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Current street naming at Old Town Road and Solsqua-Sicamous Road, Sicamous. (DOS Planning and Development image)

Sicamous’ Old Town Road focus of proposed name/address changes

District staff also proposes renaming of Solsqua-Sicamous Road

 

Kelowna Springs Golf Club lands are currently designated for future industrial use under the 2040 Official Community Plam. (Photo/Facebook)

Development group asking for time for future of Kelowna golf course

Future remains up in the air for land designation

 

The District of Sicamous Development Corporation is asking for additional funding to work on priority projects in 2023. (District of Sicamous)

Sicamous development corporation seeks funding to upgrade internet, tourism promotion

‘There’s varying degrees of internet, but it’s no longer a luxury, it’s becoming a utility.’

 

A proposal at Salmon Arm council’s Feb. 21 planning meeting would see two units added to an existing fourplex at 1120 Shuswap St. SE along with an additional four-unit building. (City of Salmon Arm image)

Proposed rental development on Shuswap Street in Salmon Arm hits speed bumps

Owner wishes to have four requirements waived, council looks to see if compromises possible

A proposal at Salmon Arm council’s Feb. 21 planning meeting would see two units added to an existing fourplex at 1120 Shuswap St. SE along with an additional four-unit building. (City of Salmon Arm image)
The apartment development is slated for the former Westwind Nursery site. (Photo/City of Kelowna)

Kelowna council concerned over traffic, pedestrian safety with apartment development

Apartment project planned for Benvoulin Court

The apartment development is slated for the former Westwind Nursery site. (Photo/City of Kelowna)
A Sicamous property owner is requesting a development permit from council to replace the retaining wall on his property at 1226 Young Crescent, which borders the public marina. (DOS image)

Sicamous property owner looking to replace retaining wall bordering public marina

Work can be conducted until May 15 when waters rise to preserve fish, painted turtle habitat

A Sicamous property owner is requesting a development permit from council to replace the retaining wall on his property at 1226 Young Crescent, which borders the public marina. (DOS image)
Sicamous council will discuss moving forward with early adoption of provincial energy efficiency codes. The province will require compliance at Level 3 of the BC Step Code sometime this year and there are benefits and costs to opting in early. (File photo)

Sicamous council to discuss opting in early to higher energy efficiency building requirements

Step 3 of the Energy Step Code requires 20% more efficiency

Sicamous council will discuss moving forward with early adoption of provincial energy efficiency codes. The province will require compliance at Level 3 of the BC Step Code sometime this year and there are benefits and costs to opting in early. (File photo)
Conceptual rendering of new Canadian Tire store to possibly be built at old Costco site in Kelowna. (Photo/City of Kelowna)

Canadian Tire to set up shop at old Costco site in Kelowna

Documents have been submitted to city hall

Conceptual rendering of new Canadian Tire store to possibly be built at old Costco site in Kelowna. (Photo/City of Kelowna)
The former Canoe school property is to be the subject of a rezoning and amendment to Salmon Arm’s official community plan. (City of Salmon Arm photo)

Building which has ‘captured the imagination of Canoe’ to be rezoned

Former school to be renovated for owners of Vancouver antique store to live and work in

The former Canoe school property is to be the subject of a rezoning and amendment to Salmon Arm’s official community plan. (City of Salmon Arm photo)
Protesting the clearing of trees for a new development. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Activists gather as trees cut down at Kelowna affordable housing project

Activists showed their gratitude to the trees as they were being cut down

Protesting the clearing of trees for a new development. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The District of Sicamous Planning and Development Committee looked at provincial regulations for building a dock in lagoon water that is not affected by Riparian Areas Protection Regulation but that the province is now enforcing that legislation on for any new development. This image shows the required setback from the water that any new build would have to be placed at. (District of Sicamous image)

Permit requirements murky for properties along Sicamous lagoon

Resident says permits not required since 1970 now enforced in riparian areas

The District of Sicamous Planning and Development Committee looked at provincial regulations for building a dock in lagoon water that is not affected by Riparian Areas Protection Regulation but that the province is now enforcing that legislation on for any new development. This image shows the required setback from the water that any new build would have to be placed at. (District of Sicamous image)
A map of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and Growth Management Boundary line in Sicamous. Property owners and the Planning and Development Committee have discussed removing the ALR restrictions on some parcels of land. (District of Sicamous photo)

Sicamous development committee to look into moving agricultural boundaries

Much of district constrained by provincial and federal regulation

A map of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and Growth Management Boundary line in Sicamous. Property owners and the Planning and Development Committee have discussed removing the ALR restrictions on some parcels of land. (District of Sicamous photo)
The researchers studied two Australian cities and gathered data from the last 20 years. (Photo: Paulo Ramos/UBC Faculty of Forestry)

Young people the ‘missing middle’ of park planning, development: B.C. study

Sara Barron and Emily Rugel created a way to evaluate parks based on order, seclusion and diversity

The researchers studied two Australian cities and gathered data from the last 20 years. (Photo: Paulo Ramos/UBC Faculty of Forestry)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District building. (File photo)

Columbia Shuswap Regional District expedites permit applications for minor development variances

Minor variances will no longer require approval of board of directors

Columbia Shuswap Regional District building. (File photo)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, front right, and Squamish Nation councillor Khelsilem arrive for an announcement and groundbreaking at the First Nation’s Senakw housing development site in Vancouver on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. A Vancouver residents association has launched a legal bid to quash the services agreement between the city and the Squamish Nation relating to the largest Indigenous-led housing and retail development in Canadian history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Lawsuit targets largest Indigenous-led housing and retail development in B.C. history

Group argues services deal for Squamish Nation’s Senakw project in Vancouver unlawfully approved

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, front right, and Squamish Nation councillor Khelsilem arrive for an announcement and groundbreaking at the First Nation’s Senakw housing development site in Vancouver on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. A Vancouver residents association has launched a legal bid to quash the services agreement between the city and the Squamish Nation relating to the largest Indigenous-led housing and retail development in Canadian history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The District of Sicamous released a conceptual design of the Shuswap Healing Centre being planned for 200 Main St. on July 29, 2022. (District of Sicamous image)

Development permit approved for Shuswap Healing Centre despite community concerns

Council unanimously in favour despite ongoing concerns around misinformation

The District of Sicamous released a conceptual design of the Shuswap Healing Centre being planned for 200 Main St. on July 29, 2022. (District of Sicamous image)
Conceptual rendering of The Sutton Hotel Kelowna. (Photo/City of Kelowna)

Luxury hotel to land at Kelowna International Airport

The development is a collaboration between YLW and Sutton Place Hotels

Conceptual rendering of The Sutton Hotel Kelowna. (Photo/City of Kelowna)
This is some of the mud and debris that came down from the hillside Vista development onto the Stonebrook neighbourhood in Naramata. (Contributed)

‘Everyone is passing the buck’: Mudslides from hillside developments plague Naramata residents

Regional District says it is Ministry of Transportation responsible for storm drainage

This is some of the mud and debris that came down from the hillside Vista development onto the Stonebrook neighbourhood in Naramata. (Contributed)
Salmon Arm Council is being asked to waive city requirements to build a bike lane and add three streetlights at 1160 20th St. SE in Salmon Arm where the addition of a single family home is being proposed. (City of Salmon Arm image)

Salmon Arm council agrees bike lane, street lights too much for homeowner to fund

Plan to construct single family home and garage on farmland triggers costly upgrades

Salmon Arm Council is being asked to waive city requirements to build a bike lane and add three streetlights at 1160 20th St. SE in Salmon Arm where the addition of a single family home is being proposed. (City of Salmon Arm image)
The city’s planning department has proposed a change to the city’s R4, medium density zone, prompted by a 60-duplex, 120-unit housing project coming to 4400 and 4600 Canoe Beach Dr. NE in Canoe. (City of Salmon Arm image)

Council gives initial nod to expanding ownership models for Salmon Arm housing projects

Medium-density housing zone changing to facilitate strata ownership in multi-family developments

The city’s planning department has proposed a change to the city’s R4, medium density zone, prompted by a 60-duplex, 120-unit housing project coming to 4400 and 4600 Canoe Beach Dr. NE in Canoe. (City of Salmon Arm image)
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