News Items tag as: District of Lake Country 2019

This Okanagan town wants to put fun back into its playgrounds
December 16, 2019 - 7:30 AM

Lake Country park planners are telling the world that playgrounds have become boring and they want the public to help them change that.
Lake Country property taxes could pass the 7% mark in 2020
December 12, 2019 - 11:32 AM

Lake Country residents now face a property tax increase for next year of at least 6.03 per cent with the possibility of it rising to 7.28 per cent.
Lake Country property taxes projected to jump more than four per cent in 2020
December 05, 2019 - 4:15 PM

District of Lake Country council will review its provisional budget next Tuesday, Dec. 10, with staff calling for a 4.32 per cent increase.
Negotiations begin this week on future of piece of Okanagan Rail Trail
November 13, 2019 - 12:45 PM

A mediator will meet with three government bodies on Friday with the fate of the section of the Okanagan Rail Trail along Duck Lake one of the bargaining chips on the table.
Two people refusing to leave Lake Country’s controversial Airport Inn
November 02, 2019 - 3:30 PM

B.C. Housing was stymied in its efforts to relocate all the residents of the Airport Inn Lakeside in Lake Country that was ordered to be boarded up.
No delay: Lake Country pushing forward on closure of Airport Inn
October 03, 2019 - 7:29 AM

LAKE COUNTRY - Despite a recommendation from staff to hold off closing the Airport Inn Lakeside until the end of the year, Lake Country council is demanding that it happen much sooner.
Airport Inn owner not afraid of getting the boot from Lake Country officials
September 25, 2019 - 6:00 AM

LAKE COUNTRY - Raif Fleihan loves to talk.
Lake Country looking at alternatives for residents before Airport Inn is shuttered
September 18, 2019 - 10:51 AM

LAKE COUNTRY - If Lake Country council carries through on its threat to board up the dilapidated Airport Inn Lakeside, it could also create a homelessness problem for the roughly two dozen people living there.
Penticton is dealing with a homeless and addiction crisis and it's looking for a little help
September 12, 2019 - 6:00 PM

Homelessness and the opioid crisis are significant issues throughout the Okanagan and Kamloops regions but one city in particular is looking for solutions.
Indigenous cultural centre to border on Okanagan Rail Trail in Lake Country
September 11, 2019 - 3:42 PM

KELOWNA - Senior governments have kicked in most of the money to build a $4 million Indigenous Cultural Centre and Nature Park in Lake Country.
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