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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
July 23, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of July 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
April 08, 2024 - 9:00 PM
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community's lucrative market for hashish by ripping up the cobblestoned street where it openly changes hands.
Trust the experts to build a wonderful $242 million rec centre in Kelowna
October 29, 2023 - 4:30 PM

Now that Kelowna residents have refused to reject a $241.3 million borrowing plan for a new Parkinson Recreation Centre, it’s left to the professionals to decide what it will look like.
Kelowna wants to spend nearly $300M on recreation facilities including Parkinson rebuild
May 10, 2023 - 3:42 PM

The City of Kelowna is about to launch an ambitious recreation construction program totalling $287.5 million over the next four years.
New York hasn't licensed any pot shops, yet they abound
November 19, 2022 - 10:00 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Eager, anxious and frustrated, Yuri Krupitsky is waiting to find out whether he'll get to open one of the first legal recreational marijuana shops in New York state.
Roof raised on West Kelowna's soccer dome
August 09, 2019 - 5:38 PM

KELOWNA - The roof has been raised on the multi-sport dome in West Kelowna.
Cost of West Kelowna's inflatable soccer dome keeps inflating
April 12, 2019 - 4:00 PM

WEST KELOWNA - A new inflatable sports dome, originally budgeted at $1 million, paid for mostly by donations, is now expected to cost $4.1 million, according to the City of West Kelowna.
More money going into West Kelowna soccer dome as construction about to start
March 27, 2019 - 9:57 AM

WEST KELOWNA - The West Kelowna soccer dome should be open in October but the final costs won’t be known until then.
How Kelowna plans to fund its massive backlog in undeveloped parkland
June 14, 2018 - 7:30 AM

KELOWNA - Everybody loves a park and Kelowna councillors have proven no different, giving preliminary approval to new funding to build more green space.
TOP WORLD NEWS EVENTS 2014: Terror attacks, Mountie killings, Ghomeshi scandal
January 01, 2015 - 7:00 AM

An in-brief look at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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