Kelowna Hardiness Zones and Maps. Kelowna is located in Canadian plant hardiness zone 6a near Okanagan Lake, supporting a wide variety of ornamental and native plants. Winter temperatures become cooler at higher elevations and further away from the influence of the lake.
stonewall riot. Stonewall Riot definition. A disturbance that grew out of a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular hang-out for gays in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1969. Such raids long had been routine, but this one provoked a riot as the crowd fought back.
Riot Act. n. 1. (Law) criminal law (formerly in England) a statute of 1715 by which persons committing a riot had to disperse within an hour of the reading of the act by a magistrate. 2. read the riot act to someone to warn or reprimand someone severely.