News Items tag as: Kelowna Council Votes 2019

Kelowna strikes blow for housing affordability by limiting short-term rentals
May 22, 2019 - 11:28 AM

KELOWNA - Despite the fact that the majority of speakers at a public hearing last night argued in favour of putting their suites into the Airbnb rental pool, Kelowna city council chose to go the other way.
Kelowna mayor flexes muscles, brings back dead development
May 14, 2019 - 4:06 PM

KELOWNA - A development that was recently turned down at a public hearing was given new life because Kelowna mayor Colin Basran leveraged a rarely used power to bring it back to the table.
Kelowna council pumps the brakes on short term rental rules
March 13, 2019 - 7:54 AM

KELOWNA - After sitting through roughly five hours of public criticism, Kelowna city council is delaying new rules on short term rentals and will consider allowing basement suites and carriage houses to be rented to tourists.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Kelowna strikes blow for housing affordability by limiting short-term rentals