News Items tag as: Doug Findlater

West Kelowna mayor Doug Findlater packs it in after ten years
July 27, 2018 - 12:43 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Long-serving West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater has announced he will not seek another term as leader of the fast-growing Okanagan city.
West Kelowna 'bozo' had permission to use boat launch
May 31, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - The man West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater called a ‘bozo’ on social media for using a closed boat launch was a technician with West Kelowna Marine and according to the business owner, he was allowed to be there and wasn’t doing anything wrong.
'Bozo' launches boat at closed West Kelowna boat launch
May 30, 2017 - 6:30 PM

WEST KELOWNA - West Kelowna mayor Doug Findlater watched as two jet skis and a boat were launched into Okanagan Lake yesterday. Usually this would be welcomed on a warm, sunny evening in the Okanagan, however all boat launches in the city are closed.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

West Kelowna mayor Doug Findlater packs it in after ten years