News Items tag as: City of Penticton budget 2015

Few viable options for reducing "penalizing" electrical connection fees
March 06, 2015 - 12:58 PM

PENTICTON - Penticton's city councillors are concerned with the high fee the city charges to hook up or to disconnect someone's electricity, but according to the city's utility manager, there's not much they can do about it.
School district shocked with high Penticton electrical rates
January 18, 2015 - 7:34 PM

PENTICTON - Okanagan Skaha School District trustees are grappling with the high cost of electricity in Penticton.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

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

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

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

Few viable options for reducing "penalizing" electrical connection fees