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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…
North Okanagan Regional District eyes bylaw forcing businesses to compost food waste by 2021
NORTH OKANAGAN – The Regional District Of North Okanagan has drafted a plan to force…
Concerns raised about reducing input from Kelowna resident associations
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council quietly amended a bylaw yesterday, June 10, that cuts the…
Vernon council taking another look at recommendations from task force on downtown safety
VERNON – Hoping for better luck a second time around, Vernon city council is set…
Vernon to explore a ban on idling vehicles
VERNON – Vernon city council is looking into a possible ban to prevent vehicles from…
As Liberal support wanes, so does Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr’s chances of re-election in Kelowna: professor
KELOWNA – Is Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr’s political future tied to the popularity of…
iN VIDEO: Former Crown prosecutor seeks federal Green Party nomination in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A well known Kamloops lawyer is in the running for the Green Party…
Passions flare at Vernon town hall meeting
VERNON – With two minutes to spend at the microphone, several dozen speakers took to…
UPDATED: Kelowna, West Kelowna politicians are aboard the junket train to Quebec City
KELOWNA – Municipal politicians from across the Thompson-Okanagan have shown a clear difference in attitude…
Crime, vagrancy and location of safe injection site on agenda for Vernon town hall meeting
VERNON – The people will have an opportunity to have a say on the location…
Vernon councillor to present petition opposing overdose prevention site
VERNON – Coun. Scott Anderson will present a petition at today's city council meeting with…
Maxime Bernier kicks off Thompson-Okanagan visit in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Maxime Bernier touched down in Kamloops this morning to kick off a tour…
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…
People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier paying Thompson-Okanagan a visit
KAMLOOPS — Maxime Bernier will touring the Thompson-Okanagan this week. Starting tomorrow, May 23, the…
Nasty comments about Central Okanagan mayors increasingly common
KELOWNA – Threats and verbal attacks on public officials are becoming increasingly common. Last week,…
Greens, People’s Party candidates racing off for federal nominations
KELOWNA – The Green Party and People’s Party have yet to select their candidates for…
Developer blames himself for public outrage in Kelowna this week
KELOWNA – The developer behind a controversial Kelowna city council reconsideration this week says it…
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran makes plea for civility after facing on-line threat
KELOWNA – Flanked by family and two city councillors at a brief news conference at…
Social media comments a common deterrent for candidates, some politicians say
KELOWNA – Elected officials face all kinds of challenges in their efforts to represent their…
UPDATED: Arrest made in online threat that scared Kelowna mayor
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – A 52-year-old Kelowna man was picked up by Kelowna RCMP and…
Vernon councillors know a town hall on safe injection site is likely futile. They’ll have one anyway
VERNON – The City of Vernon is going to hold a town hall to talk…
Rookies trump veterans as West Kelowna’s largest ever private development inches forward
WEST KELOWNA – There are still way too many unanswered questions for West Kelowna City…
Kelowna mayor flexes muscles, brings back dead development
KELOWNA – A development that was recently turned down at a public hearing was given…
Vernon says no to a downtown cannabis retail operation
VERNON – Vernon city council has said no for the first time to a pot…