News Items tag as: Rob Munro

Kelowna spousal sexual assault survivor finally getting her life back
April 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

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Kelowna city council pushing 'race to the top' with 35% raise
April 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

There’s no set formula for local governments to determine what their mayors and councils get paid.
Kelowna and Kamloops account for 16% of repeat violent offenders in BC
March 31, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A new program to reign in repeat violent offenders is less than a year old but already needs to expand in Kamloops and Kelowna.
Why Kelowna is writing a bylaw to control bear spray sales
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Packing a can of bear spray is comforting whether a person is out in the forest where the furry creatures live or walking downtown where there can be a different type of wild creature.
Two new hotels proposed for Kelowna
March 28, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Earlier this week, the Mark Anthony Group filed an application for a 12-storey hotel in downtown Kelowna.
Kelowna could face shortages of gas for new housing within three years
March 28, 2024 - 2:30 PM

While City of Kelowna staff say its utilities are in good shape to handle the rapid growth expected to continue in the coming years, that’s not the case with FortisBC.
Bigger houses, driveways in Kelowna may trigger increased stormwater costs
March 28, 2024 - 1:00 PM
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The City of Kelowna is looking at changing the way it charges homeowners for the rain and melted snow that runs off their properties.
Slow start to sunny Easter weekend in Kamloops and the Okanagan
March 28, 2024 - 7:50 AM

Easter Sunday should be sunny and warm in Kamloops and the Okanagan but there will be clouds and possibly showers to live through first.
Big jump in gas prices in Kamloops and the Okanagan ahead of carbon tax increase
March 28, 2024 - 7:20 AM
iNwheels

The carbon tax will go up 23% across Canada on April 1, which translates into 3.3 cents per litre of gasoline at the pumps.
Osoyoos cuts massive 40% tax and fee hike almost in half
March 27, 2024 - 7:00 PM

After triggering heated protests from residents, the Town of Osoyoos passed a final tax and service fee hike this week totalling 24%, down from the almost 40% it initially adopted last fall.
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THOMPSON: How a baseball game was about more than baseball
OPINION I’ve written about baseball a few times over the years. It is a sport I love, and played until head-first slides looked more like a week-long recovery than a good idea. I try to stay close even at my adv

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: Rob Munro

Kelowna spousal sexual assault survivor finally getting her life back

Kelowna city council pushing 'race to the top' with 35% raise

Kelowna and Kamloops account for 16% of repeat violent offenders in BC

Why Kelowna is writing a bylaw to control bear spray sales

Two new hotels proposed for Kelowna

Kelowna could face shortages of gas for new housing within three years

Bigger houses, driveways in Kelowna may trigger increased stormwater costs

Slow start to sunny Easter weekend in Kamloops and the Okanagan

Big jump in gas prices in Kamloops and the Okanagan ahead of carbon tax increase

Osoyoos cuts massive 40% tax and fee hike almost in half

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