News Items tag as: Kelowna city council

Temporary farm worker housing plan back to the drawing board
May 03, 2017 - 9:16 AM

KELOWNA - Changes to temporary farm worker housing were deferred by council at Tuesday night’s public hearing.
Lakeside Aqua Resort to go ahead to development proposal
May 03, 2017 - 7:02 AM

KELOWNA - The Mission Group has been given the unanimous green light from council to move forward with plans to build a high-rise, lakeside community resort.
New resort planned for Kelowna's Mission area
April 10, 2017 - 5:19 PM

KELOWNA - A new 350-unit lakeside community resort is being planned for Kelowna's Mission area.
Kelowna city councillor thanks community for support
March 03, 2017 - 4:27 PM

KELOWNA - More than 200 stitches later and councillor Charlie Hodge is back is in his usual good spirits.
City unveils new water system plan, claims to save $95 million
February 27, 2017 - 3:31 PM

KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna threw down the gauntlet for the city's other water purveyors today when it introduced a new city-wide water system that could cost up to $348 million over the next 50 years — nearly $95 million less than previous plans.
'Urban creep' into agricultural land continues in Kelowna
January 10, 2017 - 7:30 PM

KELOWNA - Protecting agricultural land was back up for debate yesterday with a tricky rezoning application that councillors agreed could go either way.
Marriott hotels not welcome in Kelowna until 'sea of parking' problem solved
June 10, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA – City staff are saying no to a proposal to build a pair of six-storey Marriott hotels on the corner of Highway 33 and Highway 97 because it would require a “sea of parking.”
Rental suites could be coming to Kelowna's ritziest neighbourhoods
June 01, 2016 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - Homeowners in some of Kelowna’s toniest neighbourhoods could soon see secondary suites in the homes around them.
Health authority says it will try to retrieve more syringes from Kelowna needle exchange program
May 16, 2016 - 1:19 PM

COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCARDED SYRINGES ON THE RISE
Kelowna council to hear from Interior Health about safe injection site proposal
May 13, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - With overdose deaths soaring in the city, Dr. Trevor Corneil, senior medical health officer for the Interior Health Authority, will be discussing the possibility of a safe injection site in Kelowna with city councillors on Monday.
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SUZUKI: We owe Greta and the youth more than a Nobel Prize
OPINION Many people, including me, expected Greta Thunberg to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was deservedly awarded for ending more than 20 years of c