Rob Munro
Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics
Funding boost given to the Okanagan wine industry
PENTICTON – Okanagan College’s Penticton campus is getting $1.75 million over five years for a…
Cherry season has officially arrived
KELOWNA – The cherry season has started in the Okanagan with early varieties now making…
Fruit growers filing hundreds of insurance claims as apricot, cherry crops hammered by weather
KELOWNA – The last two fruit growing seasons were particularly hard on apple growers, forcing…
Owner of Oriental Supermarket plans to open independent grocery store in Kelowna’s North End
The site of the former OK Builders Supply building just north of downtown Kelowna is…
Kitsch Wines looking to relocate and expand in Kelowna
A new 10,200 square foot winery is proposed by Trent and Maria Kitsch near their…
Another pub proposed for Kelowna’s growing North End brewery district
Now that the Rustic Reel craft brewery is up and running in Kelowna, the owner…
New way of preserving farmland championed in Okanagan, Kamloops
While there are a number of trusts that serve to protect wild land in B.C.,…
A ‘Fresh Start’ for those struggling through life has room to grow beyond its Kelowna roots
Michael Buffett walked away from his dream job running a Banff restaurant to live in…
Summerhill Winery wants to build a Culinary College for Humanity
The owner of Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna wants to create a world class Culinary College…
Plans afoot to revitalize ‘the only licensed bar on the beach of Okanagan Lake’
Three Alberta and Okanagan based men are taking over the food offerings at the troubled…
Kelowna farmers make core changes to produce Karma Apple Soda
The story of Karma Apple Soda is more than a story about a new product…
Why Okanagan orchardists may have to rely more on local labour this year
The lockdown at Byland Nurseries because of confirmed COVID-19 cases amongst temporary foreign workers is…
B.C. restaurants work to answer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s call to find ways to reopen dining rooms
When provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talked about finding innovative ways for restaurants to…
Historic buildings in downtown Kelowna could become massive new wine centre
A wine education and sampling centre with room for 625 people is being proposed for…
Penticton’s Wine Sensory Centre works with a lot more than wine
The recent announcement that UBC Okanagan will move its wine research centre to Kelowna from…