Peachland View The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has issued a water quality advisory for residents served by the Star Place Water System in the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. Increased turbidity in the water system source from the ...
Comparing current Peachland property taxes to 2001
Eric Hall There have been significant changes in our property tax bills over the last 20 years. When Peachland announces an increase in general taxation, it is just one part of the complete tax bill. Peachland collects money for other ...
RDCO seeks Central Okanagan West Electoral Area committee participants
Joanne Layh The regional district has issued a call out for seven to 12 Central Okanagan West Electoral Area residents to serve on a committee that will conduct a governance and services study. “The study will engage residents in an ...
Trepanier Creek Greenway trail closure
A section of Trepanier Creek Greenway Regional Park is closed until the end of October, while crews work in the area to complete the Trepanier interconnect project. Once complete, the interconnect project will connect the Trepanier area with the new water ...
AAP approved by RDCO
Joanne Layh The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) is hoping to borrow up to $8 million to build a branch in West Kelowna inside the new city hall building. To build the proposed new library branch, the ORL has requested assistance ...
Regional rescue boat temporarily repositioned in Kelowna
Joanne Layh The RDCO’s regional rescue boat that is usually stationed in Peachland has been temporarily repositioned in Kelowna. The boat will remain in Kelowna while until their boat has finished undergoing repairs. That leaves just one rescue boat covering ...
Water quality advisory issued for Star Place
Peachland View The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has issued a water quality advisory for residents served by the Star Place Water System in the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. Increased turbidity in the water system source from the ...
Peachland supports RDCO for grant that would virtualize the EOC
Joanne Layh At their last regular meeting Peachland council offered its support to the regional district for a grant application to receive emergency preparedness funding. The regional district plans to apply to this year’s UBCM Community Emergency Preparedness Fund for ...
Resident makes it her mission to clean up Princeton
Joanne Layh April 1 may mark the kick-off to Community Clean-Up Month in the region, but there’s one Peachlander who is already ahead of the game when it comes to neighbourhood spring cleaning. Peachland resident Paula McLaughlin made it her ...
Glenrosa fire escape route through Trepanier should be explored
It was recently announced that the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has received funding to improve fire evacuation routes for the Glenrosa area of West Kelowna. For Upper Glenrosa residents the current escape route is a bone jarring, vehicle ...
Brent Road area residents disappointed by West Kelowna decision
Joanne Layh The Brent Road area is located in between Peachland and Summerland, but due to a legislative anomaly, homeowners there are required to pay hundreds of dollars a year in taxes to help fund West Kelowna’s Johnson Bentley Pool, ...
Canadian Coast Guard delivers equipment cache to Peachland
Joanne Layh Two members of the Canadian Coast Guard brought a response truck from Richmond into Peachland on Tuesday to deliver an equipment cache designed to be used by various responders, contractors and organizations throughout the regional district. The cache ...
Kokanee salmon interpretation program returns to Hardy Falls
Peachland View Kokanee spawning season has returned to the Okanagan. At this time each year, thousands of fresh water, land-locked salmon leave Okanagan Lake and swim upstream in creeks and streams to spawn in their natal waters. The Regional District ...
Regional district reopens EEOC
Peachland View For the first time since mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of public facilities, the Environmental Education Centre of the Okanagan (EECO) has opened again. The centre reopened June 23, albeit with some new restrictions in ...
RDCO moves Star Place to stage two outdoor water restrictions
Peachland View Residents of Star Place, along with other regional district water system customers, moved to stage two outdoor water restrictions on Tuesday. Unless otherwise noted, every year from June 16 until September 15, stage two water restrictions are in ...