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Petition calls for second Kelowna bridge crossing, traffic relief
Everyone who’s sick of the stop-and-go routine along the William R. Bennett Bridge is invited…
Thousands sign petition fighting way PST is now charged on used vehicles in B.C
Graham Hugill knew he wasn't the only British Columbian feeling annoyed by the province's new…
Petition launched in effort to get second detox centre in Kelowna
A Kelowna resident has started a petition in hopes of getting a new detox centre…
Thousands demand fairness for evicted mobile home communities
Thousands of Kelowna and West Kelowna residents have signed a petition demanding fair treatment for…
Kelowna business owners take fight against bike lane to city hall
A petition was started earlier this week urging the City of Kelowna to review its…
UPDATE: Kelowna councillors call for special meeting for McCurdy housing project
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran has called for a special Kelowna city council meeting at…
Kelowna supportive housing project opponents holding onto faint hope
KELOWNA – Opponents to the McCurdy Road supportive housing complex have collected thousands of signatures…
Kelowna man starts a petition to stop new supportive housing project in Rutland
KELOWNA – A Rutland resident started a petition at Change.org to stop the latest plan…
Federal government asked to grant auxiliary police a tax break for their service
VERNON – The federal government is being urged to show some gratitude to auxiliary police…
Band members force special meeting with petition to Westbank chief and council
PETITION SEEKS WAYS TO "IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILTY" OF CHIEF LOUIE AND COUNCIL WEST KELOWNA…
Local politician launches petition to give RCMP auxiliary officers a tax break
VERNON - A Vernon city councillor is petitioning the federal government to get a tax credit for auxiliary police officers. The petition is posted on the Parliament of Canada website, and calls upon the government to extend the same credit to auxiliary constables — unarmed, unpaid, uniformed RCMP volunteers — as it does to certain...
Quadriplegic man fighting Kelowna city hall for right to park in his own yard
KELOWNA – A Kelowna family wants to be able to park their wheel chair accessible van in their front yard but the City of Kelowna insists they need to apply for a costly bylaw variance to do so. A petition has been started in an effort to “eliminate” the need for a variance to allow...
Anti-time change petition catches provincial government’s attention
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops man with the plan to stop Daylight Saving Time in B.C. will seek support from local municipalities on the project after speaking with local MLAs last week. Bob Dieno created his Stop The Time Change in British Columbia on the website Change.org petition three weeks ago. Within the first three days...
More than 10,000 people want B.C. to stop the time change
KAMLOOPS - The petition to stop Daylight Saving Time has surpassed it’s goal of 10,000 signatures, meaning the provincial government is mandated to review it. Former Kamloops Chamber of Commerce president Bob Dieno and his friend Tara Holmes began the petition and Facebook page on Monday and by 3:50 p.m. Oct. 30, the petition reached 11,000 signatures....
Petition calls for new Kelowna dog beach but city says its not easy to find right location
KELOWNA - An online petition is calling for a second dog beach in a North End Kelowna park but the city says its not as simple as just putting up a fence and few signs. The petition on Change.org has over 600 signatures of people who think at least a portion of Sutherland Park on Ellis...
Parents taking control during teacher strike
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With no end to the current labour dispute in sight many parents are wondering how they can make sure their kids do not fall behind in their education — book sections in many stores are picked over, only a few workbooks remaining, and many school-age programs filled up before the summer was even...