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Kelowna mayor writes letter to B.C. government for advice on foreshore
KELOWNA – As calls for making the City’s foreshore more accessible heighten, Kelowna mayor Colin…
McDONALD: Forget the camera, Mayor Basran, this flood isn’t about you
OPINION Unfolding disasters do strange things to people’s minds. Some people rush towards calamity, others…
Kelowna still has a lot of work to do on water plans
KELOWNA – If Kelowna gets a host of grants, the City’s new water plan has…
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…
Protest planned against Kelowna bylaw change banning sleeping on sidewalks at night
KELOWNA – A group of residents are planning to rally outside Kelowna City Hall next…
Premier to march in Kelowna pride parade
KELOWNA – Premier Christy Clark will be a part of the We Are One pride…
Kelowna mayor issues food bank challenge on Facebook
KELOWNA – A year after the ice bucket challenge went viral and raised millions for…
Mayor proclaims Tragically Hip Day in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An iconic Canadian band will be honoured with their own day in the…
Kelowna mayor feeling the heat from locals about rental housing crunch
HOMELESSNESS JUST ONE FACET OF RENTAL HOUSING CRISIS, SAYS MAYOR KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran…
Kelowna mayor plans transformation at inaugural Sugarplum Ball
KELOWNA – What was supposed to be an insult directed at Kelowna’s mayor has turned…
Trolls stay away as Kelowna mayor hosts successful Twitter conversation about city’s future
NEGATIVITY EXPECTED BUT NEVER HAPPENED, MAYOR SAYS KELOWNA – If you ask Colin Basran, the…
Kelowna mayor takes to Twitter for town hall meeting
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran will be throwing out questions on Twitter this afternoon, hoping…
Council to pay $150,000 for future vision of Kelowna
KELOWNA – To be fair, a strategic visioning process called Imagine Kelowna does have the…
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…
Mayor well travelled as Kelowna’s salesman-in-chief
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran, just off a two-week trip to Kasugai, Japan, barely has…
Boomerang campaign seeks to lure former residents back to the Central Okanagan
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – With a pressing need for talent, the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission…
Significant tax hit needed to keep Kelowna’s infrastructure current
NEED TO FINANCE LONG RANGE ASSET MANAGEMENT LEAVES COUNCIL TOUGH CHOICES KELOWNA – Kelowna council…
Mayor wants irrigation districts to merge with Kelowna
MAYOR SAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME AMALGAMATION IS THE END GOAL KELOWNA – Premier Christy…
West Kelowna mayor says three per cent tax increase helps with ‘slow, steady growth’
WEST KELOWNA – Mayor Doug Findlater likes his property tax increases a bit like Goldilocks…
Price tag proves biggest hurdle for Kelowna’s pedestrian, bicycling plan
KELOWNA – A consultant’s report has identified numerous gaps in Kelowna’s pedestrian and cycling network.…
Agricultural Land Commission gets under the skin of some Kelowna councillors
KELOWNA - A workshop on agriculture Monday morning, Jan. 11, turned into an opportunity for some Kelowna city councillors to vent their frustration with the Agricultural Land Commission. “If you ask me, it’s ass-backward,” Coun. Maxine DeHart said. DeHart and Coun. Tracy Gray both panned the process where applications by property owners to have land...
Hefty Kelowna property tax increase resting on contract obligations, mayor says
KELOWNA - Mayor Colin Basran would love to pare down the 4.11 per cent tax property tax increase council is considering but says they don’t have much room to move. Basran says the combined costs of recent union contracts with city workers and firefighters, plus initial borrowing cots for the new police station, all contractual...
Kelowna councillor frustrated with RCMP communication
SUPERINTENDENT HASN'T TAKEN QUESTIONS AT A COUNCIL MEETING IN OVER A YEAR KELOWNA - A city councillor says he’s surprised and a little disappointed the Kelowna RCMP have not appeared at a public council meeting to take questions since the new council was sworn in over a year ago. City councillor Ryan Donn says RCMP...
East Kelowna farm earns council support for distillery and weddings
KELOWNA - An agri-tourism operation on a small plot of farm land in East Kelowna got a rare endorsement from city council this week, despite plans to include weddings and a distillery. Kristi and James Caldwell requested council support for their application to the Agriculatural Land Commision to allow a portion of their land to...