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During Basran’s time in office, Kelowna’s crime rate grew to become the highest of all Canadian metropolitan areas, [3] and its homelessness population quadrupled. [4]In 2019, Kelowna's Royal Canadian Mounted Police was found to dismiss 40 percent of sexual assault claims (triple the provincial and national average) after a woman reported that she was raped by three people at age 15.
Dyas first ran for mayor of Kelowna in 2018, citing the need for "leadership... at city hall", and ran on a plan on financial accountability, citizen safety, transportation and infrastructure, water management and sustainable managed growth. [10] He ran against the incumbent mayor, Colin Basran, who had previously been a close friend of Dyas'. [11]
In 2013, 446 victims of domestic violence were reported in Kelowna, earning the city the highest per-capita rate of domestic violence in British Columbia and the tenth-highest across Canada. This was a slight drop compared to 2011 when Kelowna reported the fourth-highest rate nationally and led the province in family violence. [102]
The British Columbia Provincial Police took over policing of the district on July 9, 1929 and would provide a constable from Kelowna when policing was required. City of Chilliwack Police - City incorporated February 21, 1908, with a police chief and night watchman appointed on April 8, 1908. On January 27, 1909, the city had a chief of police ...
Municipalities in British Columbia grant the freedom of the city, rather than a key, to individuals worthy of recognition. In accordance with Section 158 of the Community Charter, [24] potential recipients must receive the unanimous support of the city council before they are granted the Freedom, which is then usually bestowed upon them during a special ceremony.
Kelowna City Council is the governing body of the city of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The council consist of the mayor and eight elected city councillors who ...
Kelowna Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. [1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution , the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election .
Charles Kj Horvath-Allan (born August 21, 1968) is a Canadian born British national who went missing whilst hiking across Canada in 1989. He disappeared from the city of Kelowna in British Columbia, Canada, leaving his tent and personal effects behind.