🎙️ I Love Kelowna
🎙️ I Love Kelowna is a long-running conversational podcast celebrating the people and stories that make Kelowna and the Central Okanagan vibrant and unique.
Across more than 243 episodes, host Luke Menkes sits down with entrepreneurs, creators, founders, community leaders and fascinating locals to explore three simple questions:
1️⃣ Why Kelowna? How did you choose this place as home?
2️⃣ What’s your journey? The real story of how you became who you are
3️⃣ What are you building now? Your work, purpose and impact
This show isn’t about products or services – it’s about people. Guests open up about their lives, lessons, challenges and inspirations, offering real insight into what makes the Okanagan such a special place to live and work.
About the Host
Luke Menkes is a dual-licensed real estate broker (British Columbia & Alberta), author, mentor, podcaster and long-time Kelowna advocate. He believes that business and life move at the speed of know, like and trust. This podcast is his way of strengthening community connection.
📩 Interested in being a guest or want to connect?
Email Luke at luke@lukemenkes.ca
📍 Learn more about Kelowna Real Estate:
https://mykelownaagent.com
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🎙️ I Love Kelowna
From the first tooth to the last with Gary & Sharmaine Powell
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Dr. Gary Powell has been practicing dentistry for 22 years. Gary opened Carrington Dental Centre in West Kelowna along with his wife, Sharmaine Powell, a dental hygienist in 1998. They graduated from the University of Manitoba and soon after, chose West Kelowna to start a business and raise a family.
They have loved being part of this growing community and are thankful to call this beautiful place home. It is fulfilling to have relationships with patients and their families over many years. Dentistry is a combination of health care and artistic talent. I enjoy both. There is absolutely nothing better than helping someone smile.
Working in a growing community has allowed us to keep growing. We have added more dentists, support staff and most recently, an oral surgeon from Vancouver. We love working with an amazing dental team while keeping up with advancements in dental technology and continuing education. Things have changed a lot over the last 20 years which keeps being a dentist exciting. We have added state of the art equipment such as digital x-rays, digital treatment planning and laser dentistry to name a few.
It feels good to be able to fulfill the needs of our patients and make going to the dentist enjoyable. We see patients of all ages, from the first tooth to the last tooth.
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Check out the services offered by Carrington Dental Centre on their Facebook Page or their website: www.carringtondental.ca
Gary & Sharmaine nominate Kelly Benedet to come on the I Love Kelowna Podcast. Thank you so much to Kara Rogers for nominating Gary & Sharmaine!
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