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New bylaw limits Penticton residents to owning six pets
Penticton residents are allowed a maximum of six pets following the adoption of a new…
Vernon samosa bakery slapped with bylaw ticket during charity event
A downtown Vernon business owner is angry at the City after he was slapped with…
Vernon arborist working without a permit fined $1,000
A Vernon arborist who continued to work without a permit after being warned has pleaded…
Coach cautiously optimistic about discussion on lifting MMA ban in Vernon
VERNON – Ask any professional or amateur fighter and they'll tell you one of the…
Dueling Vernon petitions debate dog leash bylaw
VERNON – Vernon dog owners had their say about an off-leash bylaw and now soccer…
Cannabis store bid in Lake Country goes up in smoke
LAKE COUNTRY – What looked like a slam dunk for the first cannabis retail store…
Why a Vernon business owner was fined for pushing cart, garbage to homeless shelter
VERNON – Vernon bylaw is clearing up some misconceptions about what it can and can’t…
VIDEO: Okanagan musicians band together for Kelowna busking bylaw protest song
KELOWNA – A collective of local musicians have recorded and released a song and video…
A blind Kelowna busker’s life just got a lot harder
KELOWNA – The life of a busker isn’t easy; just ask Sarah Mainland. On the…
Frustrated by busking bylaw, Kelowna councillor threatens musical disobedience
KELOWNA – Frustrated by what he called the "dumbest bylaw process ever", Kelowna city councillor…
Vernon bylaw swamped by complaints about homeless, transients over past year
VERNON – More than a quarter of all bylaw complaints in Vernon last year fell…
Kelowna’s agri-tourism bylaw overturned by courts
KELOWNA – The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled invalid Kelowna’s current agri-tourism bylaw because the…
Ongoing parking meter vandalism causing problems in Vernon
VERNON – Vernon can't fix its vandalized parking meters fast enough. The City has been…
B.C. SPCA seeks ban on animal ownership for man who kept 59 neglected cats
KAMLOOPS – Fifty-nine cats were rescued from a man living in Chase and less than…
Vernon bylaw will step up monitoring at homeless camps
VERNON – With the number of homeless camps expected to rise again this summer, efforts…
City responds to video of faulty Vernon parking meter
VERNON – A video circulating on social media of a Vernon parking meter on the…
UPDATE: City of Kelowna says ‘Bully Bylaw’ video only half the story; fine revoked
"IF HE'D UNPLUGGED AND GONE BACK TO ACOUSTIC BUSKING THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE."…
Bylaw concerned about man living in wooden crate in downtown Vernon
VERNON – A man living in a wooden crate downtown Vernon is generating some concerns.…
Kelowna homeless shelters welcome pets for all the right reasons
"THE MOST UNUSUAL WAS A MINI BANTAM ROOSTER THE LADY WOULD WALK ON A LEASH."…
Homeless man arrested for refusing to leave downtown Kelowna sidewalk
KELOWNA – A man living on the streets in downtown Kelowna says he was arrested…
Kelowna’s on its own with sidewalk sleeping bylaw; other Interior cities don’t come close
"IT'S TALKING TO PEOPLE, GETTING THEM ASSISTANCE AND JUST RESPONDING TO THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS AND…
Sidewalk bylaw making life even harder for Kelowna’s homeless
"GET UP, GOTTA GO, MOVE ON OR WE'RE GOING TO ARREST YOU." KELOWNA – Cheralyn…
Advocates say proposed new Kelowna sidewalk bylaw will only make life harder for the homeless
KELOWNA – If Kelowna city council passes a final reading of a new bylaw, sleeping…
Vernon homeless camps bound to grow again
VERNON – The camps may be gone, but Vernon’s issues with homelessness aren’t going away.…