News Items tag as: Kelowna city council 2022

Kelowna taxpayers facing 3.8% tax increase
December 08, 2022 - 4:54 PM
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Kelowna city council adopted a provisional budget with a tax increase of 3.8% today, Dec. 8, following a full day of discussions.
Kelowna lobbyists beware – there will be consequences if you break the rules
December 06, 2022 - 7:00 PM

A new lobbyist registry, currently being drafted at Kelowna city hall, will have penalties for those who don’t comply.
Kelowna council reverses snap decision to withhold funding to Journey Home
December 05, 2022 - 4:19 PM
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After preventing Journey Home from getting federal funding to help the homeless population last week, Kelowna city council reversed its position today.
Kelowna RCMP going after 250 prolific criminals in effort to lose 'crime capital' moniker
November 28, 2022 - 4:40 PM

Property crime climbed dramatically in Kelowna over the past six months, largely due to a relatively small number of repeat offenders.
Kelowna city council considering 5% hike in airport parking fees
November 25, 2022 - 12:30 PM
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Parking fees at Kelowna International Airport could jump by 5% in 2023 and be adjusted to inflation every year after that.
Kelowna saw increase in robberies, decrease in violent crime over past six months
November 24, 2022 - 4:50 PM

Kelowna RCMP had fewer calls for service during the six-month period from April through September.
Kelowna councillor 'insulted' by developer's plan for attainable housing in downtown highrise
November 21, 2022 - 3:29 PM
iNhome

The controversial redevelopment of the former RCMP site in downtown Kelowna has stirred up another hornets nest.
This is what 'attainable' housing looks like in new Kelowna tower
November 17, 2022 - 4:34 PM
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A housing agreement for a new 25-storey rental highrise on land owned by the City of Kelowna calls for “attainable” studio suites that will cost more to rent that the average one-bedroom apartment in the city.
Revelry warming up a new music venue for downtown Kelowna
September 09, 2022 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

A major new musical entertainment centre is preparing to open in downtown Kelowna.
Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000
August 19, 2022 - 9:00 AM
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Already the most expensive city in the Interior of B.C. for housing, the City of Kelowna is planning to add more than $20,000 to the cost of building one affordable option: carriage houses.
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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 third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Epic cherry season expected in Okanagan and Kamloops
The cherry season in the Southern Interior is set to be the biggest one in a long time thanks to favourable growing conditions, after extreme weather events damaged crops for the past three years. “It looks like it’s going to be

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Why Kelowna's treatment of homeless encampments has changed over the years
The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna. Some called it dystopian, others sa

News Items tag as: Kelowna city council 2022

Kelowna taxpayers facing 3.8% tax increase

Kelowna lobbyists beware – there will be consequences if you break the rules

Kelowna council reverses snap decision to withhold funding to Journey Home

Kelowna RCMP going after 250 prolific criminals in effort to lose 'crime capital' moniker

Kelowna city council considering 5% hike in airport parking fees

Kelowna saw increase in robberies, decrease in violent crime over past six months

Kelowna councillor 'insulted' by developer's plan for attainable housing in downtown highrise

This is what 'attainable' housing looks like in new Kelowna tower

Revelry warming up a new music venue for downtown Kelowna

Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000

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