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Kamloops real estate market remains hot, setting new records
The average home in the Kamloops area neared $550,000 with 382 homes sold last month.…
Making your money work for you
Steven Theimer makes people’s money work for them. The Penticton-based consultant with IG Wealth Management…
Right at Home: The bandana gets some new twists in decor
If ever a 22-inch square of cotton could tell stories, it would be the bandana.…
Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag
LONDON – The wine is out of this world. The price is appropriately stratospheric. Christie’s…
Ontario wants in: Local, Alberta, Vancouver real estate buyers have new competition
If you're seeing a lot of out-of-province licence plates on Okanagan or Kamloops streets, they…
COVID-19 rules against large gatherings force PNE to cancel 2021 exhibition
VANCOUVER -The Pacific National Exhibition says ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have forced the cancellation of…
Sundial Growers to buy Inner Spirit for $131M, deal expected to close later this year
CALGARY – Sundial Growers Inc. says it will purchase cannabis company Inner Spirit Holdings Ltd.…
Peloton recalls treadmills, halts sales, after a child dies
NEW YORK – Peloton is recalling about 125,000 of its treadmills less than a month…
It’s official: Beer on the beach is back for another summer in Penticton
Penticton’s public alcohol consumption pilot project is back for a second summer after passing a…
Kelowna’s Water Street by the Park has 10 times more interest in suites than actual suites
It wasn’t that long ago that the 200 block of Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna…
CMHC predicts COVID-19 immunity will moderate pace of home sales, prices by 2023
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the average home price could rise by as much…
Central 1 housing analysis predicts slower market in 2022 but prices continue upward
VANCOUVER – The latest analysis of British Columbia's housing market predicts yo-yo-like activity over the…
Home renovation savings prove elusive as wood prices at record highs
CALGARY – Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a…
Wine of the Week: Celebrate Mother’s Day with a magnum of rosé
Go big this Mother’s Day and grab your mom a magnum of rosé to celebrate…
Alabama Legislature drops resistance, OKs medical marijuana
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama lawmakers overcame years of resistance and gave final passage to medical…
iN VIDEO: Drones distributing sterile moths in Okanagan to curb pest numbers
A chance encounter on a winter vacation has led to a whole new way of…
Penticton’s popular Smugglers Smoke House closing its doors
Penticton’s Smugglers Smokehouse has become an economic victim of the pandemic. Owner and operator Shayna…
RECIPE: Make this soup for mom this weekend
One of my greatest joys has been my involvement with Soup Sisters and being one…
Kelowna community fridge offers free food to those in need
Like those free libraries popping up in people's front yards, the Kelowna Community Fridge operates…
COVID stalls major Kelowna waterfront hotel project
Westcorp is struggling to find a way to get its stalled Kelowna hotel restarted during…
SOLD: Controversial Lake Country motel is off the market
The Okanagan’s hot real estate market may have been the silver bullet for concerns surrounding…
Lake Country’s notorious Airport Inn sold for $3.5M
After being boarded up for more than a year, the controversial Airport Inn Lakeside in…
Central Okanagan was B.C.’s fastest growing region last year
With a two per cent growth in population in 2020, the Central Okanagan was the…
‘We will do everything we can,’ B.C. police say to reassure public amid gang violence
BURNABY, B.C. – Some of British Columbia’s top police officials tried to reassure the Metro…