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Peachland home sells for $3M; almost twice as much as two years ago
September 29, 2023 - 1:00 PM
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An older house on 1.17 acres of land overlooking Okanagan Lake sold for more than $3 million in late August.
This mid-size Okanagan city experiencing biggest housing boom in valley
August 03, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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Kelowna is the obvious go-to place for newcomers to the Okanagan with one of the fastest growing populations in the country and a building boom that saw $1.15 billion in building permits issued in 2021.
This Kelowna apartment complex comes with its own school
July 02, 2021 - 6:30 AM

A proposed 49-unit apartment building in downtown Kelowna comes with a couple of twists that are unique, especially for that area of the city
Three times lucky for Monaco towers?
April 08, 2013 - 9:00 PM

UPDATE: 6 p.m. April 8, 2013
Monaco Towers get another shot at city approval
April 08, 2013 - 10:41 AM

By Julie Whittet
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

Peachland home sells for $3M; almost twice as much as two years ago