News Items tag as: Penticton low cost housing

Supportive housing complex Burdock House officially opened in Penticton
October 03, 2019 - 1:55 PM

PENTICTON - A newly completed supportive housing project in Penticton means 62 more units for homeless people are now available.
Penticton affordable housing project slated to begin construction in 2017
May 18, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - An affordable housing project in downtown Penticton is expected to begin construction next year.
Penticton Lawn Bowling Club looking for new home after 83 years on Brunswick Street
November 16, 2015 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - The president of the Penticton Lawn Bowling Club is hopeful the group will find a suitable new location following the surprise announcement the land the club sits on will become affordable housing.
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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

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

Supportive housing complex Burdock House officially opened in Penticton