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John Mcdonald
Taj Mahal or Travel Van: Two different takes on tourism promotion in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Both Kelowna and Penticton rely heavily on tourism but they are reaching out…
Kelowna can’t meet old greenhouse gas emissions goals, should change the target, staff say
KELOWNA – The city has given up trying to meet greenhouse gas emission targets it…
Once unheard of, Kelowna has had two water quality advisories in a row
KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna is about to rescind the water quality advisory it…
Pair of heavyweight homeless and affordable housing plans land before Kelowna council
KELOWNA – Not much opposition is expected to a pair of heavyweight housing strategies coming…
City of Kelowna employee pay up nearly five per cent in 2017
KELOWNA – With salaries $70.8 million of the city’s 2017 budget, the annual list of…
Short, sharp storm topples trees, power lines in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – An overnight storm with major winds and rain has knocked over trees and…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
Rash of assaults on staff prompt changes at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA – A case of multiple assaults by a single patient on a number of…
Kelowna Curling Club application to get urgent loan from city wasn’t quite accurate
KELOWNA – Earlier this month, Kelowna city councillors voted to loan the Kelowna Curling Club…
Housing strategy will see new housing forms, more protection of rental housing in Kelowna
KELOWNA – It has a benign sounding name — the Healthy Housing Strategy — but…
Speculation tax uncertainty could negatively impact Kelowna real estate: report
KELOWNA – The speculation tax proposed by the provincial government will likely have unintended negative…
Kelowna construction on pace to beat last year’s record of $696 million
KELOWNA – Local politicians have savaged the provincial speculation tax introduced in February’s budget but…
Property tax line-ups over, Kelowna counts it up
KELOWNA – It’s going to take a few more days to count it all up…
Protestors vow to make beach access a Kelowna election issue
KELOWNA – A group of local residents determined to see beach access restored has announced…
Budder, shatter, oil: Homemade cannabis extraction can be explosive, deadly
'YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO GET INTO IT AND NOT HURT YOURSELF'…