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West Kelowna wants to put $300,000 towards 2024 FireSmarting
West Kelowna city council is set to apply for a $300,000 grant to support its…
Kelowna mayor refuses to comment on $242 million loan for recreation improvements
The opposition to the alternative approval process to approve a $242 million loan to rebuild…
How Kelowna expects to pay a $241 million loan at only $100 per household per year
Opponents cite numerous reasons to sign petitions against a $241.3 million loan to build and…
Opponents of Kelowna’s Parkinson Recreation Centre battling ‘loophole’
A $241 million loan to rebuild a major recreation facility in Kelowna is too much…
Vernon taxpayers likely to subsidize Coldstream residents public pool use
A breakdown in negotiations between the City of Vernon and the District of Coldstream could…
Kelowna residents have 8 weeks to decide on borrowing millions for Parkinson Rec rebuild
Kelowna residents opposed to the city borrowing $241.3 million to spend on recreation facilities, including the…
How you can help the little girl orphaned by a car crash in Kootenays
A horrific car crash near Castlegar earlier this week claimed the lives of two young…
Kelowna council reverses snap decision to withhold funding to Journey Home
After preventing Journey Home from getting federal funding to help the homeless population last week,…
Journey Home’s efforts to fight homelessness in Kelowna at risk after snap council decision
It took less than a minute for new Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas to deliver what…
Pandemic recovery funding available for B.C. Interior non-profits
After two years of pandemic restrictions, organizations serving people in need have been struggling, and…
Five new operating rooms coming to Kelowna, Kamloops hospitals
Five new operating rooms are coming to Kelowna and Kamloops hospitals. The B.C. government has…
Merritt ‘situation table’ to provide flood victims faster access to services
A B.C. government grant of $15,000 will allow Merritt officials to create a team of…
Thompson Okanagan post-secondary institutions see funding boost for new nursing spots
Thompson Okanagan universities and colleges will see additional nursing spaces added to their rosters in…
Okanagan Mountain park expanding to add trails, improve wildlife habitat
The B.C. government is adding 21 hectares to an Okanagan provincial park to better wildlife…
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue needs help in funding new home
Volunteers who do everything from backcountry rescues to looking for lost children and missing seniors…
Okanagan’s newest library branch won’t require tax increase
The proposed $8 million West Kelowna library branch will come with no additional cost to…
Kelowna middle school expansion, land for new elementary school approved by province
Kelowna’s Dr. Knox Middle School will soon have a new addition to replace nine portables…
Regional board agrees to fund Penticton urgent primary care centre
Fears of centralized health care within the region and anger over a lack of input…
Hospital board to take 2nd look at $1M request for new Penticton urgent care centre
The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Hospital Board will take another look at a $1 million funding request…
Penticton urgent care centre won’t close despite $1M funding shortfall: Interior Health
A refusal by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen's hospital board of directors to provide one-time…
Next steps uncertain as funding for Penticton primary care centre denied
A request for funding for Penticton’s new urgent primary care centre didn’t sit well with…
Kamloops, Kelowna airports biggest winners in latest government COVID funding program
Kelowna International Airport and Kamloops Airport are getting $720,000 each in provincial funding to help…
Okanagan rail trail budget boosted by new funding
Kettle Valley Rail Trail users from Kelowna south to Penticton and west of Summerland should…
Penticton to spend 250K for ‘end of pandemic’ big show at SOEC
Penticton city council wasn’t that interested in allocating additional funds to jump start the South…