News Items tag as: Kelowna utilities

Once unheard of, Kelowna has had two water quality advisories in a row
June 21, 2018 - 2:00 PM

KELOWNA - The City of Kelowna is about to rescind the water quality advisory it announced earlier this spring when turbidity levels breached limits set by the Interior Health Authority.
No 'fatbergs' in Kelowna sewers but old cooking grease and baby wipes still causing problems
October 11, 2017 - 4:45 PM

KELOWNA - Imagine all the things you have ever flushed down your toilet or washed down the kitchen sink. Now imagine all the things other people might have flushed and you get a picture of what can build up in Kelowna’s sanitary sewers.
Kelowna to make Glenmore landfill a third taller to extend its lifespan
October 02, 2017 - 5:15 PM

KELOWNA - Changes at the Glenmore Landfill will extend the life of Kelowna’s primary waste facility by making it both steeper and almost one third taller.
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iN DISCUSSION: 'Incompetent bureaucracy at work'
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl

What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy
President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to deci

OKIB 'deeply concerned' Splatsin building houses in Vernon warehouse
A housing initiative from the Splatsin First Nation that will see pre-fabricated houses built in a warehouse in Vernon has been met with ire by the Okanagan Indian Band, which takes issue that the warehouse is located on the unceded territory of

Once unheard of, Kelowna has had two water quality advisories in a row