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  • Citizens groups to decide how to pay new sewer tax

    January 30, 2018 - 4:18 PM

    PENTICTON - The city is counting on two focus groups to provide fair and considered taxpayer input into distribution of Penticton’s new storm water fee.

  • Council Meeting

    November 16, 2017 - 11:13 AM

    Water Rates
    Council gave first three readings to bylaws which intend to lead to Council’s desire for one water system, one water rate, one quality of water for all West Kelowna residents.

  • Final week for deal on backyard composter

    March 24, 2017 - 2:48 PM

    KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half, be extra nice to your garden – and save money.  For one more week you can pre order a backyard composter, food digester, or worm cycler-- at a reduced rate!

  • West Kelowna City Council meeting highlights

    March 18, 2017 - 4:24 PM

    Canada 150 Flags Presentation
    Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola MP Dan Albas presented flags to be flown at city facilities in recognition of Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation, which will be officially celebrated July 1, 2017. City staff has also requested to use the Canada 150 logo for decorative banners on Boucherie Road Wine Trail and Westbank Centre.

  • West Kelowna special council meeting

    March 03, 2017 - 4:07 PM

    WEST KELOWNA - Special Council Meeting February 28, 2017

    Secondary Suites & Carriage Houses
    Council took part in a workshop to review the effectiveness of secondary suite and carriage house regulations in the community, and provided direction on key decision points. Council first implemented secondary suite regulations in 2010 and allowed carriage homes beginning in 2015.

  • Immersive installations on view at Kelowna Art Gallery

    February 24, 2017 - 4:40 PM

    KELOWNA - A new exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery entitled Fabrications features work by four women artists who are from different regions of Canada, but all of whom work in installation. A common thread among them is the physically demanding and labour-intensive processes each artist undertakes to construct their pieces.

    Viewers will no doubt feel immersed in the enveloping quality of these installations, each one of which reflects a completely different sensibility.

  • Boost Your Soil, Save Water

    February 24, 2017 - 4:17 PM

    KELOWNA - Here’s your chance to cut your garbage in half --and do your yard a big favor this gardening season with a new backyard composter and rain barrel.

    “Backyard composting is easy, rewarding, and something the whole family can get involved in!” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District Waste Reduction Office.

  • UBC study says snow could reduce need for air conditioning

    October 14, 2016 - 11:36 AM

    OKANAGAN - A recent UBC study shows that snow cleared from winter roads can help reduce summer air-conditioning bills.

  • CEO of Accelerate Okanagan calls tech industry 'A Sleeping Giant'

    September 26, 2016 - 11:23 AM

    KELOWNA - As the CEO of Accelerate Okanagan, Raghwa Gopal is responsible for ensuring new and growing businesses in the technology industry are provided with competence, connections and community. Born and raised in Fiji, Raghwa has been calling the Okanagan home since 1979. Following his brother’s move, he came to Canada and by some stroke of luck, found himself in Kelowna.

  • Tiny House "Youth at Risk" fundraiser launched

    June 05, 2016 - 3:40 PM

    VERNON - The Vernon First Nations Friendship Centre is undertaking a Tiny House Raffle Fundraiser to support the need for increased housing for youth at risk of being homeless. 
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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