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Freedom of City for influential council members
April 26, 2015 - 4:06 PM

KELOWNA - Three former City Council members who each influenced Kelowna in different ways during for the past 20-plus years were given the Freedom of the City Saturday evening.

Walter Gray, Robert Hobson and Andre Blanleil received the award during a gala, April 25, organized by community members to celebrate their contributions to the city during long careers as leaders in local government.
Law program’s free information service to help people navigate the legal system
March 02, 2015 - 11:22 AM

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University’s Faculty of Law is launching a free information service that will connect people with legal information and materials dealing with a range of legal matters.
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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

Freedom of City for influential council members