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Residents and families enjoyed a New Year’s Day home cooked meal prepared by volunteers at Penticton Hospice House. Community members also contributed by a donation of a gorgeous gingerbread candy house to bring warmth to Hospice House this season.
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Following an investigation by the Kelowna RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation unit (ICE), 46-year-old Patrick Micheal Waldrum has been charged with Possession of Child Pornography contrary to section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code and Luring a Child, contrary to …
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Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds.
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4 days ago · The problems at UBC Okanagan’s so-called ‘vertical campus’, which will rise 43 storeys to be the tallest building between Calgary and Vancouver, have raised questions about construction methods and the city’s building approval and oversight processes and, in some quarters at least, prompted a re-think about the desirability of …
New year begins with hefty pay raise for Kelowna mayor, councillors
1 day ago · A controversial pay hike kicked in on Jan. 1, lifting the salaries for seven of the eight councillors from $50,535 to $58,080. And the salary for Mayor Tom Dyas rose on Jan. 1 from $135,848 to $145,200. There hasn’t been a city council meeting since Dec. 9. They’ll have had a …
City bankrolls neighborhood-building projects in Kelowna
1 day ago · The City of Kelowna is once again offering up to $1,500 in matching funds to support projects that bring neighbourhoods together. Ideas that have been supported in the past include community gardens, clean-up projects, block parties, and outdoor movie nights. Recently, a group of residents got ...
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Dec 11, 2024 · The following are our most read stories on our websites for the week ending Dec. 7: KELOWNA. 1. Friends-turned-foes spar again at Kelowna City Hall - Opinion by Ron Seymour
Kelowna's 2024 Newsmaker of the Year | News
4 days ago · Wooldridge, a 39-year-old two-term Kelowna city councillor, is The Kelowna Courier’s Newsmaker of the Year for 2024. He came closer than anyone ever has to winning a seat for the NDP in a Kelowna riding, finishing only 40 votes behind BC Conservative victor Kristina Loewen, a margin so narrow it triggered an automatic judicial recount.
Kelowna sets 2025 municipal tax hike at 4.34 per cent
Dec 5, 2024 · The tax hike, double the current inflation rate, was trimmed imperceptibly, from 4.36 per cent to 4.34 per cent. This means the owner of a typical Kelowna home will see their municipal taxes rise $108 next year, to about $2,600.
'Rare' potential in old Kelowna mill's flashy future, city says
Oct 24, 2024 · This is how the Tolko sawmill site in downtown Kelowna looked before its closure in early 2020. Most of the site has been razed and cleared for redevelopment, but some historic features remain and would be incorporated into a massive new residential and commercial project planned for the 40-acre site.