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Osoyoos chose years of low tax increases, now the bills are due
The widespread outrage in Osoyoos residents expected to pay an additional $1,500 in taxes, sewer…
Who’s really driving the vision to redevelop Kelowna’s North End?
One of Kelowna’s oldest neighbourhoods is in the midst of a major makeover and long-time…
No secrets when the City of Kelowna wants to buy land
The City of Kelowna buys a lot of property through a variety of different processes.…
Inflation and ‘asset management’ behind big tax hikes in the Okanagan, Kamloops
Osoyoos is facing the worst-case scenario of any Thompson-Okanagan community in terms of tax and…
West Kelowna CAO crosses the Valley to take on the same role with Lake Country
After more than four years as the head bureaucrat with the City of West Kelowna,…
Partial grassroots victory may not keep Osoyoos tax and fee hike much below 40%
Shocked by the prospect of a 40% increase in their 2024 taxes and fees bills,…
West Kelowna homeowners face 11.4% tax hike
Budget documents going to West Kelowna city council next week project a property tax increase…
West Kelowna wants to continue building despite legacy cost overruns
West Kelowna has a sad history of cost escalations when it comes to big building…
Thompson-Okanagan councils need to sharpen pencils on ‘unjustified’ tax hikes: CTF
Preliminary budget numbers for many Thompson-Okanagan towns and cities are showing huge tax increases while…
Kelowna proposing lower tax hikes than Kamloops or other Okanagan cities
Kelowna city council will spend a full day discussing its 2024 budget with its 4.76%…
Kelowna city council urged to declare a climate crisis
There's no way the City of Kelowna is going to meet its greenhouse gas reduction…
Reid Hamer-Jackson is next mayor of Kamloops
Reid Hamer-Jackson is the new mayor of Kamloops. Hamer-Jackson received 7,298 votes or 31.6% of…
Kamloops mayor-elect setting poor example: Expert
After winning election as the next mayor of Kamloops, Reid Hamer-Jackson went on the attack…
New Kamloops mayor skips entire council meeting due to ‘conflicts of interest’
The mayor of Kamloops watched this afternoon's council meeting from home after declaring "conflicts of…
Kamloops mayor directed city-contracted security to guard his business
The mayor of Kamloops may be in hot water after trying to direct a city-contracted…