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Help shape West Kelowna’s future – Share your thoughts on the Draft 2025 Budget

Monday, Jan. 27, 2025

Be part of the conversation! Help guide the future of our City by sharing your input on the Draft 2025 Budget.

From Jan. 27 to Feb. 9, take the opportunity to review the Five-Year Financial Plan and Draft 2025 Budget. We want to hear from you!

This year’s proposed budget includes a net increase of 7.43 per cent for municipal taxes. As we continue planning for our city’s growth, your feedback is essential to ensuring our investments align with community priorities and maintain...

Curbside collection delays for West Kelowna and Peachland

From Regional District of Central Okanagan
Monday, Jan. 27, 2025

We are sharing the following message to customers from the Regional District of Central Okanagan of behalf of our region’s curbside waste collection hauler:

The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is notifying residents in West Kelowna and Peachland of potential delays in curbside garbage and recycling collection today due to the closure of the W.R. Bennet Bridge.

The area's Waste Collection Hauler, e360, is responding by...

Council Highlights - Jan. 14, 2025

Regular Meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

Watch meetings live or via the webcast archive
Council meetings are livestreamed at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts and archived within one business day. To view the Jan. 14 webcast archive, please visit pub-westkelowna.escribemeetings.com.

Council appoints new members to the Advisory Planning Commission
Council congratulated the new appointees who will serve on the Advisory Planning Commission (APC) for the next three years through terms that end on Dec. 31, 2027:

Thank you, West Kelowna! Community generosity shines in record-breaking food drive

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

The City of West Kelowna and West Kelowna Fire Rescue are excited to share that the 27th Annual Holiday Food Drive was a record-breaking year.

Thanks to our community’s remarkable generosity, $6,602.05 in cash and 14,537 pounds of food were donated to the Central Okanagan Food Bank (COFB). According to the COFB, the cash and food donations are valued at more than $58,600, which will make a significant impact in the months ahead.

"For 27 years our community has been incredibly...