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
iNhome

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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A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

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