News Items tag as: Kettle Valley

Old trestle on Kettle Valley Rail Trail deemed unsafe
July 25, 2020 - 7:59 AM

A trestle on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail has deemed unsafe to use by the province will be removed.
Thompson-Okanagan residents urged to conserve water
August 18, 2017 - 2:30 PM

It's been months since the Southern Interior received any significant rainfall, and now the provincial government is asking residents to conserve water as much as possible.
Kettle Valley residents worried about recent spike in crime
July 26, 2017 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA – Ashley and Jonathan Lupul chose Kettle Valley as their home eight years ago because it’s “quiet, quaint, cute and family friendly.”
Kelowna council rejects Kettle Valley development proposal after lengthy debate
January 11, 2017 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna city council has said no to a development proposal in the Kettle Valley neighbourhood after a public hearing last night.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Old trestle on Kettle Valley Rail Trail deemed unsafe