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City Of Kelowna
City councillor Charlie Hodge recovering in Kelowna General Hospital ICU
KELOWNA – City councillor Charlie Hodge is recovering in the intensive care unit of Kelowna…
House on a hill too slippery a slope for Kelowna council
KELOWNA – Just because you can build it, does it mean you should? Despite the…
Party’s over as Kelowna adopts Good Neighbour bylaw
KELOWNA – The Good Neighbour bylaw adopted by Kelowna city council is aimed squarely at…
Kelowna council wants slice of marijuana tax pie to pay for enforcement
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran and city councillors had many questions and suggestions about Kelowna’s…
Road network around Kelowna airport, UBCO subject of study
KELOWNA – Positioned as they are on Highway 97, Kelowna International Airport and UBC Okanagan…
Residents of low-income RV park in limbo as eviction looms
KELOWNA – A swirl of uncertainty surrounds the future for the eight residents of an…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…
Flood damage bill for Kelowna closes in on $9 million
KELOWNA – The great spring flood of 2017 caused about $9 million damage to city-owned…
Low-income RV park in orchard country won’t fly with Kelowna council
KELOWNA – An East Kelowna orchardist who sought to legalize a year-round RV park for…
Asbestos concerns put a halt to drywall recycling at Westside transfer station
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Problems with drywall dust contaminated with asbestos has prompted the Central Okanagan…
Ammonia ice rink tragedy in Fernie unlikely to repeat in Kelowna, city says
KELOWNA – Could the tragedy that killed three in a hockey arena in Fernie this…
Heavy industrial land under siege in boomtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – New visitors to Kelowna are often surprised to see a large-scale industrial operation…
Tacky portable signs gone under Kelowna’s proposed bylaw
KELOWNA – Call it the signs of the times in Kelowna. Sidewalk sandwich boards are…
Kelowna wants to unpave paradise, tear parking lot out of Gyro Beach park
KELOWNA – At the height of summer, a spot in the small parking lot inside…
Will illegal dumping go up along with Kelowna landfill fees?
KELOWNA – Central Okanagan residents are facing steep increases to use the Glenmore landfill over…
No ‘fatbergs’ in Kelowna sewers but old cooking grease and baby wipes still causing problems
KELOWNA – Imagine all the things you have ever flushed down your toilet or washed…
Big fee increases essential to keep the Central Okanagan’s only landfill in operation
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Tipping fees for waste disposal at Kelowna’s Glenmore landfill are going up…
Safety trumps complaints as Kelowna steadily adds traffic roundabouts
KELOWNA – It’s been ten years now since Kelowna began installing roundabouts at intersections, baffling…
Kelowna to make Glenmore landfill a third taller to extend its lifespan
KELOWNA – Changes at the Glenmore Landfill will extend the life of Kelowna’s primary waste…
Renaissance of Ellis Street shifting downtown Kelowna’s axis
KELOWNA – It wasn’t long ago that Ellis Street, one of downtown Kelowna’s primary north-south…
Knox Mountain Drive opening tomorrow
KELOWNA – You'll be able to drive up Knox Mountain in Kelowna tomorrow. Some rainfall…
Freedom’s Door given freedom to develop Rutland recovery house
KELOWNA – Despite strong local opposition, Kelowna council has endorsed a Rutland building project that…
Drivers have yet to find Kelowna’s newest parking spaces
KELOWNA – Can’t find a parking spot during the day in downtown Kelowna? You’re just…
Love ’em or hate ’em, carriage houses in Kelowna are here to stay
KELOWNA – Carriage houses, nanny suites, granny flats — whatever you want to to call…