West Kelowna News
North Westside without power
A Westside community has been without power for more than 28 hours. Since 10:00 am Saturday some 200 homes in the Westshores Neighbourhood of the North Westside...
Three Icy crashes snarl Westside traffic
Three icy crashes that happened within 40 minutes of each other on December 18, kept the Westside RCMP busy. At 6:04 pm at the corner of Hwy 97 and Westlake...
Health Centre closer to reality
Residents in the District of Westside hoping to land a Health Centre for the municipality have received an early Christmas present. The Agricultural Land...
Westside council highlights
OCP Work Plan - Council endorsed the Official Community Plan Review work plan which will occur during the bulk of 2009. The work plan involves four steps,...
Westside looks at wood stove bylaw
The District of Westside will investigate the possibility of instituting a wood stove bylaw. Local resident Michael Smith made an impassioned plea to Westside...
West Kelowna Council highlights
The following are highlights from the District of West Kelowna Council meeting held Tuesday, December 15: Public Hearings - Council received comments from the...
Houseboats not welcome in Westside
Westside Council has made it clear, houseboats moored in Gellatly Bay are not welcome. The boats began appearing in Gellatly Bay in October after the City of...
Fire destroys mobile home
It took two attack teams to knock down a fire in Westside. The blaze broke out just after 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home in the 2000 block of Boucherie Road....
Westside hires engineering director
The District of Westside has a new Director of Engineering. Gary O'Rourke has been hired to the position. O'Rourke is currently the Director of Engineering and...
Spending approved for new cop shop
The District of Westside has taken over borrowing authority for the much delayed RCMP Detachment. Council approved borrowing more than $8.2 million from the...
2nd lake crossing not in the works
Former Premier, Bill Bennett, likes the idea as do elected officials on both sides of Okanagan Lake. During the ceremony opening the new William R. Bennett...
Westbankers won""t abandon fight
There may still be some fight left in Westside residents upset at the decision to re-name the municipality West Kelowna. Westside Council unanimously endorsed...
Westside Council chooses West Kelowna
Westside council has formally decided to change the municipality's name to West Kelowna. Tuesday night's unanimous council vote came despite the presence of a...
Westside B&E, thieves take safe
Westside RCMP are looking for thieves who broke into a couple of businesses in the 3500 block of Carrington Road around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Thieves broke...
Heat is on at Royal Lepage Place
The heat is on. Nearly two years after it opened to the public, the heating system at Royal Lepage Place is operational. Aaron Berman, director of business...
New council to debate new name
The new Westside Council will debate the merits of a new municipal name at its first official business meeting Tuesday evening. Westside's Chief Election...
Westside Mayor moving to new digs
If you want to contact new Westside Mayor, Doug Findlater, you won't find him at the current Municipal Hall offices in the Westbank Lions Hall. As of Friday,...
Graffiti vandal caught in the act
Public vigilance has helped police capture the vandal who graffitied a wall in Westbank. Police responded to a call of a suspicious person seen loitering around...
Westsiders protest West Kelowna
Westside residents, who support re-naming the year-old municipality to Westbank, are not going away without a fight. A crowd of about 150, many of them...
Vandals hit Westside church
Vandals have struck at a Westside church. The Lakeview Baptist Church in Westbank (near Ross Road) was broken into between November 29th and 30th. "The suspects...