News Items tag as: Economic Development Commission

Kelowna’s workforce growing rapidly and getting more tech savvy
December 04, 2022 - 2:32 PM

The number of working-aged people in Kelowna grew five times faster than the rest of Canada during the 2016-21 census period.
Unemployment fell to an historic low in the Central Okanagan last year
February 20, 2020 - 12:45 PM

Even though the Central Okanagan’s workforce grew by 2,700 people last year the unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate in decades.
Economic Development Commission hires new boss from within
January 31, 2015 - 3:32 PM

KELOWNA – The search to replace the Economic Development Commission manager has come to an end and the headhunters didn’t have to look far.
Robert Fine named new director of business development
December 16, 2014 - 4:25 PM

KELOWNA – After almost 20 years on the Central Okanagan’s Regional District Economic Development Commission, Robert Fine is making a change.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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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

Kelowna’s workforce growing rapidly and getting more tech savvy