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Okanagan-Similkameen regional district governance committee recommends creation of new electoral area
PENTICTON – A Okanagan Similkameen Regional District study looking at new governance options recommends the…
Kamloops’s head of bylaw no longer with city
KAMLOOPS – The bylaw manager in Kamloops is no longer with the city. CAO David…
VIDEO: What a city councillor actually does
KAMLOOPS – Next month, voters will head to the polls to make a decision on…
Central Okanagan regional district directors get pay increase to cover loss of tax benefit
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Central Okanagan regional district directors will get a pay increase in 2019…
New regional board short on experience
PENTICTON – The regional district board of directors will have a lot of new faces…
Changes on the way for people looking for a place to park in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Renting an extra parking spot like renting an extra room on Airbnb, and…
City working to find out why section of Knox Mountain continues to slowly slip away
KELOWNA – The fences blocking off the north end of Ethel Street in Kelowna are…
Revenue from new Airbnb tax to go into Kelowna housing fund
KELOWNA – Affordable housing in Kelowna will get a boost from a new three per…
Pathways Abilities Society wants to replace bike shop with six-storey housing complex in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An affordable housing project could replace a building used to help Kelowna residents…
Infrastructure tax could be first of many increases to deal with Kelowna’s $477 million deficit
KELOWNA – A proposed 1.95 per cent infrastructure tax in 2019 is just one relatively…
Extra tax hike every year won’t be enough to pay for Kelowna roads and parks
KELOWNA – Even if Kelowna hits taxpayers with an annual infrastructure tax, it won’t be…
Kelowna heritage home will be preserved as a burned out shell
KELOWNA – One of the oldest surviving houses in Kelowna was narrowly saved yesterday when…
City of Penticton purchases bus depot
PENTICTON – Calling it a “strategic move” the city announced today the purchase of the…
Lake Country residents facing 8.7 per cent tax hike
KELOWNA – Councillors in Lake Country will be considering an almost nine per cent tax…
Kelowna taxpayers could pay 4.4 per cent more in 2019
KELOWNA – City staff are calling for a 2.45 per cent tax increase in 2019,…