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The Conservatory

Small fire at Kelowna high-rise sparks evacuation

KELOWNA - Fire crews were called to small blaze in a suite on the eighth floor of a Kelowna high-rise this morning and arrived to find the fire was out. Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Conservatory in the 700-block of Glenmore Road around 11:12 a.m., Jan. 2., which turned out to be...

Conservatory dream dies, strip mall could rise from the ashes

KELOWNA - When the Conservatory was first proposed 15 years ago on the corner of Glenmore Drive, the high-end seniors housing project was big news. Original plans called for twin towers containing some 1,200 strata units with commercial space and a two-acre indoor tropical garden housed in a glass-walled atrium. Somewhere along the way that...