News Items tag as: Business and entrepreneurial development

Vernon wants temporary immigration business program made permanent
March 13, 2024 - 3:45 PM

The City of Vernon has been piloting an entrepreneurial immigration program with the province and now wants the provincial program to be permanent.
Okanagan retailers ready to come roaring back after COVID-19 but have no place to go
August 08, 2022 - 8:00 AM

During the COVID-induced real estate boom over the past couple of years, housing and industrial markets were swamped with buyers pushing up prices.
Money talks: Entrepreneur crash-course hits Kelowna this June
May 01, 2019 - 7:30 AM

KELOWNA - Budding entrepreneurs who want to learn how to attract investors should mark June 15 and 16 on their calendars. That's the weekend the Valhalla Basecamp is coming to Kelowna.
Kelowna is the most entrepreneurial city in Canada, survey says
October 18, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A recent survey has named Kelowna as the most entrepreneurial community in Canada.
Robert Fine named new director of business development
December 16, 2014 - 4:25 PM

KELOWNA – After almost 20 years on the Central Okanagan’s Regional District Economic Development Commission, Robert Fine is making a change.
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JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

Vernon wants temporary immigration business program made permanent