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Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global…
Simpcw Resources Group to open seasonal market in Barriere
Simpcw First Nation and Simpcw Resources Group are two of the recipients among the inaugural…
BC company offers $180K settlement after duping vulnerable investor $1.75M
A BC woman that was duped out of $1.75-million with the promise of a threefold…
Goldendoodle livestream from Vernon spreads joy across the globe
A registered goldendoodle breeder in Vernon is spreading joy with daily livestreams of puppies to…
Layoffs set to trim Global Okanagan news
After some speculation, it appears the axe has fallen at the Global Okanagan news bureau…
BC changes rules for VQA wines in effort to save wineries, jobs after grape freeze
The devastating loss of grape vines due to the intense cold snap this past winter…
More than $1M claimed after Kelowna flooring company goes bust
An Okanagan flooring company owes more than $1 million to dozens of companies after abandoning…
Dispute over Shuswap’s Crazy Creek suspension bridge lands in court
With one landowner on one side of the bridge and another landowner on the other…
Vernon cobbler will fix just about anything to keep the trade alive
People travel from Penticton, Kamloops, Salmon Arm and beyond to a cobbler in Vernon to…
A decade living a childhood dream: Vernon record store owner calls it a day
Growing up as a child in the 1960s, Kelvin Forgo's home was full of music.…
Thompson-Okanagan has lowest employment rate in B.C.
The Thompson-Okanagan region has the lowest employment rate in the province, and unemployment is back…
‘Deceitful conduct:’ Kelowna couple to pay $500K after duping dollar store buyer
Following a 2011 business trip to BC, Chinese television producer Zi Ye became enamoured with the…
iN PHOTOS: A peek inside a bustling, vintage Kamloops yarn shop
Tucked into an industrial park on the outskirts of Kamloops is a small mill filling…
These videos about small Thompson-Okanagan towns will make you proud to live here
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From brewhouses to outdoor theatre companies, a number of small businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan are being celebrated in a six-part video series. It’s part of a project called Small Business, Big Culture that highlights select cities across B.C. and Alberta. Vernon, Armstrong and Kamloops made the cut, in addition to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge,...
Advocate likens cost of a new Vernon arena to a monthly cup of coffee
VERNON - A number of businesses, sports groups and community members came out to show their support for a new arena in Vernon. Representatives from the Vernon Vipers, Greater Vernon Minor Hockey, the Vernon Figure Skating Club, the Prestige Hotel, Super 8 and Village Green, among others, came together at a news conference Monday, Nov....