City Of Kelowna 2022

Why this Okanagan city can’t get affordable housing in new highrises
While controversy swirls around rental affordability in a 25-storey downtown Kelowna highrise, the next project…

This is how the cost of health care is being dumped on local governments
The City of Kelowna just got a $622,000 federal grant to create a program to…

Kelowna city council considering 5% hike in airport parking fees
Parking fees at Kelowna International Airport could jump by 5% in 2023 and be adjusted…

Kelowna saw increase in robberies, decrease in violent crime over past six months
Kelowna RCMP had fewer calls for service during the six-month period from April through September.…

Controversial downtown Kelowna rental highrise developer painted himself into a corner
The latest controversy around the proposed redevelopment of the former RCMP site in downtown Kelowna…

Major changes proposed for historic Kelowna CN Rail Station site
A five-storey commercial office building is planned for the former CN Rail station in downtown…

This new $9 million Kelowna road not expected to be used much
When Kelowna’s Clement Avenue was expanded to join Gordon Drive to Spall Road in 2007…

Want to see what the impact of the next Kelowna highrise will be? Try this new tool
The City of Kelowna has a new interactive tool that allows people to look at…

Kelowna passes $1B mark in building permits
For the second year in a row, the City of Kelowna has issued more than…

Rescued wildlife to benefit from new Okanagan rehab centre
Despite the objections of city staff, Kelowna city council has given the green light to…

Six-storey condo building proposed neighbouring new Kelowna waterfront park
Three single-family lots that were bought last year for $9.5 million could be developed into…

New 40-storey highrise tower proposal part of ‘gateway’ to downtown Kelowna
A 40-storey tower proposed for downtown Kelowna is the start of the redevelopment of the…

City plans to build road next to Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna
It’s already a tight fit between the foot of Dilworth Mountain and Mill Creek for…

Okanagan Rail Trail: Final push is on to close the missing link
This may sound all too familiar: “One last piece of Okanagan Rail Trail ‘nearing its…

Driverless bus could become part of the Rail Trail in Kelowna
A joint UBCO-City of Kelowna study on transit options for the Okanagan Rail Trail through…