Big Pandosy project planned
After recently saying no to a six-storey development on Groves Avenue, Kelowna city council is being asked to approve a similar project just a block to the north. The latest proposal is for a mixed-use residential/commercial development on West Avenue, within the Pandosy Urban Centre. In order to facilitate the development, an OCP amendment is needed […]
Rental debate not over yet
There remains concern among some on Kelowna city council that breaking the short-term rental market wide open could have disastrous consequences down the road. Council agreed with amendments to its short-term rental bylaw Monday that would open the market to both secondary suites and carriage houses. This, according to planner Laura Bentley, would add more […]
Tree Fruits to build new home
BC Tree Fruits Cooperative has purchased 85 acres of Kelowna land with the intention to build a new facility. The land is located on Old Vernon Road, and the new facility will house the company’s northern operations. BC Tree Fruits has also agreed to sell its property in Penticton. Both transactions will be completed by […]
Broncos crisis talk on tap
The man in charge of public relations for the Humboldt Broncos in the wake of last year’s bus crash will be in Kelowna on Friday to talk about crisis management and media relations. Grant Bastedo, who led the Takt Communications team after last April’s crash, will be at Okanagan College Theatre on Friday from 10 […]
Webber calling it a career
Rick Webber, who has served as an anchorman in the Okanagan for nearly 30 years, will be retiring at the end of July from Global Okanagan. Webber has been in the broadcast news business for 43 years, starting out as a part-time disc jockey in Prince Edward Island in 1976. He moved across the country […]
Kelowna approves Step Code
The City of Kelowna has given its approval to the province’s Energy Step Code, a five-step process to make new homes net zero energy ready by 2032. The city was asked to design a schedule for the introduction of the first three steps of the code prior to a provincially mandated implementation of Step 3 […]
Bike sharing not guaranteed
There’s no guarantee Kelowna will be able to offer a bike-share service this summer. And, if there is, chances are remote they will include pedal bikes. Active transportation co-ordinator Matt Worona unveiled the plan for bike sharing in the city moving forward, saying the industry is moving away from pedal bikes, and toward the more […]
Waste app switch coming
The My Waste app will be no longer as of June 14, so Central Okanagan residents are being asked to download the Recycle Coach app instead. Apple’s app guidelines have changed, and two apps that offer the same services are no longer allowed. Therefore, Recycle Coach will now be the app that provides information like […]
Top 40: Treena Carson-Piva
Treena Carson-Piva has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. It might be eclipsed only by her volunteerism. “That’s just my nature,” Carson-Piva says. “That takes me back to being from small-town Saskatchewan. I come from a family where being involved is just a given. “… There hasn’t been a time in my life where I haven’t been […]
Vernon RBC set to move
It’s been a fixture in the downtown core of Vernon for decades, but the RBC bank at the corner of 30th Avenue and 32nd Street will close this fall. A notice on the bank window says effective Sept. 13 the bank is moving to the RBC in Polson Place. Castanet and Okanagan Edge will have […]
