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City Of Kelowna 2018
Little sign of progress easing Kelowna’s atrocious rental vacancy rate
KELOWNA – Four new housing agreements covering 436 purpose-built rental units in Kelowna were signed…
Kelowna runs afoul of privacy commissioner over Freedom of Information fees
KELOWNA – Trying to charge a citizen for providing them with their own personal information…
Devastating 2017 Mill Creek flood in Kelowna caused by years of neglect
KELOWNA – The immediate cause of last spring’s flood along Kelowna’s Mill Creek was an…
Central Okanagan politicians get to vote twice on a pay raise
KELOWNA – A tax change at the federal level means Kelowna city councillors who also…
Can’t just change the plan: Kelowna council says no to airport hotel
KELOWNA – Landowners can’t just change their minds about what they want to do, especially…
Slumping slope could cost big bucks on Kelowna’s Knox Mountain
KELOWNA – Measurements being made this week and next will reveal whether a slumping slope…
Kelowna mayor and council should get raises to make up for loss of tax-free status: Staff
KELOWNA – Salaries paid to Kelowna’s mayor and councillors next year will be losing their…
UPDATE: Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran makes it official: He’s running again
KELOWNA – With clear blue skies as a backdrop, Colin Basran made official his bid…
Why Kelowna won’t release information about surveillance camera privacy concerns
KELOWNA – How's this for irony? The B.C. Office of Information and Privacy has concerns…
More bylaw officers to hit Kelowna streets this summer
KELOWNA – Visitors to Kelowna can expect to see a few more bylaw officers making…
Ellis Parc high-rise languishes under stop-work order in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – A stop-work order against a high-rise in downtown Kelowna is still in place…
Kelowna mayor flies to Regina in support of Memorial Cup bid
KELOWNA – The city hasn’t committed any serious cash yet, but Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran…
Expect to see more snow plows on Kelowna side streets as council increases snow budget
KELOWNA – Look for more snow routes and better side street snow removal next winter…
Cost for clean drinking water up 30 per cent for South East Kelowna
KELOWNA – A $22 million shortfall in the cost of amalgamating the South East Kelowna…
‘Some concerns’ about apartment buildings on old B.C. Tree Fruit packinghouse site in Kelowna
KELOWNA – With an eye toward the preservation of Kelowna’s industrial land, staff are giving…
Smile for the surveillance cameras in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Live monitoring of CCTV surveillance cameras in parts of downtown Kelowna begins next…
Snow removal manager says Kelowna needs to bump up winter service
KELOWNA – With spring here and summer on the way, it’s hard to think about…
Cost of city’s South East Kelowna Irrigation district takeover jumps $22 million
KELOWNA – The cost for the City of Kelowna taking over the South East Kelowna…
Funding pulled from controversial Kelowna recovery house in Rutland
KELOWNA – In an ironic twist, the society that hoped to construct a controversial apartment…
B.C. Interior cities show strong new home construction numbers
Southern Interior cities showed strong housing starts last month with Kelowna again marking near record…
Journey Home task force says new group needed to manage homelessness program
KELOWNA – Ending functional homelessness in Kelowna is going to require an ongoing organizational effort…
No big buildings near orchards, Kelowna planners say
KELOWNA – It’s too big for the neighbourhood and too close to local orchards. That’s…
It’s going to take $47 million, six years to end homelessness in Kelowna: Journey Home task force
KELOWNA – It’s going to take six years and $47 million dollars to take control…
Why the flood response in Kelowna seems last minute
KELOWNA – With the waters of Mill Creek still rising and crews working urgently to…