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Burial costs for non-residents to jump 25 per cent

Burial costs for non-residents to jump 25 per cent | iNFOnews.ca
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KELOWNA – If you want to be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, but have lived in Kelowna fewer than 12 months, your family will have to pay a lot more for the privilege.

Now that Councillors approved the increase, non-residents will see a 25 per cent increase over residents. The definition of non-resident also changed to ‘any person who has not resided or owned property within the boundaries of the City of Kelowna for a period of twelve months preceding the purchase of a right of interment in a cemetery plot.’

Last week, councillors approved a rate hike of 2 per cent for all burial services. The increase comes into effect next year.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca, call 250-718-0428 or tweet @AdamProskiw.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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