Mother's Day road rage incident gets racist in downtown Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP say no vehicles were damaged and the file is closed after a heated exchange that included racist and profane comments.
- On Sunday, May 10, 2026, a man confronted Subhash and Meenakshi Singla in a road rage incident at Bertram Street and Bernard Avenue in Kelowna, shouting racist slurs while their five-year-old grandson was present.
- Sam Singla, who contacted Castanet about the viral video, noted no collision occurred; instead, the other driver struck a curb while performing a U-turn, prompting the confrontation.
- Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Laura Pollock confirmed the file is closed, stating the verbal abuse was "offensive and concerning" but did not meet the legal threshold for a hate-motivated criminal offence.
- Member of Parliament Dan Albas for Okanagan Lake West-South Kelowna condemned the incident on Monday, May 11, stating, "This kind of behaviour needs to be called out every single time."
- Singla noted his father, a businessman in Penticton since the 1980s, is "thoroughly a Canadian," though the family remains shaken by the incident.
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