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Kelowna City Council 2018
Hiring outpaces population growth at Kelowna City Hall
KELOWNA – City Hall is on the fast track to reaching the 1,000-employee mark as…
Arts funding conflict helping Kelowna understand purpose of arts centre
KELOWNA – The “heart of culture” in Kelowna is getting a transplant, but will it…
Arts enthusiast returns to boost arts and culture in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Tyler Russell returned to Kelowna in October with the dream of revitalizing the…
New Kelowna playing fields may not have road built to them
KELOWNA – Two playing fields will be built in the Glenmore in 2019 but a…
Parking lot expansion at Kelowna airport doesn’t come cheap
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council has agreed to spend $8.1 million to build new parking…
Fighting to get auxiliary police onto city streets is an uphill battle, says the man leading the charge in B.C.
KELOWNA – Arjun Singh is hoping an effort by Central Okanagan cities to get Premier…
Why growth, housing has Kelowna councillors divided
KELOWNA – It’s easy to dismiss the surface camaraderie of Kelowna council as a sign…
Kelowna to crack down on temporary signs
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council has agreed to make temporary signs just that – temporary.…
No hint from Kelowna council on where it will fall on projected tax increase
KELOWNA – After a lengthy presentation on Kelowna’s financial status today, Kelowna city council made…
Kelowna council strikes blow against single-family housing construction
KELOWNA – Developers in Black Mountain, Wilden and Southwest Mission need to worry about building…
Kelowna cannabis extraction equipment manufacturer set to expand
KELOWNA – The largest manufacturer of cannabis extraction equipment in North America is hoping to…
Here are some of the things Kelowna taxpayers will get by paying an extra $7.33 a month
KELOWNA – The average Kelowna homeowner will pay an extra $88 in property taxes next…
Proposed Kelowna field house is for much more than rugby
KELOWNA – An ambitious $4.6 million fundraising campaign will likely be launched next year to…
Cost of opening a cannabis store in Kelowna is about to double
KELOWNA – A proposed business licence fee of $9,465 will mean the City of Kelowna…
Flying out of Kelowna projected to cost more next year
KELOWNA – With the two millionth traveller for 2018 expected to pass through Kelowna International…
Kelowna taxpayers could pay 4.4 per cent more in 2019
KELOWNA – City staff are calling for a 2.45 per cent tax increase in 2019,…
Controversial Kelowna short-term rental rules going to public hearing
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council is lining up one fractious public hearing after another for…
Kelowna heritage home will be preserved as a burned out shell
KELOWNA – One of the oldest surviving houses in Kelowna was narrowly saved yesterday when…
Extra tax hike every year won’t be enough to pay for Kelowna roads and parks
KELOWNA – Even if Kelowna hits taxpayers with an annual infrastructure tax, it won’t be…
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Bureaucracy won’t delay search for new home for Cornerstone emergency shelter in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Even though former Kelowna RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon’s report to council on crime…
Dozens of applications filed for pot shops in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Forty-one applications have been made to the City of Kelowna in the first…
Infrastructure tax could be first of many increases to deal with Kelowna’s $477 million deficit
KELOWNA – A proposed 1.95 per cent infrastructure tax in 2019 is just one relatively…
Kelowna looking $9 million in grants for City Park
KELOWNA – City council will be asked Monday to consider applying to the federal and…