News Items tag as: KLDEC1215

Hefty Kelowna property tax increase resting on contract obligations, mayor says
December 12, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - Mayor Colin Basran would love to pare down the 4.11 per cent tax property tax increase council is considering but says they don’t have much room to move.
Kelowna rollover backs up Christmas shopping traffic
December 12, 2015 - 1:13 PM

KELOWNA – RCMP are investigating after a car crash on a busy road near Kelowna’s biggest shopping mall this morning.
Why workers at some City Halls must take holidays in December
December 12, 2015 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Civic governments in Kamloops, Vernon and Penticton keep their main offices open over the holidays but they do it a little differently in the Central Okanagan.
Empty Kelowna house badly damage by fire
December 12, 2015 - 10:30 AM

KELOWNA – Fire crews put out a blaze in an unoccupied house in Rutland this morning and a fire investigator is looking for the cause.
Winter storm bringing heavy snow to mountain passes
December 12, 2015 - 9:57 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – It wouldn’t be the weekend without a warning from Environment Canada about heavy snow on the highways through B.C. Interior mountain passes.
Good marketing is good, says UBCO professor
December 12, 2015 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA – A UBC Okanagan marketing professor says Starbucks' successful and controversial red cup campaign was good marketing.
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

Hefty Kelowna property tax increase resting on contract obligations, mayor says