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Central Okanagan Regional District
Funding in place for multi-use trail through West Kelowna’s Kalamoir Park
A hiking and cycling connection from the Bennett Bridge to Peachland is shaping up. The…
McDougall Creek wildfire alerts rescinded; Glen Lake orders downgraded
The Central Okanagan emergency operations centre has removed almost all the evacuation alerts associated with…
An imperfect solution: CORD Emergency responds to ‘trauma bus’ accusations
The Central Okanagan Regional District says the escorted bus visits, nicknamed “trauma buses” by West…
Best spots to see spawning salmon in BC Interior this fall
It's salmon spawning season and thousands of fish are returning to where they were born…
Wildfire in Kelowna’s Mission Creek park quickly extinguished
A small wildfire was broke out today in one of Kelowna’s most popular parks. The…
Central Okanagan park closed due to cougar activity
A Central Okanagan regional park has been closed after a cougar was reported in the…
Kelowna and West Kelowna fined $55,000 for contaminated recycling
Kelowna and West Kelowna were fined a total of $55,000 in the last three months…
Don’t put your garbage cart on the snowbank in Central Okanagan
In the wake of the most recent snow storm to hit the Central Okanagan and…
North Westside residents want out of Central Okanagan Regional District
Fed up with Kelowna having all the power combined with concerns about firefighting issues has…
IN VIDEO: Watch out for this invasive Okanagan plant before it rips your driveway apart
KELOWNA – It came as an ornamental plant but like many other species introduced into…
Central Okanagan West director wants to incorporate
KELOWNA – Residents of the Central Okanagan West electoral area are still frustrated with what…
Meet your CORD elected directors
Only two directors are elected in the Central Okanagan Regional District. With the east area…
Regional district shoots down Joe Rich music festival for a second time
KELOWNA – The man trying to organize a European-style music festival near Kelowna is extremely…
Central Okanagan regional district directors get pay increase to cover loss of tax benefit
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Central Okanagan regional district directors will get a pay increase in 2019…
So who wants to be mayor? Candidates finalized for Central Okanagan municipal elections
KELOWNA – Last call has ended for candidates seeking election in Kelowna, West Kelowna and…
You wouldn’t dump paint into Okanagan Lake — pouring it down drain almost same thing
WEST KELOWNA – You wouldn’t dump paint, cooking oil or old pills into Okanagan Lake…
Victim services worker in the Central Okanagan would be happy “never to attend another suicide call”
KELOWNA – RCMP victim services in the Central Okanagan have so far this year offered…
Central Okanagan firefighters head north to help with provincial emergency
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The Central Okanagan Regional District is sending firefighters and equipment from the…
Household recycling in the Central Okanagan? You’re probably doing it all wrong
KELOWNA – Do you throw cartons of sour milk or half-filled tins of tuna right…
Central Okanagan politicians get to vote twice on a pay raise
KELOWNA – A tax change at the federal level means Kelowna city councillors who also…
High water leaves behind perfect mosquito habitat in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Floods bring bugs and the Central Okanagan Regional District is reminding residents of…
Would-be rafters rescued from island in Kelowna’s Mission Creek
KELOWNA – Two people had to be rescued from the high, fast-flowing waters of Mission…
Anti-straw campaign spreads to Kelowna restaurants
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The Regional Waste Reduction office says it's watching with interest the developing…
Changes in property tax rates on the horizon in Central Okanagan
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The first draft of the Central Okanagan Regional District financial plan is…