News Items tag as: Penticton infrastructure deficit

Low turnout for Penticton's infrastructure deficit engagement sessions
December 20, 2016 - 10:30 AM

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton’s efforts to engage the public to find answers to its infrastructure deficit appear to be eliciting little interest, if participant numbers are indicative.
Memorial Arena to get special focus in infrastructure discussions
November 04, 2016 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - A more in-depth engagement process will be initiated between the City of Penticton and its residents during discussions regarding the future of Memorial Arena.
Sky isn't falling but plan to replace aging infrastructure must start now: Penticton mayor
October 04, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton's $175 million infrastructure deficit is not a crisis so much as a wakeup call, says the acting chief administrative officer.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Low turnout for Penticton's infrastructure deficit engagement sessions