Jan 13, 2021 12:04 AM
Russ Byth
Kelowna city council has approved rezoning for the site of the proposed new Costco. It was a 7-2 vote after a virtual public hearing last night. Most of the concerns were over increased traffic in the area of Leckie, Baron and Springfield. The project now goes to an application development permit, and Costco has committed to providing two and a half million dollars for traffic Improvement.
The Province reported 446 new cases of covid-19 in BC yesterday, which included 67 in the Interior Health District. There are just over 5,000 active cases in the province and 895 in I-H. There has been little change in the number of people in the hospital at 368, and just over 62- thousand people have received a vaccine.