place near the city-approved encampment along Kelowna's Rail Trail.

Earlier Saturday, Rustad appeared in Vernon to announce a “new approach to wildfire management” if his party forms government.

He criticized the BC NDP government's focus on fighting fires rather than preventing them.

“We need to stop being reactive and start being proactive in managing our forests,” Rustad said in a statement.

Although he provided few details about what his approach would look like other than “investing in forest management and new technologies to reduce wildfire risks before they start” and reviewing B.C.'s current approach to landscape and wildfire management.

Both Rustad and BC NDP leader David Eby are in the Okanagan this weekend, with Eby making a healthcare announcement in Vernon earlier in the day.