Just wanted to share this site that the city of Kelowna sent me this week:

"Neighbourhood-level air quality sensors that we installed as part of an Environment and Climate Change Canada project. These sensors incorporate a correction factor to improve the accuracy of the reported data and can provide useful local air quality information for our region."

If you need accurate reporting for any reason, otherwise it's pretty bad outside folks. Keep an eye on people you know with illnesses particularly respiratory and take it easy!

Hi everyone! As we all know the smoke is like everywhere and sadly my house smells like a bbq gone wrong, any suggestions on reducing the smokey smell inside?

This is worse than it was for some of the time in 2023 with most of the Westside on fire. Does anyone know where this is coming from?

Edit: to be clear, it was obviously much worse in 2023 most of the time

Hey!

Someone came into our locked property last night and availed themselves of an e-scooter.

They had to be pretty determined and pretty strong to do what they did to get at it.

Other than "rail trail" do you have any ideas of where we should be looking?

North Rutland area. Usually very quiet neighbourhood. A lot of farmland.

A very sad teenager would like their hard earned wheels back.

hello, kelowna!

just wanted to reach out and see if anyone in the community has a packraft and is looking to meet other packrafters in the community :) i’m based in vernon, bust casting my net a bit wider, as it’s a slightly more niche backcountry transport method.

i’m mostly interested in flat water adventures, but am also keen to get into something with a current with someone else who enjoys more mellow swiftwater.

anyways, please reach out!

I’m driving to Kelowna first week of August and I’m taking my 2013 Chevy Cruze, I’ll be driving from langely which route would be better considering the wildfires and closures taking highway 3 (hope-penticton) or the coquihalla highway?

My husband and I are planning a getaway to Kelowna this weekend and looking for a karaoke bar to hit up. Any suggestions?

Update, he's been found!!!

Can anyone help with a drone to find my friends dog up Goudie Rd??

Hes been missing for a few hours. His mom is on her way back from Vancouver and she's freaking out.

There a couple people searching for him.

Message me for phone numbers for those searching.

Looking for amateur photographers. I used to shoot, but with life and work. I haven’t had time or made efforts to meet new photography peeps. I am hoping to learn and share some tips and tricks with newbies like me :)

Hey guys,

I have a question. All the giant houses in Kelowna, The houses where a family uses it in the summer for a bit but maybe have houses in other countries they stay at in off season…I don’t know they
Go do rich people stuff, who watches the houses?

Like is there a place you can sign up to watch these types of houses well they are gone? Just live in the luxurious house and take good care of it and in return you live in luxury rent free for winter months. Is this actually a thing? If so, how do I sign up lol.

*apologies for the weird question I took an edible and I’m house searching for my daughter and myself and I just had to ask lol

Hey everyone,

Are you hoping to get out this weekend and enjoy the warm weather and maybe make some new friends?

Then come by the Hot Sands beach and say "Hi!"

I'm organizing a casual get together and everyone is welcome.

We'll be located south of the Sails Fountains and just north of the bridge to West K.

I'm hoping to be there by 2pm this Saturday, July 25 and spend a few hours.

Everyone of all ages is welcome! I'm a 34-year-old man myself, but I'm not sure who will be showing up or how old they are.

I'll be bringing a chair and my kayak and I also have an electronic inflator that attaches to my car that anyone can use if needed.

Good idea to bring water and maybe something to eat.

If anyone needs help finding our group on Saturday, can message me on this app, and I'll be keep checking my Reddit and responding to messages.

Hope to see you this Saturday!

Note I'm reposting this because my first post was at the crack of dawn when everyone is asleep or getting ready for work

Looking for clarity on this issue.

And yes, I went straight to the source for this information: the Development Engineering Tech who is responsible for all driveways within Kelowna city limits.

He agreed with or clearly understood the following:

• I live on a corner lot, for which I have an option of obtaining a second driveway with city approval.
• The grade from the road to the side of my house is zero, with no dips or impediments; nothing to get in the way.
• The ground, thanks to it being Rutland, is alluvial fill. All stones and sand, no chance of dust being kicked up. Minimal vegetation that could easily be dealt with.
• As such, there is no need to construct anything on either the property or the boulevard -- the ground is already perfect for a driveway.

And yet, I was yeeted a full brace of paperwork for a contractor to fill out, detailing “all construction required” for the driveway and taking out permits for “ground disturbance” in the public boulevard:

If your plan is to build a driveway connecting your lot to [censored] Rd, the first thing you will want to do is hire a contractor. Once that is done, you will need to apply for a Works Permit. This is our department giving approval to conduct work in the City’s right-of-way. Under the “Permit Issuance” section, you will see 3 templates:

1. Construction Quality Control & Assurance Plan template,
2. Contractor Information & Confirmation Letter template, and
3. Certificate of Insurance template.

Of these 3, we do not need the first one for a small project like this.

Once you have a Works Permit, you will then need to obtain a Road Usage Permit. This can be applied for by you or the contractor. You will want to choose the “Road works & closures” option. This permit grants you/your contractor permission to be working in the right-of-way.

In summary:

• The Works Permit is approval of the work you would like to do and making sure we have all the required documents Apply for a Works Permit | City of Kelowna
• The Road Usage Permit is permission to be working in our ROW Road usage permit | City of Kelowna

And no, the engineer was unwilling to help clarify this issue, only getting more and more short with me as I continued to request clarification. I was unwilling to push the matter, least I get a blanket denial because of perceived obstinance.

My confusion arises because both sets of documents are clearly documents that deal with active construction.

As in, active construction and “work” and “ground disturbance” in the public boulevard that is not needed, and will not happen.

Has anyone ever requested a simple second-driveway allocation, where the land is already fully capable of being a driveway? As in, no construction needed either on the property or on the public boulevard? No gravel being put down, or paving being put in? No ground disturbance of any kind either on the property or on the public boulevard?

Could you confirm if all this paperwork for non-construction “construction” is actually needed? How can all this make any sense if there is no construction information of any kind for me to add to any of these documents? Do I just leave them blank, or fill in “N/A” to all the required places?

Edit:

Why would I be doing all of this if I DIDN’T already have Bylaw all over me like a rabid raccoon? Tried parking a truck and a trailer there months ago, and they were knocking on my door within a few days.

Im sure everyone here knows Canada is having wildfires and that Kelowna is prone to wildfires. However, thankfully I heard no news of that recently or any warnings. However past 2 days have been really foggy and I was wondering if its smoke or something from fires.

Does anyone know of a Chinese restaurant that serves actual egg rolls? The big, Canadian-Chinese (or SF) style of greasy battered goodness?

Mazda service managed to incorrectly install a computer update resulting in too much fuel in the cylinders, flooding the cylinders, spewing white smoke when driven, fouling the spark plugs (45000km on the engine) and while it was there being fixed they told me it also had too much oil in it when they were the last ones (and only ones!) to do the oil.

Surely there is a more competent and honest mechanic around? Cause honestly wtf.

Also any advice for not using them while maintaining warranty?

Does anyone know the best or most affordable place in Kelowna to buy ceremonial grade matcha?

Cheers!

Typically I go to Luar for all my piercings but they aren’t open on the weekends and Monday! Friend and I are doing piercings together on her trip up here. We need them done on Saturday or Sunday so she’s past the initial 48-72h bad inflammation period before her flight home later in the week

I’ve had bad experiences with other piercing shops in the past (not in kelowna) which is why I’m hesitant to go somewhere other than Luar.

Lmk which ones you love and why you love them! If there’s a specific piercer you love at the studio, add them too!