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Kelowna City Council 2016
Kelowna council to hear from Interior Health about safe injection site proposal
KELOWNA – With overdose deaths soaring in the city, Dr. Trevor Corneil, senior medical health…
Kelowna changes public hearing notification process
NEW PROTOCOL ELIMINATES LITTLE UNDERSTOOD INFORMATIONAL NOTICE KELOWNA – If you’ve ever received a vaguely…
Kelowna leaves tax exemption policy untouched
CITY WILL GRANT $1.5 MILLION OF EXEMPTIONS IN 2016 KELOWNA – It’s not broken, so…
Kelowna gives out grants for record number of rental units
KELOWNA – The city signed off on six housing rental agreements yesterday, covering 329 units,…
Kelowna’s top cop pledges 5 per cent drop in crime rate
KELOWNA – Kelowna's top cop introduced the detachment’s 2016-2019 crime reduction strategy to city councillors…
Anglican church to be reincarnated as Buddhist cultural centre
AGREEMENT WITH CITY WILL SEE HERITAGE BUILDING REPURPOSED KELOWNA – St. Aidans church, a small…
Surge in unemployment could be behind jump in Kelowna crime rate, RCMP say
KELOWNA – Criminal code offenses were up 11.3 per cent in Kelowna last year, a…
Kelowna renters struggling with low vacancy rate, high housing costs
KELOWNA – The city’s razor thin rental vacancy rate continues on well below one per…
Central Okanagan towns move to align housing bylaws for temporary farm workers
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Communities in the Central Okanagan are moving to synchronize their temporary farm…
Temporary worker housing approved for Okanagan orchardists
RUTLAND BENCH ORCHARD WILL HOUSE 60 TEMPORARY FARM WORKERS KELOWNA – Despite the objections of…
Council to pay $150,000 for future vision of Kelowna
KELOWNA – To be fair, a strategic visioning process called Imagine Kelowna does have the…
More Kelowna bylaw officers to make up for missing RCMP
DELAY IN HIRING RCMP CREATES NEED FOR MORE BYLAW DURING 2016 TOURIST SEASON KELOWNA –…
Light rail transit looms larger in Kelowna’s future with Okanagan Rail Trail
RAIL TRAIL ALREADY RUNS ALONGSIDE KELOWNA'S MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR KELOWNA – Now that the deal-making’s…
Daring departure proposed from Kelowna’s traditional Ogopogo float theme
KELOWNA – For the first time in ages Ogopogo may be out as the theme for Kelowna’s…
Province expects movement soon on irrigation district’s dispute with Kelowna
COMMUNITIES MINISTER PETER FASSBENDER SAYS BOTH SIDES HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THEM KELOWNA…
Mayor well travelled as Kelowna’s salesman-in-chief
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran, just off a two-week trip to Kasugai, Japan, barely has…
Rail trail won’t go ahead without fundraising campaign
LOCAL SOCIETY AIMS TO RAISE $7.9 MILLION IN 18 MONTHS OKANAGAN – The municipalities cooperating…
Kelowna pushes through increase to development permit fees
KELOWNA – Development application fees for a host of city services will be adjusted, mostly…
Time and place important when measuring downtown safety, Kelowna councillors say
COUNCIL TO GAUGE RESIDENTS SENSE OF SAFETY IN CITY'S CORE KELOWNA – A sense of…
City wants to measure how safe you feel in downtown Kelowna
PERCEPTION OF DANGER JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ACTUAL RISK WHEN MEASURING ATTITUDES KELOWNA – City…
Kelowna moves to more closely align summer watering restrictions with its Okanagan neighbours
KELOWNA – Clearing up confusion around watering restrictions is one of the key aims of…
Kelowna’s irrigation districts keep calm and carry on
POSSIBLE DISSOLUTION ISN'T WORTH FRETTING ABOUT, CHAIRMAN SAYS CENTRAL OKANAGAN – You wouldn’t know the…
Bee-friendly pollinator meadow planned for Kelowna park
UBC OKANAGAN RESEARCH PROJECT WILL HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF POLLINATOR SPECIES KELOWNA – Researchers from…
Kelowna property owners to continue shovelling their own sidewalks, council says
CITY RECEIVING INCREASING COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS FOR SERVICE AFTER STORMS KELOWNA – It didnt’ take…