News Items tag as: City of West Kelowna 2019

Who is responsible for providing winter shelter?
December 20, 2019 - 7:00 AM

When winter weather hit Kelowna near the beginning of December, it became clear there was a problem — the city had no winter emergency shelter for its homeless population.
Boil water notice issued in West Kelowna
December 17, 2019 - 1:27 PM

Residents using the Lakeview water system in West Kelowna have been issued a boil water notice after a mechanical failure at the 45-year-old chlorination facility at Rose Valley Reservoir.
West Kelowna's Blackmun Bay proposal appears to be dead on the water
November 12, 2019 - 4:00 PM

West Kelowna city council voted overwhelmingly against the proposal for a massive resort hotel and condominium development in its Casa Loma neighbourhood today.
West Kelowna's $4.1 million soccer dome rules similar to others
October 24, 2019 - 2:00 PM

Soccer domes have become a must-have in communities where the short and cold days of winter severely curtail sporting activity.
Attitudes towards transit expected to shift dramatically in Central Okanagan
October 21, 2019 - 1:30 PM

Even while the Central Okanagan transit system is struggling to find ways to boost service next fall, there are much bigger things to come. This despite the fact that citizen surveys in both Kelowna and West Kelowna last year found more than 80 per cent of those asked never take a bus.
Central Okanagan homes worth millions sold for a fraction of their value in tax sales
October 07, 2019 - 5:31 PM

KELOWNA - Annual tax sales in Kelowna and West Kelowna included almost a dozen properties worth $7.3 million that were auctioned off because of unpaid taxes.
Stolen West Kelowna gravestone markers could cost $100,000 to replace
September 25, 2019 - 2:36 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Thieves who made off with 53 bronze grave markers from Westbank Cemetery likely netted less than $1,500 for their effort, but it will cost around $70,000 to replace those plaques and another $30,000 to make them safer from future thievery.
B.C.’s next urgent care centre should be in West Kelowna, Mayor says
September 20, 2019 - 1:30 PM

West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom is putting a positive spin on news that Kelowna will get an urgent primary care centre but he’s pushing to have the next such facility open on the Westside.
New Goats Peak regional park doesn't quite connect to West Kelowna
September 18, 2019 - 4:11 PM

KELOWNA - At the official opening of the Central Okanagan’s newest regional park today there was praise for the cooperation between Westbank First Nation and the regional district in creating the 52-hectare park overlooking Okanagan Lake.
Lakeview water system users advised to boil their drinking water in West Kelowna
September 17, 2019 - 7:06 AM

WEST KELOWNA - About 3,800 residents of West Kelowna who are served by the Lakeview water system are being advised to boil their drinking water.
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Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? “They play so nicely together with nice blackcurrant leaf o

Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

News Items tag as: City of West Kelowna 2019

Who is responsible for providing winter shelter?

Boil water notice issued in West Kelowna

West Kelowna's Blackmun Bay proposal appears to be dead on the water

West Kelowna's $4.1 million soccer dome rules similar to others

Attitudes towards transit expected to shift dramatically in Central Okanagan

Central Okanagan homes worth millions sold for a fraction of their value in tax sales

Stolen West Kelowna gravestone markers could cost $100,000 to replace

B.C.’s next urgent care centre should be in West Kelowna, Mayor says

New Goats Peak regional park doesn't quite connect to West Kelowna

Lakeview water system users advised to boil their drinking water in West Kelowna

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