News Items tag as: carriage houses

Relieving Kelowna's housing pressures in its own backyards
February 24, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - When the City of Kelowna decided in 2011 to make it easier for homeowners to build carriage houses and secondary suites, the hope was to spur some small-scale development and create new homes in existing neighbourhoods.
Carriage houses proving popular in West Kelowna
April 15, 2016 - 2:30 PM

FIRST CARRIAGE HOUSES COULD BE COMPLETE BY EARLY 2017
Carriage houses may be coming soon to West Kelowna
August 25, 2015 - 11:32 AM

WEST KELOWNA - Residents in the Westbank centre and other select parts of West Kelowna could soon see carriage houses popping up in a nearby laneway.
Carriage house survey shows support for secondary dwellings in West Kelowna
March 23, 2015 - 7:30 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Westside residents could soon see a sight their Kelowna counterparts have seen for quite a few years — carriage houses popping up on lots where one house already exists.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Relieving Kelowna's housing pressures in its own backyards