City Of Kelowna

Airbnb, short-term vacation rentals get Kelowna council’s attention
KELOWNA – Short-term rentals such as AirBnB are growing quickly and now the City of…

Kelowna considers position on legalization of marijuana for task force
KELOWNA – City staff have outlined how they view the legalization of marijuana for the…

Top of Knox Mountain still off limits to cars as weather heats up in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – An abundance of caution will keep the road to the top of Knox…

Kelowna signs more tax exemptions for rental unit developers
KELOWNA – The city has signed off on four tax agreements with the developers of…

Firefighters act quickly to suppress large grass fire
KELOWNA – Kelowna Fire Department quickly dealt with a large grass fire yesterday, July 29. …

Fintry Queen looking for anchorage off provincial land on Okanagan Lake
OKANAGAN – The Fintry Queen is looking for a place to anchor opposite provincially-owned land…

Prepare for an uncertain future by embracing uncertainty, professor tells Kelowna council
IMAGINE KELOWNA SPEAKER SERIES BRINGS EXPERTS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL KELOWNA – Having a 25-year-plan…

Rental construction in Kelowna soars as developers wake up to incentives
KELOWNA – The incentives the City of Kelowna uses to encourage rental housing construction are…

Kelowna to get new buses, expanded UBCO bus loop
KELOWNA – Transit users in the Central Okanagan will benefit from funding announcements made today…

Local garden centre a win for Kelowna’s agricultural enforcement program
KELOWNA – Just a couple of years ago, Better Earth Garden Centre and the land…

Kelowna Telus wants to legalize signs on Enterprise Way
COMPANY ASKS TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF SIGNS IT ILLEGALLY INSTALLED KELOWNA – After years…

Premier makes official the opening of low-income housing in Kelowna’s North End
KELOWNA – The new Pleasantvale homes have been occupied for awhile now but that didn’t…

Fintry Queen facing court-ordered removal from its Kelowna moorage by Monday
OKANAGAN – The big lake is getting smaller and smaller for the Fintry Queen, the…

Report on municipal red tape faced by developers has some truth to it: Kelowna city manager
KELOWNA – City manager Ron Mattiussi mostly agrees with the conclusions in the most recent…

Kelowna to measure Airbnb and its effect on local market
SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE GENERALLY ILLEGAL UNDER KELOWNA'S BYLAWS KELOWNA – Airbnb may be flying high…