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Snow matter what, crews are ready to roll

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024

With our first winter storm in the forecast, City of West Kelowna crews and roads contractor AEL are prepared and ready to keep our community moving.

Crews have already begun preparing for the forecasted weather by placing brine on designated routes.

As the snow falls, equipment will roll out in priority sequence:

• Priority 1 – Arterial roads such as Boucherie, Glenrosa, Shannon Lake and Westlake Roads to ensure that the most travelled roads are passable for emergency crews, BC...

Our Year in Review from Mayor Milsom

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023

What a year it has been for West Kelowna! We delivered many key priorities while also coming together as a caring, compassionate and truly resilient community.

We achieved a major milestone of getting the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant (RVWTP) operational. This was the single largest construction project ever undertaken by the City of West Kelowna. Council is very grateful to Interior Health, all city staff and contractors who worked to bring the plant online and to...

West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard receiving water from Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant

Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023

Today, the City of West Kelowna has announced that the former West Kelowna Estates and Sunnyside/Pritchard Systems are receiving clean, safe, and reliable drinking water from the new Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant service.

This completes the second of two phases of water being delivered from the new plant to an estimated 19,650 water system users in the City. Users in the former Rose Valley – Lakeview System received water from the new plant in Phase 1, in November. In...

Twinkle Tour winners shimmer and shine across the Westside

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023

Greater Westside homes and businesses decorated their festive exteriors for everyone to enjoy in the fourth annual Twinkle Tour. With a record-breaking 59 nominations, it was a stiff competition for the best holiday display this year!

A panel of judges took a road trip around town to designate this year’s winners.

Best Residential winners:

• #63-3225 Shannon Lake Road
• 2549 Pebble Place
• 2030 Shannon Lake Road

Best Business winner:

• 2505 Ingram Road Westwood Retirement Resort

Best...

City of West Kelowna 2023 Holiday Guide

Monday, Dec. 18, 2023

Season’s Greetings, West Kelowna! We wish our community an enjoyable, safe and restful holiday season.

To help serve you better, we have prepared tips and provided schedules to keep you informed about our essential City operations and regional services during the festive season.

City services

City of West Kelowna administrative offices will be closed at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 and reopen by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 at the following locations:

• City Hall at Mount...