City Of Kelowna 2021

Kelowna city staff wants home with ‘life safety concerns’ torn down
Gibson Road in Kelowna is a pleasant street with nicely kept-up single-family homes on one…

Plan to help the homeless could save the province millions of dollars every year in the Okanagan
Even though B.C. Housing has spent tens of millions of dollars on supportive housing for…

Unique homes designed to be disability accessible being fought by Kelowna neighbours
For the past 14 years, Kelowna’s Gary and Joan McEwan have been living with the…

Drought triggers more watering rules in Okanagan; Kamloops sticks with regular summer restrictions
The Okanagan's three major cities are issuing water restriction notices in the face of the…

Kelowna moving quickly to plan redevelopment of Tolko mill site on Okanagan Lake
With Kelowna’s Tolko lumber mill permanently closed and the adjacent B.C. Tree Fruits site being…

This Kelowna apartment complex comes with its own school
A proposed 49-unit apartment building in downtown Kelowna comes with a couple of twists that…

Kelowna’s e-scooter program could screech to a halt next week
After a tremendous start to a shared e-scooter program that saw more than 20,000 people…

Kelowna city manager tops list of city hall salaries at $289K
The amount of money paid to City of Kelowna employees climbed 2.1 per cent from…

Canada Day celebration cancelled in Kelowna for second year
With the uncertainty about COVID-19 restart rules and restrictions on public gatherings in place until…

Pandemic parks Kelowna’s Ogopogo parade float for another year
A longtime Kelowna staple felled by the pandemic will stay down one more year, despite…

Kelowna mayor feels no need to say how he spent $31,000 in pre-campaign contributions
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran is not about to tell the general public where he spent…

Kelowna mayor collected more than $31K to boost social media and profile before election campaign
Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran collected $31,200 in the year before the official run-up to the…

Kelowna considers ending car share for fewer parking spots program for new condos
City of Kelowna staff want to put a temporary end to new car share agreements…

Kelowna’s OCP review criticized for lack of input
After three years of work, the City of Kelowna’s vision for the next 20 years…

E-scooters hugely popular in Kelowna, but don’t drink and scoot
Thousands of people are hopping on rented e-scooters every week in Kelowna and a similar…