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Business signs to get smaller, less garish as Kelowna adopts new sign bylaw
KELOWNA – A "confusing and contradictory” bylaw governing the placement of signs on Kelowna buildings…
Kelowna can’t meet climate change targets, wants to move the goal posts
KELOWNA – The final toll will likely sound tomorrow night for Kelowna’s greenhouse gas emission…
Rutland senior centre fire damages much more than just the building
KELOWNA – Outside the Rutland Seniors Centre, Sue Lord could only shake her head as…
Digital, portable signs in the sights of new Kelowna sign bylaw
KELOWNA – Vegas-by-the-Lake is not what we want when it comes to signs on private…
Top 10 corporate taxpayers pay five per cent of all Kelowna property taxes
KELOWNA – You may be just getting over the sting of paying your annual property…
Homeless housing strategy could help reduce transient-caused fires in Kelowna
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Fires caused by homeless people have been an annual occurrence in Kelowna…
Three months after stop work order, construction to resume on Kelowna high-rise
KELOWNA – Work is finally set to resume on Ellis Parc, a high-rise being built…
Why the fire burning in Okanagan Mountain Park can’t be compared to 2003 fire
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – It’s tempting to view the Good Creek fire burning in Okanagan Mountain…
UPDATE: Wildfire fights continue throughout the Central, South Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The Mount Eneas wildfire is continuing to make life difficult for travellers, forcing…
Look to Vancouver, Victoria for short-term rental regulation model in Kelowna
KELOWNA – There’s well over a 1,000 short-term rental properties in Kelowna, most of them…
Fire season flares to life in Okanagan with 20 new wildfires
OKANAGAN – Lightning caused 20 new fires in the Okanagan as last night’s storm rolled…
West Kelowna building permits slow from record pace
WEST KELOWNA – If the value of building permits is any indication, West Kelowna may…
Receding Okanagan Lake will reveal final bill from 2018 flood damage in Kelowna
KELOWNA – What a difference 57 centimetres makes. That’s the difference between the final lake…
High-rise fever continues in Kelowna with another tower proposal
KELOWNA – Another possible high-rise development has been proposed for downtown Kelowna. Currently a parking…
New construction flood level may be needed all around Okanagan Lake
OKANAGAN – Anna Warwick Sears doesn’t like the term “new normal” at least as it’s…
Enjoy that summer campfire while you can, there’s no ban just yet in the B.C. Interior
What a difference a year makes, at least as far as camping goes and the…
Crews still working lightning fire near West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – B.C. Wildfire crews are still dealing with a wildfire around 15 kilometres…
Kelowna West byelection couldn’t get voters off the couch
WEST KELOWNA – After four elections in as six years, perhaps voters simply boycotted last…
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'…
Protestors vow to make beach access a Kelowna election issue
KELOWNA – A group of local residents determined to see beach access restored has announced…
Property tax line-ups over, Kelowna counts it up
KELOWNA – It’s going to take a few more days to count it all up…
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…
Demand for Dropbikes big in Kelowna after long-weekend hard launch
KELOWNA – The city’s pilot bike share project is going well enough that the project’s…
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…