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Kelowna City Council 2019
Pot shop applications go to Kelowna city council Monday
KELOWNA – Five companies wanting to open seven different cannabis retail shops will have their…
In 20 years you’ll have to drive slower in Kelowna and wait longer at intersections
KELOWNA – In 20 years Kelowna’s roads could be traffic nightmares as 50,000 more people…
Cost of road work jumps at night, Kelowna council learns
KELOWNA – Tired of dodging potholes and waiting in line as city streets are rebuilt…
Misinformation, fear mongering fuelling supportive housing opposition, Kelowna council hears
KELOWNA – Kelowna may be a national leader in dealing with homelessness with its Journey…
Campaigner for community safety hired by the City of Kelowna
KELOWNA – For a man with a passion for community safety, winning the job as…
Kelowna searching for better ways to sell supportive housing to its citizens
KELOWNA – After struggling through five mostly fractious efforts to house the homeless in Kelowna,…
Anti-supportive housing petitioners in Kelowna vow to keep fighting
KELOWNA – More than 100 people gathered in Kelowna city council chambers yesterday to show…
Controversial Kelowna supportive housing facility will be ‘dry’
KELOWNA – The compromise on the McCurdy Road supportive housing project reached between the City…
Changes to Kelowna supportive housing project would cost big bucks and cause big delays
KELOWNA – Making significant changes to the McCurdy Road supportive housing project could be time…
Kelowna councillor hopes music can be part of the solution to addiction
KELOWNA – While critics attack the placement of “wet” supportive housing facilities, Kelowna Coun. Ryan…
Taxpayers didn’t have to pay the expenses of the City of Kelowna’s most travelled employees
KELOWNA – When it comes to expense claims for City of Kelowna employees, one stands…
Benvoulin Court new hot spot for rental housing projects in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A proposal to rezone 3.3 acres of land on Benvoulin Court marks the…
Kelowna seeking federal money to build a new electric bus depot
KELOWNA – Moving its bus garage to a site near UBC Okanagan and rebuilding the…
Not all on council agree with plans for new downtown Kelowna gas station
KELOWNA – A car wash, gas station and convenience store will stretch for a full…
Time for supportive housing opponents to lobby the province for addiction funding, Kelowna councillor says
KELOWNA – Kelowna city councillor Loyal Wooldridge has called for the end to partisan politics…
Frustration boiling over for city councillors wrestling with crime, homelessness in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Dealing with crime and homelessness on city streets – and the criticism for…
The time for Kelowna to adopt a Code of Conduct is before city councillors start throwing forks at each other
KELOWNA – With a history of friendly, cooperative city councils, some Kelowna councillors did not…
Kelowna may shift focus from buying parkland to building parks
KELOWNA – With the public clamouring for parks to be built, City of Kelowna staff…
Tim Hortons outlet and drive-thru to be built next to Canadian Tire in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A new Tim Hortons restaurant and drive-thru is planned for the parking lot…
Tens of millions of dollars in new bike paths planned for Kelowna
KELOWNA – Don’t expect to cycle on the “gold standard” of bike paths that run…
Bylaw to ban spiked fences and save Kelowna deer on city backburner
KELOWNA – A call to ban spiked fences in Kelowna is in bureaucratic limbo. Conservation…
Kelowna is getting at least four more electric car charging stations
KELOWNA – As electric cars slowly become more popular, the City of Kelowna continues to…
Better for the environment may be better for City of Kelowna’s pocketbook
KELOWNA – By cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Kelowna is hoping to get…
Kelowna strikes blow for housing affordability by limiting short-term rentals
KELOWNA – Despite the fact that the majority of speakers at a public hearing last…