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Penticton city council turned down a rezoning application that would have paved the way for a six-storey apartment building with as many as 28 units, a decision that keeps the debate over infill density and housing supply in the city very much alive as council balances growth pressures against neighbourhood concerns.
In a separate land-use decision, council voted to keep a parcel of Agricultural Land Reserve property out of the hands of developers by blocking a proposed 10-unit subdivision, reinforcing the city's stance on protecting farmland even as housing demand across the Okanagan remains intense.
After more than a week of cancelled Calgary and Vancouver flights out of Penticton Regional Airport tied to the Bald Range wildfire, WestJet routes appeared active again after spotty service to and from Penticton, with flights on both the Vancouver and Calgary routes having been cancelled for a little over a week. The cancellations were linked to the Bald Range wildfire, with Transport Canada confirming a Notice to Airmen remains in place warning that flights may still be cancelled or delayed due to regional wildfire activity, so business travellers heading through YYF should keep checking status before heading to the airport.
Penticton council has rejected a rezoning application that would have allowed as many as 28 units in a six-storey apartment building on the former Warren House site, while separately moving to keep ALR farmland off-limits to a proposed 10-unit subdivision, showing council's continued caution on higher-density growth even amid the region's housing crunch.
After U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed and Washington's 50% tariffs kicked in, the federal government struck back at U.S. tariffs with $27.6 billion in counter-tariffs on American goods from cosmetics to furniture. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods will take effect on Sept. 8, calling Trump's tariffs "a miscalculation."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford went scorched-earth on the U.S. president this week, and called Donald Trump a 'loser,' the king of bankruptcies, insulted his intelligence and invited him to 'kiss my ass', with Trump firing back by calling Ford a 'flunky' as the Canada-U.S. relationship deteriorated further. Ford is standing firm on the outburst, telling reporters he does not believe he went too far in his personal attacks against U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week.
As provinces line up behind Ottawa's trade response, Saskatchewan's Premier Moe announced a 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze amid the trade war. The move adds another province to the growing list matching federal counter-tariffs with their own economic pressure on American goods.
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