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Rob Munro
How Kamloops, Okanagan governments raise prices of new homes
Everyone knows housing in Vancouver is some of the most expensive in the country. There…
Turn off your idling vehicle in Kelowna or face $150 fine
Anyone idling their vehicle for more than a minute in Kelowna will face a $150…
Kelowna taking severe action against vacant or burned buildings
Kelowna city council is being asked to impose strict new rules on vacant or damaged…
Court forces Kelowna lakeshore hotel to open gate blocking access to public boardwalk
The latest court challenge over a stretch of a public boardwalk through a Hotel Eldorado…
Some housing prices falling in Okanagan, Kamloops
While housing prices show double digit increases in sale prices this year in the Thompson-Okanagan…
Keeping the drop in Kamloops and Okanagan housing sales in perspective
While housing sales have dropped dramatically in Kamloops, the Okanagan and the rest of the…
The Gallery Winery looking to grow along Westside Wine Trail
While already providing a wine tasting room, events and art, the Gallery Winery has applied…
Putting interest rate hike in perspective for Thompson-Okanagan home buyers
The Bank of Canada’s 1% hike in its prime interest rate today, July 13, is…
North Okanagan gas stations finally start showing signs of relief
The slow and steady decline in gasoline prices in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions took…
5 buildings up to 7 storeys and hundreds of apartments proposed for West Kelowna
A hillside just 370 metres from the Highway 97-Daimler Road intersection in West Kelowna could…
Upscale supermarket in Kelowna’s North End now set for spring opening
When Don Pham bought the old OK Builders Supply warehouse on Ellis Street in the…
Taxes on your typical home almost $1,400 higher in Kamloops than Kelowna
It may be more expensive to buy a home in Kelowna than it is in…
Rents continue to drop in Kelowna
Rental rates fell another $100 per month in Kelowna from May to June. That followed…
Stop This Tower! Campaign launched against UBCO’s downtown Kelowna highrise
Calling it a “pretend university,” Kelowna resident Susan Ames is launching a campaign against the…
Where high is too high for downtown Kelowna towers
Five highrise towers with a total of 151 storeys will be debated by Kelowna city…
Would busses in Kamloops, Kelowna be better if they were free?
A Victoria city councillor is lobbying to make transit free for all riders in that…
Construction taking a hit in Kelowna but still booming
There has been a 19% drop in the value of building permits issued by the…
Inside source hints at skulduggery in city-backed highrise deal in downtown Kelowna
The redevelopment of the former RCMP site in downtown Kelowna has been controversial since it…
Is spec tax making any difference in the Central Okanagan?
Despite ongoing objections from Kelowna and West Kelowna civic leaders to the provincial Speculation and…
Rejected proposal for three Kelowna highrises could be back before council in fall
Even though Kelowna city council turned down three proposed highrises the developer is hoping to…
This is where most new housing is being built in Thompson-Okanagan
More than half of the new housing built in the Thompson-Okanagan’s five largest cities in…
BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops
While interest rate hikes have slowed the real estate boom in the Thompson-Okanagan in recent…
Work crews heading to Kelowna’s UBCO downtown campus site in a matter of days
Now that Kelowna city council has agreed to let UBCO build a 46-storey downtown campus…
Governments need to ‘serious steps’ to tackle housing crisis: Accountants
Housing starts, with the exception of Kelowna, fell in the first half of 2022, showing…