Rob Munro

Shutdown of Kelowna homeless tent city catches campers by surprise
Many of the homeless people camped in the Leon Avenue tent city took their eviction…

UPDATE: Tenters are getting the boot from Leon Avenue in Kelowna
Concerns over safety have prompted the City of Kelowna to order tents off Leon Avenue…

These Leon Avenue businesses were leaving long before tent city moved in
While Chad Abougoush puts the blame for his relocation plans directly on City Hall and…

Crime in downtown Kelowna has almost doubled in the past five years
While asking Kelowna city council to support a years-long effort to get a community court…

Here’s a different way to help the homeless in Kelowna and the Okanagan
While many of the residents living in the tent city on Leon Avenue shivered in…

Kelowna’s Heath House hasn’t scared off this developer
The perception that the Heath House supportive housing project is bad for its neighbourhood hasn’t…
Some Lake Country residents evacuated as police dealt with distraught man with gun
Residents on Roberts Road in Lake Country were asked to leave their homes yesterday after…

Kelowna falling short on its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
The City of Kelowna needs to take much more dramatic action if it wants to…

A statistical check up on Kelowna’s homeless strategy
As the photo above of Kelowna’s tent city shows, there is a huge and growing…

Kelowna looking at how best to spend Airbnb taxes collected
The City of Kelowna collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue from short-term…

New report says dozens more RCMP officers are needed in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP need to add 56 police officers and 28 civilians in the next five…

New arts group lobbying council to put brakes on redevelopment of former Kelowna RCMP site
A core group of arts lovers is pushing for Kelowna city council to reconsider its…

Autism program ending at Starbright in Kelowna
A Kelowna child development centre is ending its autism program next month. Starbright Children’s Development…

Owner of Oriental Supermarket plans to open independent grocery store in Kelowna’s North End
The site of the former OK Builders Supply building just north of downtown Kelowna is…

Boom in industrial construction spreads to West Kelowna
The shortage of industrial land in the central Okanagan means the new West Kelowna industrial…