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Rob Munro
Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Bureaucracy won’t delay search for new home for Cornerstone emergency shelter in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Even though former Kelowna RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon’s report to council on crime…
There’s more to policing than just nabbing crooks
KELOWNA – While it’s the crime stats that grab the headlines every few months when…
Infrastructure tax could be first of many increases to deal with Kelowna’s $477 million deficit
KELOWNA – A proposed 1.95 per cent infrastructure tax in 2019 is just one relatively…
Supportive housing killed plans to relocate shelter
KELOWNA – Putting an emergency shelter in the same block as a supportive housing complex…
Cost of dumping your garbage on the rise in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Fees at the Glenmore Landfill will go up $1 per vehicle or $10…
Kelowna looking $9 million in grants for City Park
KELOWNA – City council will be asked Monday to consider applying to the federal and…
Still no realistic chance of a second route out of West Kelowna’s Casa Loma neighbourhood
KELOWNA – Two proposed West Kelowna developments could create some park amenities but won’t open…
Kelowna looking at ways to cut into $463 million infrastructure shortfall
KELOWNA – Over the next 10 years, the City of Kelowna wants to build more…
Rules on the way to control short-term rentals in Kelowna
KELOWNA – City council will review proposed regulations Monday that will allow homeowners to rent…
Pathways Abilities Society wants to replace bike shop with six-storey housing complex in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An affordable housing project could replace a building used to help Kelowna residents…
Crime rate up by almost 50 per cent in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – The latest crime stats in Kelowna back up the perception that crime is…
Huge costs loom for province to accommodate growing Central Okanagan student population
KELOWNA – It will cost the province hundreds of millions of dollars to accommodate the…
Rock the Lake festival lineup announced
KELOWNA – Tom Cochrane and Trooper are just two of the 11 bands that will…
It takes dozens of people to keep your regional district running – with more on the way
KELOWNA – Even though only eight per cent of the Central Okanagan’s residents live in…
Overpasses promoted to reduce traffic congestion through West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – The new West Kelowna city council has taken a new approach to…
Bennett Bridge off list of ways to get second power line to West Kelowna
KELOWNA – Plans to build a second B.C. Hydro power line to West Kelowna no…
Kelowna vacancy rates improve but rents also go up
KELOWNA – The annual report on vacancy rates in Kelowna shows that the 0.2 per…
How Thompson-Okanagan municipalities are handling loss of gaming revenue
KELOWNA – Cities hit hardest by the 29-week strike at Gateway Casinos won’t make up…
Action needed immediately on Kelowna homeless shelters
KELOWNA – The city cannot wait until the New Year to start looking for a…
RCMP should get out of policing large cities, former Kelowna superintendent says
KELOWNA – It’s going to take more than lobbying by the City of Kelowna to…
Proposed new Kelowna hotel getting bigger
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council has agreed to amend a development permit to allow a…
Revenue from new Airbnb tax to go into Kelowna housing fund
KELOWNA – Affordable housing in Kelowna will get a boost from a new three per…
Kelowna has the money but facing long wait for more RCMP officers
KELOWNA – The RCMP is expected to have a $2.5 million surplus this year that…