News Items tag as: District of Lake Country 2022

Lake Country making life difficult and expensive for two of its wineries
September 06, 2022 - 6:00 PM
iNwine

There are plenty of wineries in Lake Country but at least two are engaged in long-drawn out conflicts over building permits.
Residents and visitors warned of algae bloom in Lake Country
June 17, 2022 - 2:20 PM

The District of Lake Country and Interior Health are warning residents and visitors to stay away from algae blooms spotted on Wood Lake.
Use it or lose it – Okanagan community losing last pay phone
April 09, 2022 - 6:00 AM

The last remaining Telus pay phone at the 7-Eleven in Lake Country will be gone by the end of April.
Bumpy McBump Bump Way: Perpetual pot holes spark petition to rename Lake Country road
March 02, 2022 - 10:54 AM
iNwheels

When all else fails, try humour.
Rail Trail guaranteed to run through OKIB lands with historic new agreement
February 08, 2022 - 12:10 PM

An agreement between three local governments will ensure that the Okanagan Rail Trail will be able to run through Okanagan Indian Band lands along Duck Lake.
Lake Country's Mayor Baker calling it a day at age 80, and 40 years of public service
January 12, 2022 - 6:30 AM

It was 41 years ago James Baker was first elected to serve as regional district director for what is now Lake Country in the Central Okanagan.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Lake Country making life difficult and expensive for two of its wineries