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In a 7-2 vote, Kelowna city council overwhelmingly voted down the proposed amendment.

Kelowna RCMP Supt. Chris Goebel addressed city council on Monday, acknowledging the day-to-day realities many businesses are facing.

The city is considering a land swap that would see development company Denciti receive 9.1 acres of municipally-owned industrial land in exchange for a nine-hole golf course.

'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.

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.

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

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

According to the city, transforming the bridge into that iconic landmark would cost around $1 million.

The City of Kelowna, in partnership with BC Housing, plans to build a 40-unit supportive and complex care facility on Pacific Avenue near Capri Mall.

Stakeholders gathered at the Basil and Mint restaurant in Kelowna Wednesday night for a meeting organized by Airbnb.

Council also passed a resolution to try and lobby the province to fast-track the process and exemption as a final approval would not be granted until November 2026.

The provincial government brought in the restrictions in early 2024 to address the severe shortage of long-term housing.

German-owned FlixBus, which bought out Greyhound after it pulled out of Canada entirely in 2021, is asking local municipalities for support as it looks to expand its operations.

According to Kelowna mayor Tom Dyas, 15 repeat offenders were responsible for more than 1,000 police files last year alone.

Sometime Sunday night into Monday morning, the back side of the Rutland Arena was tagged with a racial remark targeting the South Asian community. 

An online petition has been launched, calling on the province to act following the latest incident at the restaurant -- which could have resulted in their patrons being hurt.

The newly formed association would like to see a per-usage fee implemented, a system widely used at boat launches around the Lower Mainland.

City council decided not to move forward with the proposal, which would have allowed single-family homes to add food scraps to their existing yard waste bins.

Kelowna city manager Doug Glichrist earned just shy of $384,000 in 2024, just $5,000 less than the city manager for Vancouver, a city four times the size.

'We want to be able to continue offering a variety of services — sports, daycare, whatever it may be — but we also want to make sure the price is appropriate,' Mayor Tom Dyas said.