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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.
West Kelowna Meetings with Ministers at UBCM
September 18, 2013 - 1:37 PM

Crown Land grants, roads maintenance, a second crossing over Okanagan Lake and new approaches to federal gas tax funding distribution were the topics of West Kelowna Council’s scheduled meetings Tuesday, September 17 with provincial government representatives at the Union of BC Municipalities convention. Mayor Doug Findlater says West Kelowna Council was able to raise key concerns during their face-to-face meetings with BC cabinet ministers and representatives in Vancouver, BC.
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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

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

West Kelowna City Council meeting highlights