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Kamloops social plan getting first update in nearly ten years
KAMLOOPS – A social plan highlights the areas of the community needing improvement and focus,…
Kelowna catching up with the rest of the world and will broadcast its own meetings
KELOWNA – While many other cities have in-house broadcasting programs for their council meetings with…
Former Kelowna city manager paid $151K for three months work in 2018
KELOWNA – Ron Mattiussi retired from his job as Kelowna city manager at the end…
Changes to Penticton’s cannabis policy could result in up to 14 retail outlets
PENTICTON – There was more cannabis confusion at City Hall yesterday as the city’s cannabis…
Okanagan regional districts still talking about plastic garbage
KELOWNA – An Okanagan-wide ban on single-use plastic bags may be much further away than…
It could be spring before Kelowna’s priorities are made public
KELOWNA – The first of five private sessions was held by Kelowna city council yesterday…
City council votes to let Winter Carnival Society stay in building
VERNON – The Vernon Winter Carnival Society will be allowed to stay in its flood-prone…
Proposed 10-storey resort in West Kelowna going before city council
KELOWNA – An update on the massive Blackmum Bay Village project will be made to…
Kelowna city councillor Charlie Hodge in intensive care
KELOWNA – While doctors struggle to find what is ailing Kelowna Coun. Charlie Hodge, his…
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…
Kamloops city council asked to apply for grant for wildfire prevention measures
KAMLOOPS – The Community and Protective Services department is seeking Kamloops city council's authorization to…
Proposed Lake Country cannabis store gets second chance
LAKE COUNTRY – A cannabis retail store in Lake Country is getting a second shot…
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…
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…
What will happen if your property taxes don’t go up next year?
LAKE COUNTRY – As city councils throughout the Interior tackle their draft budgets for 2019,…
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,…
Lake Country residents facing 8.7 per cent tax hike
KELOWNA – Councillors in Lake Country will be considering an almost nine per cent tax…
City of Penticton purchases bus depot
PENTICTON – Calling it a “strategic move” the city announced today the purchase of the…
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…
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…
Pathways Abilities Society wants to replace bike shop with six-storey housing complex in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An affordable housing project could replace a building used to help Kelowna residents…
Revenue from new Airbnb tax to go into Kelowna housing fund
KELOWNA – Affordable housing in Kelowna will get a boost from a new three per…