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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.
Fender’s supports Okanagan College in carrying on rich history of trades training
September 14, 2015 - 11:05 AM

A local automotive business owner has made a major donation to Okanagan College to ensure that one of the Valley’s economic engines doesn’t stall out as veteran tradespeople retire in the coming years.

Fender’s Automotive Center in West Kelowna has pledged $50,000 to support upgrades underway in the College’s Collision Repair shop. The shop is currently being upgraded as part of the $33-million, 10,000 sq.
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.
Jim Lind’s new ice floor officially reopens in West Kelowna
September 14, 2013 - 1:42 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Representatives and community members gathered today during a free public skate to celebrate the completion of the newly-renovated Jim Lind Arena, a project that benefited from the Government of Canada’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF).
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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
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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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West Kelowna City Council meeting highlights

Fender’s supports Okanagan College in carrying on rich history of trades training

Key industry leaders supporting new Okanagan College Trades Training Complex

Jim Lind’s new ice floor officially reopens in West Kelowna

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