News Items tag as: Central Okanagan Regional District

Central Okanagan West director wants to incorporate
November 13, 2018 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - Residents of the Central Okanagan West electoral area are still frustrated with what they consider unfair treatment by a regional district that is heavily dominated by the City of Kelowna.
Meet your CORD elected directors
October 21, 2018 - 8:11 AM

Only two directors are elected in the Central Okanagan Regional District.
Regional district shoots down Joe Rich music festival for a second time
September 25, 2018 - 4:04 PM

KELOWNA - The man trying to organize a European-style music festival near Kelowna is extremely frustrated after the regional district turned down his application for the second year in a row.
You wouldn't dump paint into Okanagan Lake — pouring it down drain almost same thing
September 12, 2018 - 1:45 PM

WEST KELOWNA - You wouldn’t dump paint, cooking oil or old pills into Okanagan Lake but did you know dumping it down the drain or flushing it down the toilet can have the same effect.
Victim services worker in the Central Okanagan would be happy "never to attend another suicide call"
September 07, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - RCMP victim services in the Central Okanagan have so far this year offered support to 34 people in the wake of 14 police callouts for suicide deaths.
Central Okanagan firefighters head north to help with provincial emergency
August 16, 2018 - 10:20 AM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The Central Okanagan Regional District is sending firefighters and equipment from the valley to help fight wildfires in northern B.C.
Household recycling in the Central Okanagan? You're probably doing it all wrong
August 15, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - Do you throw cartons of sour milk or half-filled tins of tuna right into your recycling bin? You’re doing it wrong. How about that old plastic lawn chair and camping tarp? Wrong. If you’ve run out of room, do you throw that last bag of garbage into recycling? Definitely wrong.
High water leaves behind perfect mosquito habitat in Central Okanagan
May 24, 2018 - 9:07 AM

KELOWNA - Floods bring bugs and the Central Okanagan Regional District is reminding residents of its mosquito control program even before the waters subside.
Would-be rafters rescued from island in Kelowna's Mission Creek
May 23, 2018 - 3:25 PM

KELOWNA - Two people had to be rescued from the high, fast-flowing waters of Mission Creek in Kelowna this afternoon.
Changes in property tax rates on the horizon in Central Okanagan
March 03, 2018 - 1:30 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The first draft of the Central Okanagan Regional District financial plan is in and residents still have a chance to make their comments heard.
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THOMPSON: My family's fanatical love of oysters
OPINION I cannot remember exactly when I ate my first oyster…but it was sometime between my learning to walk and entering first grade. My entire family - mother, father, sister, brother and myself - were fanati