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A lot of people have work to do to avoid paying speculation tax
KELOWNA – While more than 80 per cent of affected homeowners have applied to be…
More lawsuits being filed against former Kelowna social worker
KELOWNA – Seven more lawsuits will likely be filed next week against the social worker…
Kelowna’s old Sturgeon Hall getting a serious make-over
KELOWNA – A Kelowna landmark eatery that was closed last year after about 20 years…
West Kelowna Estates residents need to boil their drinking water
WEST KELOWNA – A mechanical failure has resulting in murky water affecting about 1,200 homes…
Only a couple of weeks left for Kelowna residents to apply for Spec Tax exemptions
KELOWNA – The March 31 deadline for applying for an exemption from the new Speculation…
Kelowna’s Journey Home hits $1 million in funding
KELOWNA – In an effort to reach functional zero homeless by 2024, the Journey Home…
Slide in Kelowna’s Mission Creek park closes three trails
KELOWNA – A slide that prompted the regional district to close three trails in Mission…
UBC to spend $70 million on new student housing at Okanagan campus
KELOWNA – With the student population at UBC Okanagan expected to reach 10,000 this fall,…
Kelowna council pumps the brakes on short term rental rules
KELOWNA – After sitting through roughly five hours of public criticism, Kelowna city council is…
How Mama Shannon Christensen is standing up for the ‘invisible homeless’
KELOWNA – A Kelowna mama hopes to catch the ear of the prime minister in…
For actual B&Bs, Kelowna’s short term rental regulations are about unfair competition
KELOWNA – Any regulations controlling short term rentals that Kelowna City Council approves tonight, March…
Regulations controlling short term rentals in Kelowna would be useless if not enforced
KELOWNA – If Kelowna city council approves the proposed short term rental rules going to…
Techstarts looking for Kelowna startups who want to follow their dreams
KELOWNA – Entrepreneurs with brilliant but untried ideas can team up with like-minded people and…
Board fighting to keep leaky roofs at bay at Central Okanagan schools
KELOWNA – A $3.8 million repair budget is not enough to do more than the…
Kelowna-Lake Country Tory nomination heats up as registration deadline closes
KELOWNA – Whoever wins the Conservative Party nomination for Kelowna-Lake Country has a great chance…
UPDATE: Fatal crash closes highway near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – A head-on collision between a commercial vehicle and a passenger vehicle led…
Homeowners fail to convince Kelowna council to postpone work to avoid possible landslide
KELOWNA – A plea for city council to reconsider its decision to spend hundreds of…
Kelowna’s Wilden moving ahead on plans for a village centre
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council’s switch in direction last week to allow more development in…
Agreement reached for Okanagan Rail Trail to go through Eldorado Ranch
KELOWNA – Completion of the Okanagan Rail Trial is one step closer with an agreement…
How one mama grew a small Kelowna Facebook group into a national movement
KELOWNA – In a world where it can be hard for non-profits to get members,…
Looking for ways to make droughts more predictable for Okanagan water users
KELOWNA – Predicting summer droughts in the Okanagan could become more accurate if a proposed…
Kirschner Mountain slide prevention work is expected to cost more than $1.2 million
KELOWNA – City council will be asked on Monday to free up $1.2 million for…
Kelowna RCMP asking for public’s help to identify suspect vehicle in shooting
KELOWNA – RCMP have released a photo of a car investigators believe was involved in…
This co-work space more about culture than just being an office space
KELOWNA – Sharing workspace is a concept that seems to be taking off around the…