News Items tag as: John McDonald

Big mixed-use development expected for property beside Kelowna's Gyro Beach
September 28, 2018 - 3:30 PM

KELOWNA - A high-profile piece of property in the Pandosy town centre could soon see a mixed-use development by Al Stober Construction.
Business, politics, arts? Kelowna council candidates as defined by their experiences
September 27, 2018 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - Well, we know a fair bit about what they aren’t.
Former Kelowna cop shop to face wrecking ball in November
September 27, 2018 - 8:00 AM

KELOWNA - It’s doubtful too many people have fond memories of the place — ending up inside the RCMP detachment was a mark of bad behaviour in Kelowna for 56 years.
Central Okanagan school district readies itself for legal pot
September 26, 2018 - 11:00 AM
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CENTRAL OKANAGAN - While some governments and institutions have asked for more time to prepare for legal cannabis, the Central Okanagan school district is ready to go.
Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season
September 24, 2018 - 4:30 PM

The great purge is upon us once again, the annual influenza season that sickens and kills hundreds of Interior Health Authority residents every winter.
Full Okanagan rail trail opening faces another delay after Agricultural Land Commission decision
September 24, 2018 - 9:49 AM

OKANAGAN - Even as the partial opening of the Okanagan Rail Trail is being celebrated this week, the complete opening of the trail looks like it's going to take even longer.
Poles being moved from West Kelowna's new wine trail sidewalk after complaints
September 21, 2018 - 2:00 PM

WEST KELOWNA - The last thing you want find in the middle of a sidewalk would be a utility pole but that’s what West Kelowna got during the construction of the new wine trail on Boucherie Road and now it’s paying to fix it.
No cannabis shops in Kelowna until next summer
September 19, 2018 - 3:30 PM

KELOWNA - It will be at least June of next year before you can stroll into a pot shop in Kelowna and buy some bud, some eight months after legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada.
Retired Kelowna bylaw officer says he can show the current mayor how its done
September 17, 2018 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - As a frontline Kelowna bylaw officer — not a manager but one of the guys out on the streets — Bob Schewe says he has a view of Kelowna’s downtown problems that current Mayor Colin Basran will never have.
No arrests for Intentionally Set Wildfire Task Force but new leads on Okanagan arson fires
September 17, 2018 - 10:00 AM

OKANAGAN - Another season of wildfires has generated additional leads for the Intentionally Set Wildfires Task Force but so far, no arrests.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

News Items tag as: John McDonald

Big mixed-use development expected for property beside Kelowna's Gyro Beach

Business, politics, arts? Kelowna council candidates as defined by their experiences

Former Kelowna cop shop to face wrecking ball in November

Central Okanagan school district readies itself for legal pot

Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season

Full Okanagan rail trail opening faces another delay after Agricultural Land Commission decision

Poles being moved from West Kelowna's new wine trail sidewalk after complaints

No cannabis shops in Kelowna until next summer

Retired Kelowna bylaw officer says he can show the current mayor how its done

No arrests for Intentionally Set Wildfire Task Force but new leads on Okanagan arson fires

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