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City Of Kelowna 2018
Fire risk forces city to close part of Knox Mountain to vehicles
KELOWNA – The hot weather of late, the dry conditions and the risk of an…
Look to Vancouver, Victoria for short-term rental regulation model in Kelowna
KELOWNA – There’s well over a 1,000 short-term rental properties in Kelowna, most of them…
Receding Okanagan Lake will reveal final bill from 2018 flood damage in Kelowna
KELOWNA – What a difference 57 centimetres makes. That’s the difference between the final lake…
High-rise fever continues in Kelowna with another tower proposal
KELOWNA – Another possible high-rise development has been proposed for downtown Kelowna. Currently a parking…
Property tax line-ups over, Kelowna counts it up
KELOWNA – It’s going to take a few more days to count it all up…
Kelowna construction on pace to beat last year’s record of $696 million
KELOWNA – Local politicians have savaged the provincial speculation tax introduced in February’s budget but…
Speculation tax uncertainty could negatively impact Kelowna real estate: report
KELOWNA – The speculation tax proposed by the provincial government will likely have unintended negative…
Central Okanagan business and development groups band together against speculation tax
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – A group of business, tourism and development organizations have banded together demanding…
Water Street high-rise site changes hands in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A downtown Kelowna property that can accommodate a 26-storey high-rise has just changed…
Housing strategy will see new housing forms, more protection of rental housing in Kelowna
KELOWNA – It has a benign sounding name — the Healthy Housing Strategy — but…
Kelowna Curling Club application to get urgent loan from city wasn’t quite accurate
KELOWNA – Earlier this month, Kelowna city councillors voted to loan the Kelowna Curling Club…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
City of Kelowna employee pay up nearly five per cent in 2017
KELOWNA – With salaries $70.8 million of the city’s 2017 budget, the annual list of…
Pair of heavyweight homeless and affordable housing plans land before Kelowna council
KELOWNA – Not much opposition is expected to a pair of heavyweight housing strategies coming…
Family-size townhouses, apartment building recommended for Black Mountain by Kelowna planners
KELOWNA – A rezoning request for land off Highway 33 in Kelowna’s Black Mountain neighbourhood…