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Kelowna settles on 4.11 per cent property tax increase
KELOWNA – Property owners in Kelowna are facing an average 4.11 tax increase for 2016…
Rivers receding as streamflow advisory for Southern Interior ends
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Thanks to the cooler weather, river levels are dropping and the high streamflow…
Spring warmth continues in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – After a week filled with record temperatures we can expect the mercury to…
Light rail transit looms larger in Kelowna’s future with Okanagan Rail Trail
RAIL TRAIL ALREADY RUNS ALONGSIDE KELOWNA'S MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR KELOWNA – Now that the deal-making’s…
Please slow down for emergency vehicles, Central Okanagan Mounties plead
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – There’s a whole lot of drivers in the Central Okanagan who apparently…
Daring departure proposed from Kelowna’s traditional Ogopogo float theme
KELOWNA – For the first time in ages Ogopogo may be out as the theme for Kelowna’s…
Province expects movement soon on irrigation district’s dispute with Kelowna
COMMUNITIES MINISTER PETER FASSBENDER SAYS BOTH SIDES HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THEM KELOWNA…
Newly created Mission Creek floodplain gets high-water baptism
KELOWNA – Mission Creek’s newly created floodplain is already doing what it was supposed to…
Rain and thunderstorms follow another day of record heat in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – It was another record day for several communities in the Okanagan, but much…
Spring runoff causing water quality problems throughout Southern Interior
HIGH WATER FLUSHING ORGANICS AND BACTERIA DOWNSTREAM INTO SOME WATER SYSTEMS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Spring runoff…
Third day of record temperatures in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Another round of record temperatures were set in the Okanagan yesterday, and today…
High waters force closures along creek trails in Kelowna parks
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Rising water has caused the closing of two Mission Creek Greenway underpasses…
Latest report shows Southern Interior mountain snowpacks shrinking fast
FAST MELT OF SNOWPACKS CAUSING FLOOD CONCERNS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Swollen streams and flood warnings are…
Assault suspect sought in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A man who hit another over the head several times before taking money…
Mayor well travelled as Kelowna’s salesman-in-chief
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran, just off a two-week trip to Kasugai, Japan, barely has…
Okanagan woman wanted on drug trafficking charges winds up in Nanaimo court
VERNON – Police have finally located an Okanagan woman who’s been under the radar for…
UPDATE: As temperatures rise, more records fall in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Another day, another round of high temperature records set in the Okanagan. Environment…
Rail trail won’t go ahead without fundraising campaign
LOCAL SOCIETY AIMS TO RAISE $7.9 MILLION IN 18 MONTHS OKANAGAN – The municipalities cooperating…
Flood warnings issued for Central Okanagan
EMPTY SANDBAGS AVAILABLE AT MOST LOCAL FIRE HALLS CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Creeks and streams swollen…
Dozens of weather records broken in B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Nearly 50 communities set new high temperature records in B.C. yesterday, including more…
Kelowna pushes through increase to development permit fees
KELOWNA – Development application fees for a host of city services will be adjusted, mostly…
Kelowna woman in custody after allegedly stabbing 70-year-old husband
KELOWNA – Family had to subdue a 58-year-old woman after she allegedly attacked her 70-year-old…
Time and place important when measuring downtown safety, Kelowna councillors say
COUNCIL TO GAUGE RESIDENTS SENSE OF SAFETY IN CITY'S CORE KELOWNA – A sense of…
Police looking for witnesses to Kelowna crash that killed cyclist
KELOWNA – Investigators looking into a fatal collision between a flatdeck truck and cyclist Friday…