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Feedback Sought for Draft Trash Plan
November 10, 2017 - 1:22 PM

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is seeking feedback on its draft Regional Solid Waste Management Plan (RSWMP).
West Kelowna council meeting highlights
January 27, 2017 - 12:41 PM

West Kelowna Council’s meetings January 24, 2017.
Highlights of the Regional District of Central Okanagan board meeting
January 16, 2017 - 1:45 PM

Highlights of the Regional Board Meeting – January 12, 2017
Nicola Valley Hospital – Emergency Department Expansion
December 25, 2016 - 11:58 AM

MERRITT – Interior Health has chosen Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. as the design consultant for the planned expansion and renovation of the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre’s emergency department.

Kasian was chosen as the successful proponent from among nine submissions for a recent request for proposals (RFP) that closed Dec. 6.
YLW Master Plan guides the way to 2045
November 21, 2016 - 4:29 PM

On Nov. 21, the final Kelowna International Airport (YLW) Master Plan 2045 was approved and adopted by Kelowna City Council.

In March 2015, YLW engaged SNC-Lavalin and its consultants to update the existing Master Plan 2025. The integrated team developed the new Master Plan 2045 in support of YLW’s vision to become the best mid-sized airport in North America.
Emergency department expansion launched at Merritt hospital
November 07, 2016 - 3:24 PM

MERRITT - Emergency health services in the Coquihalla corridor will be strengthened thanks to a planned expansion and renovation of the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre's emergency department.
Draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan and community open house
November 04, 2016 - 4:10 PM

After five months of community consultation, data collection, research and in-depth analysis, consulting firm Urban Systems Consulting has provided the City of Penticton a draft version of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

A complete version of the draft Plan draft as well as an Executive Summary of the highlights plan can be viewed online.
City Seeking Input on Peterson Creek Multi-use Pathway Project
November 02, 2016 - 1:07 PM

Biking and walking between Sahali and downtown will soon get much easier. The City plans to construct the first phase of the Peterson Creek Multi-use Pathway to connect Summit Drive (near Sa-Hali Secondary School) to downtown (near Glenfair Drive). This three-meter wide, 1.7 km long, paved multi-use pathway will provide walkers and cyclists with a safe and direct link between Sahali and downtown. The pathway will include lighting, signage, rest areas with benches, and other amenities.
Proposed new Tourism Kelowna visitor's centre downtown
November 01, 2016 - 11:12 AM

In early November, Tourism Kelowna will apply to the City of Kelowna for rezoning to build a new visitor centre downtown on a small City-owned parking lot at Queensway and Mill Street, a parking lot that is slated to be closed as part of the new hotel project. It would lease this land from the City for this public amenity. The proposal is different from the one Tourism Kelowna announced earlier this year.

“We started this public process in March.
Highlights from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors’ meeting
October 31, 2016 - 11:49 AM

Meeting notes from October 27, 2016:
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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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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

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