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Proposed Lake Country cannabis store gets second chance
LAKE COUNTRY – A cannabis retail store in Lake Country is getting a second shot…

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,…
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…

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…

City working to find out why section of Knox Mountain continues to slowly slip away
KELOWNA – The fences blocking off the north end of Ethel Street in Kelowna are…

Changes on the way for people looking for a place to park in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Renting an extra parking spot like renting an extra room on Airbnb, and…

New regional board short on experience
PENTICTON – The regional district board of directors will have a lot of new faces…