News Items tag as: KLMAY2016

Look of urban Kelowna could change as city strives to meet housing needs
May 31, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - How do you provide infill housing to existing neighbourhoods which is sensitive to the concerns of neighbours yet still satisfies the ultimate goal of increasing density and reducing urban sprawl?
Westbank First Nation seeks additions to reserve lands
May 31, 2016 - 5:00 PM

CITY SUPPORTS RESERVE APPLICATION WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS
Bigger fines for distracted drivers in B.C. start this week
May 31, 2016 - 4:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Distracted drivers across B.C. will be getting heavier fines and receive more penalty points as of tomorrow.
Young black bear dines on bird feeder on Knox Mountain
May 31, 2016 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - A week after the city warned residents that bears have been spotted at Knox Mountain Park, a reader has sent in pictures of juvenile eating supper in her yard at Magic Estates.
Kelowna to count farms, measure output during update of agricultural plan
May 30, 2016 - 6:30 PM

CITY'S LAND BASE IS MAINLY ZONED FOR AGRICULTURE
Urban centres the future for Kelowna development
May 30, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - To succeed as an urban centre, an area has to have a strong sense of place, like downtown Kelowna or South Pandosy.
Kelowna RCMP arrest woman accused of starting fire at Montreal clinic
May 30, 2016 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - Local RCMP say they have arrested the woman suspected of starting a fire at a medical clinic in Montreal earlier this month.
One of four summer camps closed in Southern Interior finds new management
May 30, 2016 - 2:30 PM

PEACHLAND – Good news summer campers.
One person dead after car collides with broken down vehicle on Coquihalla Highway
May 30, 2016 - 12:56 PM

MERRITT - The driver of a small car is dead after running into a broken down commercial vehicle on the side of the highway this morning.
Eight vehicles involved in drug-fueled crash in Kelowna
May 30, 2016 - 12:30 PM

KELOWNA - Two people were sent to hospital and another taken into custody after a crash involving eight vehicles Sunday.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

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

News Items tag as: KLMAY2016

Look of urban Kelowna could change as city strives to meet housing needs

Westbank First Nation seeks additions to reserve lands

Bigger fines for distracted drivers in B.C. start this week

Young black bear dines on bird feeder on Knox Mountain

Kelowna to count farms, measure output during update of agricultural plan

Urban centres the future for Kelowna development

Kelowna RCMP arrest woman accused of starting fire at Montreal clinic

One of four summer camps closed in Southern Interior finds new management

One person dead after car collides with broken down vehicle on Coquihalla Highway

Eight vehicles involved in drug-fueled crash in Kelowna

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