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"What I see happening is a lot of computer usage and what I know happens is outside sources bringing information into our meetings," Dyas told council during Monday's meeting.

A lawyer helping one of the soon-to-be displaced residents of the Shady Acres mobile home park in West Kelowna believes recently issued eviction notices are not valid.

Council has shied away from building way up in the past but with densification needed, a change in direction could be on the horizon.

Some of the top outrigger canoe paddlers in the world are from the Okanagan, many of them are members of the Kelowna Paddle Club.

By 2030, the City of Surrey is forecast to become the most populous municipality in the province and Mayor Brenda Locke said the city needs to set the pace and its own destiny.

West Kelowna city council put plans for a new hygiene centre on hold last month amid concerns being raised about the potential impact to the community.

Kelowna residents say they no longer feel safe in their neighbourhood since Stephen Village, a supportive housing facility opened in 2020. They want the city to take action.

More needs to be said about the people who called the cooperative their workplace for so many years, union officials said.

In a recent analysis of MLS listings, Andrew Smith of Royal LePage in Kelowna said the region has 264 apartments, from Peachland to Oyama, currently for sale and vacant.

The 2023 wildfire season strained B.C.’s emergency support services program — so much so that changes are being made for 2024.

The proposal is a vacant building off of Churchill Road in the downtown core, which is owned by the food bank.

Troika Management says the seven-acre site will be home to 30,000 square feet of commercial space, electric vehicle charging and drive-through restaurants.

While it's been home to an exclusive list of historical figures, this week the guest list at Kelowna's Bennett House widened when the heritage society to held an open house.

ATU Local 1724 Metro Vancouver HandyDART drivers, maintenance workers, road supervisors, trainers and officers workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike.

There are no official plans for the facility and a decision on whether or not to move forward with the facility was deferred by council last week.

Part of that plan included a shopping centre, which is now coming to life with two major tenants now operational including a recently-opened Save-On-Foods store.

Mary Ellen Gabias, who is blind, told Global News floating bus stops come at the 'expense of pedestrians who don't have the option of driving their own vehicle or a bicycle.'

But the developer, Kerr Properties, did end up issuing eviction notices to renters based on the province's Residential Tenancy Act.

Plans to curtail the racket caused by early morning construction won't work for builders in Kelowna, according to a letter from an industry lobby group.

Kelowna city council approved a 4.7 per cent tax hike Monday, despite an attempt by one councillor to get his peers to slow the tax roll.