Land Swap

• Technicality forces Kelowna city council to defer McKinley Beach decision

  'I think the public was very clear last night that there was more information that was needed,' said Kelowna city councillor Loyal Wooldridge.

  Environment

  Aug 11, 2021
  
• Regional District of Central Okanagan swaps land with private owner to expand park

  The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has acquired 10.86 hectares of new land for Scenic Canyon Regional Park.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2021
  
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• Grand Forks city officials plan for next phase following buyout plan

  Facing a housing crunch, the city doesn’t want to lose any more homes, so it’s looking at options like physically moving houses out of the high-risk flood plain.

  Canada

  May 6, 2020
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• It’s official: NAIT will expand campus on Blatchford lands

  The consolidation will see two satellite campus sites eventually move to the central Edmonton development.

  Education

  Feb 6, 2019
• Land swap leads to tentative city deal with NAIT to move on to Blatchford

  Alberta's Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt confirms to Global News a tentative land swap deal has cleared the way for NAIT to eventually expand on to the city's Blatchford Lands.

  Education

  Oct 12, 2018
• RCMP reviewing Vancouver city land swap

  Wed, Apr 5: RCMP confirm they are investigating a controversial land swap deal Global News first reported on last December involving two parcels of land in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighbourhood. Tanya Beja explains how the mayor is defending the deal.

  Apr 5, 2017
• ALR land swap divides West Kelowna council

  “Our overall policy is very, very strongly in favour of retaining as much agricultural land as we can. But there are instances, and this is one of them I think, where the viability or the practicality of doing that is in question."

  Jan 18, 2017
• Questions arise after controversial land swap deal mentions Chinese government

  Documents released by the City of Vancouver through a Freedom of Information request are raising questions about a controversial land swap deal that made mention of foreign investors.

  Dec 9, 2016
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• Westbank First Nation land swap deal

  An agreement to swap land with the Westbank First Nation was made back in 2009 and now it's payback time for the BC government.

  Feb 20, 2015
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• WATCH: Summerland Mayor-elect tackles land swap issue

  Summerland council voted in favour of a contentious land swap proposal last spring. Now, with a newly elected municipal government, the issue is being brought up again. But this time the new mayor plans to stop the swap.

  Nov 27, 2014