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This high-tech tool may help Okanagan communities be better prepared for flooding
OKANAGAN – Flood plain mapping has already begun in the Okanagan, part of a $1.45-million…
Kelowna should keep a light touch on legal cannabis, staff recommend
KELOWNA – With cannabis legalization looming, Kelowna councillors had lots of thoughts on how and…
Snow pack big and could be getting bigger in the Okanagan
An already large snowpack in the Okanagan and Similkameen regions is likely to grow through…
Kelowna busker, panhandling laws not yet a done deal
KELOWNA – An unpopular bylaw amendment targeting buskers is not a done deal, despite what…
Anti-straw campaign spreads to Kelowna restaurants
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The Regional Waste Reduction office says it's watching with interest the developing…
B.C. Coroner recommends much closer regulation, control of drug treatment centres during opioid crisis
Closer regulation and control of drug and alcohol recovery houses and rehabilitation centres, as well…
Pink flamingos now extinct at Glenmore Landfill
KELOWNA – There isn’t usually much appealing about the city dump, but maybe that’s exactly…
Kelowna doesn’t drink like it used to, RCMP say
KELOWNA – Drinking habits are changing in Kelowna — more craft breweries, fewer nightclubs —…
Spring flooding in the Central Okanagan still a guess, not a given
KELOWNA – With reports of overland flooding different parts of the Central Okanagan and above…
Cornerstone homeless shelter in Kelowna to remain open for another year
KELOWNA – The Cornerstone emergency shelter in downtown Kelowna will remain open for another year,…
How local bands use technology to keep the dream alive
'I HAVE TO PRACTISE MY GUITAR AT SOME POINT' Some still say you have to…
Kelowna mayor still unhappy about revised speculation tax
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran says, while the changes help, the revised speculation tax is…
Frustrated by busking bylaw, Kelowna councillor threatens musical disobedience
KELOWNA – Frustrated by what he called the "dumbest bylaw process ever", Kelowna city councillor…
Busking and begging bylaw squeaks by Kelowna city council
KELOWNA – Despite a range of competing concerns, Kelowna city council narrowly passed additions and…
Don’t mess with airport business park, planning staff tell Kelowna councillors
KELOWNA – Planning staff have given warning to Kelowna city councillors — quit mucking with…
Court documents show testy relationship between Gellatly Place developer and City of West Kelowna
KELOWNA – The developer behind the troubled Gellatly Place condo project in West Kelowna had…
Two high-rise towers proposed for parking lot beside Prospera Place in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A proposal to construct two residential condominiums in the parking lot beside Prospera…
New South Perimeter road in Kelowna will improve safety; won’t do much for traffic jams
KELOWNA – South Perimeter Way will go ahead in the Mission but residents who think…
Six-storey building will go up across from Kelowna RCMP station
KELOWNA – Kerkhoff Construction, lead developers behind the high-rise projects One Water and 1151 Sunset,…
Almost-owners of troubled West Kelowna condo project get their deposits back
WEST KELOWNA – Investors in an almost-completed West Kelowna condo project that has run afoul…
Diamond Mountain development falls to landfill concerns in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Not willing to risk a threat to a rare asset, Kelowna council has…
Car-lowna is one of the most auto-centric cities in Canada
KELOWNA – As measured by road-based carbon emissions, Kelowna ranks as one of the most…
Dump proximity threatens residential development in Kelowna
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The future of a North Glenmore development is up in the air…
Speculation tax uncertainty could negatively impact Kelowna real estate: report
KELOWNA – The speculation tax proposed by the provincial government will likely have unintended negative…