John Mcdonald
New fee would make developers pay to construct Kelowna parks
KELOWNA – Staff are recommending new ways to pay to develop parks in Kelowna including…
Infill housing allowing high-density catching on in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A new zoning that allows some property owners to build three or four…
Street angel has high hopes for Kelowna’s homelessness plan
KELOWNA – When I first meet JoAnne McKenzie, she’s smiling broadly walking down the freshly-scrubbed…
Kelowna’s ponds and marshes enjoying the end of drought
KELOWNA – The water levels in many of Kelowna’s ponds, marshes and low spots have…
Kelowna Rockets goalie coach still has eyes on the NHL
KELOWNA – So what could be cooler than a job that involves a secret door?…
Flood protection measures on Kelowna’s Mill Creek will continue into next year
KELOWNA – Mill Creek may have behaved itself this spring by mostly staying within its…
Little sign of progress easing Kelowna’s atrocious rental vacancy rate
KELOWNA – Four new housing agreements covering 436 purpose-built rental units in Kelowna were signed…
Kelowna runs afoul of privacy commissioner over Freedom of Information fees
KELOWNA – Trying to charge a citizen for providing them with their own personal information…
Devastating 2017 Mill Creek flood in Kelowna caused by years of neglect
KELOWNA – The immediate cause of last spring’s flood along Kelowna’s Mill Creek was an…
Central Okanagan politicians get to vote twice on a pay raise
KELOWNA – A tax change at the federal level means Kelowna city councillors who also…
Can’t just change the plan: Kelowna council says no to airport hotel
KELOWNA – Landowners can’t just change their minds about what they want to do, especially…
Kelowna mayor and council should get raises to make up for loss of tax-free status: Staff
KELOWNA – Salaries paid to Kelowna’s mayor and councillors next year will be losing their…
UPDATE: Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran makes it official: He’s running again
KELOWNA – With clear blue skies as a backdrop, Colin Basran made official his bid…
Why Kelowna won’t release information about surveillance camera privacy concerns
KELOWNA – How's this for irony? The B.C. Office of Information and Privacy has concerns…
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…