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City Of Kelowna
Pairing psych nurses with cops on patrol is paying off, Kelowna RCMP say
KELOWNA – A program started last year to divert police calls involving people with mental…
Residents want more criminal charges against homeless, Kelowna mayor says
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran is encouraging the Kelowna RCMP to pursue criminal charges amongst…
Kelowna’s top cop says a “positive dent” being made in crime reduction
KELOWNA – Drunks, druggies and dummies will be the focus on Monday of a report…
McDONALD: Surveillance cameras in Kelowna? Show us why we need the eye in the sky.
OPINION As risk and safety manager for the City of Kelowna, Lance Kayfish has the…
Why B.C.’s privacy commissioner cares so much about Kelowna’s surveillance cameras
KELOWNA – How is it possible that the most public of spaces, a park or…
Westcorp pushes for much bigger high-rise on Kelowna’s waterfront
KELOWNA – Perhaps emboldened by the recent decision on Central Green, developer Westcorp is pushing…
Kelowna civic officials very aware of huge snowpack in surrounding mountains
KELOWNA – Nervous might be the wrong word, but Kelowna civic officials are well aware…
Kelowna tapped by privacy commissioner for questionable use of surveillance cameras
KELOWNA – News that B.C.’s acting privacy commissioner had singled out Kelowna in a public…
Calling about cannabis: Kelowna already hearing from would-be pot shop operators
KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna has already received a flurry of phone calls in…
Another North End brew pub seeks Kelowna council support
KELOWNA – Another possible entrant into Kelowna's nascent brewing district is appearing tonight before city…
Kelowna voters will get their say on South Perimeter Way
KELOWNA – Voters in Kelowna will have their say in the future of the South…
Central Green goes ahead in Kelowna without hoped-for high-rise
KELOWNA – Central Green, a marquee development project in downtown Kelowna, has achieved most of…
Kelowna airport passenger count could double by 2045
KELOWNA – Fresh off a record year which saw over 1.9 million passengers pass through…
McDONALD: Sorry Mission but the South Perimeter Way is a road to nowhere
OPINION Mission Madness. Mission Mess. If you live in anywhere in the Mission and have…
2017 coloured by disaster but still a good year, says Kelowna mayor
KELOWNA – Neither floods nor fire could keep Kelowna down in 2017, Kelowna Mayor Colin…
Too many carriage houses in Kelowna, not enough time
KELOWNA – Carriage houses are so popular now, Kelowna City Hall is considering not even…
‘Functional zero’ the goal of Kelowna’s homelessness strategy
KELOWNA – There has always been a tendency amongst Kelowna politicians to try and hang…
Indigenous groups added to Kelowna homelessness task force
KELOWNA – Didn’t anybody look at the homeless count numbers? Kelowna’s Journey Home initiative is…
More grants for rental housing developers as Kelowna fights abysmal vacancy rate
KELOWNA – Its been six years since they city began offering incentives to developers to…
$100 million fix for Kelowna’s Capri Landmark area doesn’t faze the mayor
KELOWNA – It’s going to take $100 million to fix what’s wrong with the Capri…
Urban deer still safe in Kelowna as council rules out cull
KELOWNA – Urban deer in the city can go about their business knowing they’re safe…
Uber coming soon if Kelowna council gets its way
KELOWNA – Even if Uber didn’t exist, Kelowna’s taxicab system — especially its late night…
Snow removal in Kelowna over Christmas had some problems
KELOWNA – It wasn’t quite Snowmageddon but the big dump in the city over the…
Kelowna considers what to do about urban deer
KELOWNA – Service requests to deal with urban deer have jumped in the last two…