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This is a list of buildings that in the past held the title of tallest building in Kelowna: Kiwanis Tower (Residential) Height: 43 m (141 ft) Stories: 12 Year Built: 1976. The Dolphins (Residential) Height: 56.1 m (184 ft) Stories: 17 Year Built: 1994. Discovery Pointe Resort (Mixed use) Height: 70.1 m (230 ft) Stories: 22 Year Built: 2005.
At around 9:55 pm, August 17, the wildfire jumped over Okanagan Lake sparking new wildfires north of Kelowna forcing a state of emergency by the city and further evacuations. [5] [6] Just after 10:20 am PT, August 18, Kelowna International Airport announced that they were suspending flights to and from the airport until further notice. [7]
On July 18, 2009, 3 wildfires broke out around the city of West Kelowna, British Columbia during extremely dry and windy conditions. Over 20,000 people were evacuated as a result of the fires. 9,877 hectares (24,410 acres) of forest was burned along with 4 buildings. [ 1 ]
Renee Merrifield is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. [ 2] She represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Mission as a member of the British Columbia United Party. She serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Environment & Climate Change ...
The University of British Columbia Okanagan (also known as UBC Okanagan or UBCO) is a campus of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. This campus is the research and innovation hub in the province's southern interior, in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and home to over 11,978 undergraduate and graduate ...
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created out of Kelowna—Lake Country and Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.. It will consist of the southern third of Kelowna, plus the municipalities of Peachland, Summerland and West Kelowna, the Indian Reserves of Tsinstikeptum 9 and Tsinstikeptum 10, most of the Central Okanagan West regional district ...
Big White Ski Resort, simply known as Big White, is a ski resort located 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Kelowna in the Southern Interior of British Columbia.It is located on Big White Mountain, the highest summit in the Okanagan Highland, an upland area between the Monashee Mountains and the Okanagan Valley.
Castanet.net. Archived from the original on 20 September 2005 – Firewatch page set up for local residents during the fire (has many photos) NASA/JPL satellite image of fires in Northwestern North America August 21, 2003 (1800x1500px)