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BC Conservative MLA for Kelowna Centre, Kristina Loewen, spent several hours with officers between 7 and 10 p.m., a shift police described as relatively quiet.

'It doesn’t take a lot of research to find out that nothing new is coming to the table,' said Todd Daniels, owner of Gallery Streetwear in downtown Kelowna.

The more than two-hour meeting, which brought together business owners, city officials, police, and provincial representatives, quickly revealed deep frustration in the room.

At a news conference on Tuesday, RCMP said with Kelowna being a growing city with growing challenges, priorities have to be triaged.

Four fire engines and 20 firefighters responded to the fire, which remains under investigation, but the fire chief says it did not cause any injuries.

The theft happened on Saturday, Jan. 31 on Kneller Road in the city's Rutland area.

Last spring, Lyndsay Richholt of Kelowna, B.C., was given six months to live without a liver transplant.

“It’s sad. You don’t want to see people on the street,” Daniels said. “I’m not against helping people in poverty, but there are definitely more people.”

The Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services told Global News the province is taking action.

This weekend's reversal came after business operators blasted the city for implementing a $5 fee to attend the Jan. 27 event at the Kelowna Community Theatre.

'I basically knew when I moved over here, if I didn’t have the gates, because of the nature of what we sell, we would be robbed within a week,' Daniels said.

Despite data saying otherwise, Kelowna, B.C. business owners say break and enters, thefts and property crime are through the roof.

A single mother from Ukraine and her six young sons have been staying at the Kelowna Women's Shelter but are desperate for a place to call home.

There's optimism for better tourism days ahead as the City of Kelowna looks at loosening restrictions on short-term rental accommodations.

Kelowna is flooded with empty condo and rental units, with the city's vacancy rate now the highest in all of Canada at more than six per cent.

Patients who require neurology care at KGH for issues other than strokes may not have immediate access to a neurologist and instead may have to see a subspecialist.

The Jan. 27 event at the Kelowna Community Theatre requires business operators to pre-register and pay.

'We need to be able to go home at night and sleep and feel comfortable,' said a Kelowna store owner after a break-in. His online video prompted a visit from the mayor.

“There’s more inventory than we’ve seen in years, record inventory last year, and for buyers right now there’s more choice than they’ve ever had,” he said.

The City of Kelowna plans to increase RCMP and bylaw patrols and is launching a program aimed at freeing up police officers, among others. But for some, it doesn’t go far enough.