News Items tag as: Central Okanagan Regional District

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.
Bear sightings jump as fire-closed Central Okanagan parks reopen
September 14, 2017 - 2:57 PM

CENTRAL OKANGAN - The bears have had some of the natural parks in regional district to themselves for some time, closed as they were to the public because of fire hazard.
Philpott Road wildfire evacuation order downgraded and some alerts rescinded
September 04, 2017 - 1:57 PM

KELOWNA - The Evacuation Orders and Alerts for the 465-hectare Philpott Road wildfire have been downgraded.
Kelowna's Mission neighbourhood could be getting a waste transfer station
August 15, 2017 - 11:32 AM

KELOWNA - The Regional District is looking into putting a solid waste transfer location in the Mission area of Kelowna.
Cities across the province stepping up to accept wildfire evacuees
July 16, 2017 - 11:16 AM

Wicked weather across the province yesterday escalated the already fluid wildfire situation in B.C.'s Cariboo and Interior regions, forcing evacuations for thousands of people.
Central Okanagan parks impacted by both flooding and wildfire concerns
July 14, 2017 - 8:30 PM

KELOWNA – With the extreme weather so far this year, many Central Okanagan parks have been negatively impacted.
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iN PHOTOS: The high-rise future of Kelowna's skyline
KELOWNA - There’s no question, Kelowna’s skyline is undergoing a transformation like it’s never seen before. So we decided to imagine what it might look like in a few years, should all that’s been proposed come to pass.