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Kelowna

A kayaker paddles past scores of new tract houses on a hillside: it's an iconic image for ever-growing Kelowna, the unofficial 'capital' of the Okanagan and the sprawling center of all that's good and not-so-good with the region.

Downtown Kelowna on the far shore of Okanagan Lake, with the floating bridge, marina and hillside homes in the foreground

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