The aging Cottonwoods long-term care home on Ethel Street will be replaced by a four-storey complex with 314 beds in single rooms with private washrooms.
Kelowna city councillor Loyal Wooldridge is stepping down as regional district board chairman, a decision which means he’ll give up the $51,000 annual salary that goes with the position.
Citizens-turned-firefighters were being paid as they battled in August to defend their homes against an enormous blaze bearing down on their Central Okanagan community.