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Rob Munro
Latinos in the Okanagan mean business, but they do like to party
KELOWNA – The Okanagan’s Latino community may have come from a harsher life than most…
Kelowna mayoralty candidate may have broken new campaign funding laws
KELOWNA – A candidate for mayor in last fall's municipal election may have run afoul…
West Kelowna is looking to hire dozens of firefighters
WEST KELOWNA – A recruiting drive to hire 10 career firefighters in West Kelowna is…
Money alone won’t get you elected in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Money may buy happiness but it’s no guarantee of winning elected office in…
Kelowna housing project for women escaping violence benefits organization supporting them
KELOWNA – Being able to display a more public face for Kelowna Women’s Shelter is…
Kelowna mayor spent big on 2018 re-election campaign
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran didn’t scrimp on his 2018 re-election campaign, breaking the spending…
Growth key focus for new Rotary district governor
KELOWNA – At a time when some service clubs are struggling to survive, Rotary is…
Flood risk in Okanagan is already high, but not for usual reasons
KELOWNA – After two years of spring floods it’s easy to get complacent when this…
Keeping recreation centres up to snuff in Kelowna could prove costly
KELOWNA – If the Kelowna Family YMCA pool in Rutland is any example, the City…
Unique Kelowna housing application could change the way we look at industrial land
KELOWNA – While it has become common practice to combine commercial and residential uses in…
Central Okanagan seeing new wave of young people
KELOWNA – Millennials are finally starting to push the boomers out of the way in…
Kelowna looks at more ways to get money for roads and parks
KELOWNA – Senior government cutbacks and urban sprawl are labelled as two reasons the City…
Vancouver Career College closing its Kelowna campus
KELOWNA – Vancouver Career College is closing its Kelowna campus after 15 years of operation.…
Another low-cost airline coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – Canada Jetlines has reached an agreement with the City to operate out of…
The ‘joys’ of winter cycling can be hard to find
KELOWNA – There are dozens – maybe even hundreds – of year-round cyclists in a…
Not much UBCO student input at event on city’s Culture Plan
KELOWNA – Only a handful of UBC Okanagan students took the time to tell the…
Latest Kelowna supportive housing project gets rough ride at open house
KELOWNA – Another supportive housing project in Kelowna is meeting with strong neighbourhood opposition. B.C.…
Sterile codling moths may turn into an Okanagan export commodity
KELOWNA – Sterile codling moths are doing such a good job in the Okanagan, they…
Without replacement, Central Okanagan schools long overdue for upgrades, repairs
KELOWNA – Since rebuilding aging Central Okanagan schools is not going to happen any time…
Motivation to volunteer may be different, but all generations appear to be keen
KELOWNA – The face of volunteering in Canada may be changing but the desire to…
Warming up his truck could have been costly for West Kelowna man
KELOWNA – Leaving an idling truck unattended almost cost a West Kelowna man his vehicle…
OK no longer good enough for Kelowna developments
KELOWNA – Two recent challenges to a builders’ drawings may not yet be a trend,…
Central Okanagan’s largest regional park in line for funding boost
KELOWNA – With support from senior governments, Black Mountain/sntsk‘il’nten Regional Park could get almost $1…
Okanagan Lake level is about to start dropping
KELOWNA – This is the time of year when Shaun Reimer’s thinking cap starts to…