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Crown drops sex assault charges against former Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran
Crown prosecutors have stayed the charge of sexual assault against former Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran.…
UPDATED: Arrest made in online threat that scared Kelowna mayor
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – A 52-year-old Kelowna man was picked up by Kelowna RCMP and…
Council on side with Mayor’s vision for Kelowna’s future
KELOWNA – It will be two or three months before Kelowna city council sets its…
Mayor Basran confirmed for Rutland all candidates meeting as Kelowna’s municipal election looms
KELOWNA – Get out the popcorn, it’s show time. The Rutland Residents Association is first…
UNFRIENDED: Race for Kelowna mayor gets personal
KELOWNA – When Tom Dyas announced he was running against his friend and Kelowna Mayor…
Basran calls Mayoral candidate Dyas’ Costco letter ‘electioneering’
KELOWNA – Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran is challenging the accuracy of a letter his chief…
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…
2017 coloured by disaster but still a good year, says Kelowna mayor
KELOWNA – Neither floods nor fire could keep Kelowna down in 2017, Kelowna Mayor Colin…
Too many carriage houses in Kelowna, not enough time
KELOWNA – Carriage houses are so popular now, Kelowna City Hall is considering not even…
Trudeau touches down in Kelowna for Liberal caucus retreat
KELOWNA – All Walter Huebert wanted was to add Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a…
Affordable housing and support coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – The Good Night Inn will become affordable housing in Kelowna. Affordable housing and…
How the City of Kelowna plans to be a better place
KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna is still in the midst of what Mayor Colin…
Premier makes official the opening of low-income housing in Kelowna’s North End
KELOWNA – The new Pleasantvale homes have been occupied for awhile now but that didn’t…
Kelowna’s irrigation districts keep calm and carry on
POSSIBLE DISSOLUTION ISN'T WORTH FRETTING ABOUT, CHAIRMAN SAYS CENTRAL OKANAGAN – You wouldn’t know the…
Kelowna could lose millions infighting over domestic water
IRRIGATION DISTRICTS UNDER PRESSURE TO MERGE OPERATIONS WITH KELOWNA KELOWNA – Kelowna’s MP Stephen Fuhr…
Public safety top of mind as Kelowna council approves tax increase
KELOWNA - Taxpayers will likely face a property tax increase of 4.12 per cent after city council passed the 2016 provisional city budget. The increase is heavy on public safety as more than half the increase of about $6 million is dedicated to hiring more police and bylaw officers while moving ahead with construction of...
One year in, new Kelowna councillors are finding their groove
KELOWNA - It’s been a year since three brand new members joined Kelowna city council and while they don’t agree on everything, they do agree on one thing — it’s been a fast ride. “It went by in a blink of an eye,” Coun. Brad Sieben says. “It seems like just yesterday we were planting...
ELECTION 2015: West Kelowna mayor says endorsing federal election candidates is bad politics
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Firmly on the fence is where West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater is sitting as far as publicly endorsing a candidate in the Oct. 19 federal election. “I have to work with whoever is elected, although I can say we worked well with Dan Albas (incumbent MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.) He helped us...
Kelowna adopts permanent outdoor watering restrictions
KELOWNA - In the wake of this summer’s drought, Kelowna is adopting permanent outdoor watering restrictions and bumping up its enforcement of the new rules. While reducing outdoor water use during drought is one benefit, of equal value is reducing the impact of demand spikes during dry summer months on the city’s water pipes and...
Brent’s Grist Mill heritage site deteriorating quickly
KELOWNA - What do you do when your heritage is crumbling faster than than you can review it? Brent's Grist Mill, one of the city’s premier heritage sites, is rapidly crumbling and cannot wait for council’s heritage review to be fixed, according to a consultant’s report. “So it’s a catch-22 scenario. If we don’t spend the...
Money talks, experience walks: Here’s what Sharon Shepherd thinks cost her the election
KELOWNA - It was supposed to be the political comeback for two-term mayor Sharon Shepherd. Edged out by Walter Gray in 2011, Shepherd was pushed by many to take another crack at it when Gray announced he would not run again in 2014. In the minds of her supporters it was supposed to be an...
What Colin Basran had during the election that rival Sharon Shepherd didn’t
KELOWNA — The 2014 mayoral race in Kelowna, which quickly came down to current councillor Colin Basran versus former mayor Sharon Shepherd, was billed as youth versus experience. It might have been better pegged as 'have' and 'have-not.' Winner, and now Mayor, Basran outspent Shepherd well over three to one, raising through contributions almost $76,000...
City keeps cultural incubator cooking, gives out cash grants
KELOWNA - If there was an elephant in the room, Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran addressed it directly. “A lot of times people think ‘there goes the city spending money on culture’ without having the complete picture of what creative culture does for our community,” said the Mayor, as council received a report outlining $180,000 in...
Basran, new council sworn in for Kelowna
KELOWNA – The youngest mayor in Kelowna’s history was sworn into office Monday night along with his new council of eight. In his first speech as mayor, Basran, 37, thanked his family and supporters and outlined the areas he feels are key to a successful term. Areas like transportation, support for small business, social programs,...