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Fire and Flower buying PotGuide cannabis website for US$8.5M in cash and shares
TORONTO – Cannabis retailer Fire and Flower Holdings Corp. has signed a deal to buy…
New Brunswick cannabis producers to be able to sell their products at their own facilities
FREDERICTON – Licensed cannabis producers in New Brunswick now have the option to sell their…
Defiant Penticton brewery getting positive feedback on anti-vaccine card stance
After a Penticton craft brewery recently announced it would be snubbing the province's upcoming vaccine…
Illegal cannabis extraction lab discovered during West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
While evacuating homes as the Mt. Law wildfire threatened this past weekend, a conservation officer…
Lake Country woman develops love for fungi, starts gourmet mushroom farm
A Lake Country woman decided to try a new business venture after her designated driving…
Boston Beer Company to make cannabis-infused beverages with two Ontario companies
TORONTO – A subsidiary of the Boston Beer Company Inc. will produce non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages…
Late-summer sip: A new world of booze-free options
Looking to kick back and enjoy the late days of summer with something non-alcoholic? There’s…
11-storey apartment building approved for downtown Kamloops
Kamloops will see another high-rise tower added to the downtown skyline after a development permit…
Okanagan housing prices still up more than 30 per cent from last year
The benchmark selling price of single-family homes in August for much of the Okanagan and…
Sales down but prices up in Kamloops real estate market
A 21% drop in the number of homes sold by Kamloops and District Real Estate…
Vintners despair after French wildfire ravaged grapevines
LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — After a wildfire blazed through a once-picturesque nature reserve near…
Why there are more grasshoppers, leafhoppers than usual in Okanagan this summer
Grasshoppers and leafhoppers are both benefitting from the hot and dry summer of 2021 in…
Rejection of free parkland in Kelowna likely means more pollution, not less: developer
The fight over a proposal to donate 250 acres of land near the McKinley reservoir…
Indigenous taco truck owner provides Westside Road community with wildfire updates in lieu of food while evacuated
An Indigenous taco stand owner who was evacuated due to the wildfire decided to continue…
Study finds cannabis use associated with higher risk of heart attack in young adults
A study led by Toronto researchers suggests recent cannabis use is associated with a higher…
Cannabis industry wants changes to regulations limiting pot beverage sales
TORONTO – When cannabis beverages first hit the market in early 2020, industry players saw…
Gardening when it’s dry: Prep soil, select plants wisely
Is your summer a summer of drought? No need to sit back and accept what…
Kamloops residents left stranded as rented houses are slated for demolition
Homes slated for demolition in Kamloops are leaving current renters scrambling to find more housing,…
B.C. realtor hit with a one year suspension and $150,000 in costs
Richmond realtor Wei Qing (Wendy) Yang has to pay the Real Estate Council of B.C.…
Penticton councillors fighting to remove red tape for off-site winery sales
The City of Penticton wants to cut red tape in B.C. to allow smaller wineries…
Judge: County in California can’t ban water delivery to pot farmers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Northern California county officials can't stop…
Big tree on your property? Best to check your insurance coverage before it comes down
CALGARY – When a severe storm ripped through parts of southern Ontario on Aug. 26,…
Kelowna considering major changes to fees it charges for new development
Developers could face thousands of dollars in increased payments to the City of Kelowna if…
Kelowna pub offers free meals for beleaguered health-care workers
Workers at Kelowna General Hospital and the B.C. Cancer Clinic are being offered free meals…