News Items tag as: Kelowna storm January 2015

City of Kelowna changes plan of attack for 'extraordinary snow events'
October 27, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - With last January’s near-record snow storm on their minds, the city is going to institute something that’s been the norm on the Prairies for decades — snow routes.
Most of Thompson-Okanagan well shy of record snowfall amounts
January 06, 2015 - 7:24 PM

ONLY KELOWNA COMES CLOSE
Winter storm shuts down highways
January 06, 2015 - 7:34 AM

BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY END OF DAY
There is an end in sight to the snow
January 05, 2015 - 2:44 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – It’s been a long time since the Thompson-Okanagan received such a massive dump of snow in such a short time.
Travel advisories in effect for highways
January 05, 2015 - 9:06 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Heavy snowfall is limiting visibility on several Interior highways leading Drive B.C. to put out a travel advisory for both Highway 5 and Highway 97C.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

City of Kelowna changes plan of attack for 'extraordinary snow events'