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Skateboards to be allowed on Kelowna streets, but not sidewalks
KELOWNA – Riding skateboards on Kelowna streets will become legal next week, but there's not…
Stop complaining about supportive housing projects in Kelowna, mayor says
KELOWNA – While Kelowna city councillors acknowledged yesterday, June 17, that there is going to…
Rental rates dropped slightly in Kelowna in May
KELOWNA – Monthly rental reports from two online rental sites show that rent in Kelowna…
Province has no plans to buy land for sale to add to Okanagan Mountain Park
KELOWNA – A little-known stretch of private land next to Okanagan Mountain Park, one of…
The time for Kelowna to adopt a Code of Conduct is before city councillors start throwing forks at each other
KELOWNA – With a history of friendly, cooperative city councils, some Kelowna councillors did not…
Kelowna may shift focus from buying parkland to building parks
KELOWNA – With the public clamouring for parks to be built, City of Kelowna staff…
Homeless shelter isn’t the problem in downtown, says West Kelowna mayor
WEST KELOWNA – A Town Hall meeting has been called by West Kelowna Mayor Gord…
Cherry season has officially arrived
KELOWNA – The cherry season has started in the Okanagan with early varieties now making…
This is how Kelowna could get new parks built sooner
KELOWNA – A new waterfront park for Kelowna’s South Pandosy district could get built well…
Fire danger rating pushing towards extreme in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – With the risk of fires rated as high and hot dry weather pushing…
Businesses not the only ones frightened by Cornerstone in downtown Kelowna
KELOWNA – Ron Sutcliffe presents a lone voice for downtown residents crying foul over the…
Generation Squeeze: B.C.’s young adults blocked from home ownership
KELOWNA – Dramatic changes are needed for young people to attain home ownership dreams that…
Coffee competition heating up in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two coffee giants are setting up to do battle at the corner of…
Saving the syilx language in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – Ongoing efforts to revive the indigenous syilx language will be boosted with special…
Knights of Columbus Hall in Rutland will become Kelowna’s newest supportive housing complex
KELOWNA – A 49-unit supportive housing project to be built at 130 McCurdy Road in…
Funding boost given to the Okanagan wine industry
PENTICTON – Okanagan College’s Penticton campus is getting $1.75 million over five years for a…
There may not be a new Rutland Middle School coming to Kelowna but it might become a bigger school
KELOWNA – After years of unsuccessfully lobbying the provincial government to replace the aging Rutland…
Distraught man arrested by Kelowna RCMP
KELOWNA – A tense standoff in Lake Country ended peacefully late June 12, when RCMP…
Arrest made one year after armed robbery at Kelowna massage parlour
KELOWNA – Kelowna RCMP have arrested one of the two suspects in connection with an…
Wanted man nabbed in West Kelowna after fleeing from police earlier this month
WEST KELOWNA – A wanted man was busted outside a home in West Kelowna yesterday…
RCMP looking for owner of dog that bit Kelowna boy’s face
KELOWNA – A woman rushed over to apologize after her dog bit a child in…
More money could get more treatment beds open right away in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The Central Okanagan is lagging far behind other parts of B.C. when it…
Tim Hortons outlet and drive-thru to be built next to Canadian Tire in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A new Tim Hortons restaurant and drive-thru is planned for the parking lot…
Injured hiker rescued from Dilworth Mountain in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Kelowna Fire Department crews rescued a hiker with significant lower body injuries yesterday…