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Kelowna City Council 2021
Here are some of the ways Kelowna may spend your money next year
It’s budget time for most B.C. municipalities at this time of year where elected officials…
New Kelowna performing arts centre pushed years into the future
A replacement for the Kelowna Community Theatre, which was tentatively scheduled to be built in…
Crime returning to pre-pandemic levels in Kelowna: RCMP
As crime in the City of Kelowna returns to pre-pandemic levels, RCMP Supt. Tara Triance…
Proposed new brewery will extend Kelowna’s growing Brewery District
Railside Brewing is hoping to open a taproom and patio less than a kilometre from…
225K e-scooter rides in Kelowna triggered 211 complaints
A six-month review of Kelowna’s shared e-scooter program shows a high level of usage with…
COVID’s toll on Kelowna citizens showing up in crime stats as increase in assaults
Calls to police throughout the country dropped during the height of the COVID pandemic last…
Why there’s a ball field in Kelowna’s north end and several brick buildings downtown
A planning exercise for the north end of downtown Kelowna comes with some historical tidbits…
Kelowna council gives Olympia Greek Taverna green light to rebuild year after fire
Last year, a popular Kelowna Greek restaurant burned down, devastating a neighbourhood community. Now, the…
Kelowna may make EV charge stations mandatory for new residential developments
By 2023, the City of Kelowna wants to require all parking stalls in new residential…
Significant new housing increase in Kelowna during first half of 2021
Twice as many homes were created in Kelowna in the first half of 2020 compared…
Kelowna considering major changes to fees it charges for new development
Developers could face thousands of dollars in increased payments to the City of Kelowna if…
COVID-impacted Kelowna airport may offer UBCO empty parking spots
Flights are down at Kelowna International Airport so there’s lots of parking spaces going unused.…
Rejection of free parkland in Kelowna likely means more pollution, not less: developer
The fight over a proposal to donate 250 acres of land near the McKinley reservoir…
Kelowna city council says no to urban sprawl but loses out on major public park
A tie vote by Kelowna city council late last night defeated a proposal from a…
Kelowna city council sticks to its guns; demands unsafe house be demolished
Given that Janusz Grelecki has an almost 18-year history of nuisance properties in Kelowna, city…
Future of major new Kelowna park put on hold due to procedural error
After more than two hours of public input and discussion, Kelowna City Council deferred making…
City council may reject plan for tallest highrise in Kelowna
Developers of a proposed 46-storey highrise in downtown Kelowna have already scaled it down to…
Kelowna looking to create major new beach park on Okanagan Lake
Led by councillor Luke Stack, Kelowna city council resisted a strong lobbying effort by eight…
New rules cut Kelowna e-scooter program by more than half
Two of the four e-scooter operators operating in Kelowna now say they can abide by…
Kelowna city manager tops list of city hall salaries at $289K
The amount of money paid to City of Kelowna employees climbed 2.1 per cent from…
Chunk of Dilworth mall in Kelowna could be levelled to make way for housing
A proposed new City of Kelowna master plan calls for the western end of the…
Kelowna council approves controversial rock crushing at Costco construction site
A mobile rock crusher will be moving onto the construction site for the new Costco…
Red Bird looking to be biggest in Kelowna’s brewery district
After starting small in s 2017, Kelowna’s Red Bird Brewery is applying to have seating…
Huge increase in construction activity kicked off 2021 in Kelowna
The City of Kelowna issued building permits worth about $500 million in the first three…