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Pause in wildfire mitigation work allows you to hike to your heart’s content this long weekend

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Mount Boucherie is a hiker’s paradise and the mountain’s popular trails will be fully open to recreational users throughout the three-day Victoria Day long weekend, as crews take a break from the important wildfire mitigation they are doing in the vicinity of Mount Boucherie Secondary School and the City’s arenas and ball fields.

Crews will continue their work after the long weekend on the northern slopes located east of Royal LePage Place and Jim Lind Arena...

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The City of West Kelowna is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

GIS Analyst

Secretary/Clerk - Building and Business Licensing

For further information check out our careers page https://careers.westkelownacity.ca/

 

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Committee Highlights - May 18, 2021

Committee of the Whole Meeting

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Sterile Insect Release Program provides update

The Sterile Insect Release Program uses a non-pesticide approach to prevent codling moth infestation, which causes worms in apples, making affected fruit unsellable. View their online presentation of 2020 program activities. 

Interior Health gives presentation on Westside services

Interior Health provides a wide array of clinical, primary and urgent care services for the Greater Westside. View...

Let’s celebrate Public Works staff and help keep them safe, West Kelowna

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

 

 

Public works staff are the core of our community, making it the place we love to live, work and play and ensuring we have the services we rely on around the clock and so often take for granted – arenas and other city facilities, parks, roads and sidewalks, sanitary and storm sewers, waste collection, water and much more.

May 16 to 22 is National Public Works Week, and the 2021 theme is Stronger Together, which is now more important than ever,...

Water Quality Advisory issued for West Kelowna Estates System

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Friday, May 14, 2021

The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, is issuing a Water Quality Advisory, until further notice, for the West Kelowna Estates Service Area due to higher than normal turbidity at the Okanagan Lake intake due to freshet.

View a map at westkelownacity.ca/waterquality to confirm if your property is in the service area. 

Turbidity affects the performance of the chlorine disinfection process because bacteria, protozoa, viruses...