News Items tag as: Penticton budget 2016

Penticton council scrounges to find additional revenue to offset tax hike
January 13, 2016 - 3:30 PM

PENTICTON - Penticton City Council began the City Hall equivalent of looking under the living room furniture upholstery for loose change as it took a look at fees charged in the recreation and building departments.
Penticton property tax increase on the way
December 22, 2015 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - Penticton City Council and staff are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel following a lengthy budget meeting in council chambers this week, and it could cost taxpayers upwards of $81 per year.
Penticton council looking at property tax increases
December 17, 2015 - 1:00 PM

PENTICTON - Minimal tax increases over the past few years have caught up with the City of Penticton as staff and council met yesterday to begin scrutinizing the 2016 budget.
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JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh

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

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

Penticton council scrounges to find additional revenue to offset tax hike