Kelowna City Council 2016
Health authority says it will try to retrieve more syringes from Kelowna needle exchange program
COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCARDED SYRINGES ON THE RISE KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority has promised…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…