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Getting a charge in downtown Kelowna
April 24, 2016 - 12:00 PM

KELOWNA - Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, visitors to downtown Kelowna now have two new options for charging electric vehicles; two stalls in the museum parking lot at Queensway Avenue and Ellis Street are now serviced with electrical vehicle charge units, thanks to a unique pilot project between the City of Kelowna and FortisBC.
Electrical vehicle charging station opens for business in downtown Penticton
November 27, 2015 - 2:21 PM

PENTICTON – Residents and visitors will be able to get a charge — literally — from a new partnership between Province of British Columbia, City of Penticton, BC Hydro and FortisBC that has resulted in the installation of an electrical vehicle charging station in Downtown Penticton.
Carson Air touches down with second major donation to Okanagan College
October 26, 2015 - 10:57 AM

KELOWNA - Carson Air has donated a Metroliner II aircraft to the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering M-License program; the company estimates the value of the aircraft at approximately $300,000. The aircraft landed at the Vernon Airport on Oct. 16 welcomed by students, instructors, and Okanagan College employees outside the College’s Aerospace hangar adjacent to the runway.
Key industry leaders supporting new Okanagan College Trades Training Complex
May 26, 2014 - 11:01 AM

Owners of some of the most established Central Okanagan businesses focused on the trades are now adding their weight to support the new $33-million Trades Training Complex under construction at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus.

Representatives from companies as diverse as automotive dealers to steel fabricators have joined the Okanagan College Foundation’s volunteer campaign team, Campaign Chair Dennis Gabelhouse announced today.
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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

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Getting a charge in downtown Kelowna

Electrical vehicle charging station opens for business in downtown Penticton

Carson Air touches down with second major donation to Okanagan College

Key industry leaders supporting new Okanagan College Trades Training Complex

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