News Items tag as: KLSEP2015

Alberta ahead of B.C. when it comes to wildfire statistics management
October 03, 2022 - 9:30 AM

Over a five-year period from 2017 to 2021, lightning caused 55% of the wildfires in B.C., but details about how the other 45% were sparked are pretty limited.
Housing affordability is worst ever in Kelowna and the rest of Canada
October 03, 2022 - 6:00 AM
iNhome

Rising interest rates combined with historically high housing prices have made home ownership in Canada the worst it has ever been.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for transit to ease gridlock on the highway through Kelowna
October 02, 2022 - 2:02 PM
iNwheels

Expect it to take 20 years and a bunch more studies before Kelowna moves to the next level in transit that, just maybe, could reduce congestion along Highway 97 through town.
Want to buy an Okanagan winery? Better hurry
October 02, 2022 - 7:02 AM
iNwine

Interest is picking up in at least one of the half-dozen wineries and vineyards currently for sale in the Okanagan.
Unaffordable Kelowna home market has inspired these realtors to take action
October 01, 2022 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

Real estate sales is not just about making money. For an informal focus group in Kelowna, it’s also a chance to lend their expertise to the struggle to make housing more affordable in the Central Okanagan and beyond.
iN VIDEO: A vision of what Kelowna may look like in the future
September 30, 2022 - 3:41 PM
iNhome

As Kelowna is rapidly growing its downtown skyline is constantly changing with a handful of highrises now under construction and many more in the wings.
Central Okanagan housing prices expected to decline further this fall
September 30, 2022 - 2:44 PM
iNhome

It’s no secret that interest rate increases have triggered a significant slowdown and price decline in the real estate market all over Canada.
First Nations as frustrated as others on Kelowna-dominated board
September 29, 2022 - 5:30 PM

The years-long frustration by a few hundred rural residents to get their voices heard by the Central Okanagan Regional District is being shared by others sitting around that table.
New hotel will take Kelowna airport “to the next level”: director
September 29, 2022 - 3:21 PM

The first hotel on Kelowna International Airport property will be The Sutton Place Hotel owned and operated by B.C.’s Northland Properties.
Blue sky forecast for Okanagan, Kamloops into October
September 29, 2022 - 9:29 AM

There’s nothing but blue skies and sunshine ahead in the forecast for Kamloops and the Okanagan into the first week of October.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: KLSEP2015

Alberta ahead of B.C. when it comes to wildfire statistics management

Housing affordability is worst ever in Kelowna and the rest of Canada

Don’t hold your breath waiting for transit to ease gridlock on the highway through Kelowna

Want to buy an Okanagan winery? Better hurry

Unaffordable Kelowna home market has inspired these realtors to take action

iN VIDEO: A vision of what Kelowna may look like in the future

Central Okanagan housing prices expected to decline further this fall

First Nations as frustrated as others on Kelowna-dominated board

New hotel will take Kelowna airport “to the next level”: director

Blue sky forecast for Okanagan, Kamloops into October

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