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Osoyoos cuts massive 40% tax and fee hike almost in half
March 27, 2024 - 7:00 PM
After triggering heated protests from residents, the Town of Osoyoos passed a final tax and service fee hike this week totalling 24%, down from the almost 40% it initially adopted last fall.
Man escapes Kamloops garbage truck unharmed
March 17, 2024 - 8:00 AM
A garbage truck driver in Kamloops was left shaken after a man was nearly crushed in the back of the truck.
Kelowna trucking company tired of being bad guy in clean-up of old sawmill site
March 06, 2024 - 7:00 AM
Ryan Nixon is fed up with being painted as the bad guy in the decades-long effort to clean up the former Russo Sawmill site near the Kelowna airport.
How some Thompson-Okanagan communities strive to keep costs, taxes under control
January 14, 2024 - 7:00 AM
In a year where many BC municipalities are bringing in shockingly high tax increases, some have been working for years to find ways to to avoid steep hikes.
Kelowna's AI is fielding 100,000 calls from residents this year
December 16, 2023 - 7:00 AM
In 2022, there were about 14,000 calls and texts handled by Kelowna City Hall’s Artificial Intelligence system but has jumped to 117,000 this year and is expected to grow as the services it provides continue to expand.
Big Brother is using AI to spy on your recycling bin in the Central Okanagan
November 27, 2023 - 6:00 PM
Hundreds of notices are being mailed out this week telling Central Okanagan residents they’re not recycling properly.
Kelowna landfill set to reopen on Monday after fire
August 25, 2023 - 1:49 PM
Members of the public will be able to dump their rubbish at the Glenmore Landfill in Kelowna again as of Monday, Aug. 28.
Kelowna rapidly becoming national leader in local gov't tech
April 28, 2023 - 7:00 AM
ChatGPT hit the market only four months ago and the City of Kelowna is already using a version of it to reform how residents interact with government.
Man sleeping in dumpster gets dumped into garbage truck in Kamloops
January 10, 2023 - 7:30 AM
A homeless man in Kamloops was lucky to escape major injury or death when the garbage bin he was sleeping in was picked up and dumped with him in it.
What's keeping big, new industrial players from choosing Kamloops and Kelowna
January 09, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Industrial is quickly being eaten up in the Lower Mainland, but interior cities like Kamloops and Kelowna aren't going to provide much alternative.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories for the last week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca .
Okanagan summer concert series features Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies
A star-studded lineup is coming to a concert series in the Okanagan this summer. The Mission Hill Family Estate Winery has announced the performers coming to West Kelowna in July. Award winning artists Barenaked Ladies are playing Jul
RCMP raid illegal cannabis concentrate lab in Boundary region
Midway RCMP raided a clandestine laboratory for producing a cannabis concentrate in Beaverdell this week. The lab made a cannabis concentrate known as shatter, which can be made using butane creating a dangerous situation when done improper
Manhattan Point homeowners vow to fight Kelowna in court over future parks designation
Property owners on what amounts to a private beach on Okanagan Lake say it’s illegal for the city to designate their properties for future parks and they will take all legal steps possible to stop them. The city wants to designate 10
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Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season
Only three controlled burns will take place in the Okanagan this spring in an effort to reduce fire fuel and prepare
March 29, 2024 6:00 AM
Two new hotels proposed for Kelowna
Earlier this week, the Mark Anthony Group filed an application for a 12-storey hotel in downtown Kelowna. Yest
March 28, 2024 9:00 PM
It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and b
March 28, 2024 9:00 PM
Schooling the fine art of Indigenous food sovereignty on BC coast
Joshua Charleson throws back the lid of an enormous cooler to reveal a cache of hundreds of freshly harvested silver
March 28, 2024 7:00 PM
13-year-old Kelowna guitarist well on his way to becoming a rockstar
A 13-year-old Kelowna guitar player has become a local sensation with his incredible skill. Benny Patterson, w
March 28, 2024 6:00 PM
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