News Items tag as: Early spring 2016

Bumper year for hay in the Okanagan
October 26, 2016 - 4:31 PM

OKANAGAN – An early spring, a wet summer and a mild fall have created the perfect conditions for field farmers in the Okanagan.
Okanagan apple harvest weeks ahead of schedule
September 14, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA – The president of B.C. Fruit Growers Association says apples are ready weeks earlier than normal in the Okanagan.
Kelowna cherries will be on the shelves by next week
June 08, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KELOWNA - Local cherries will be on sale in Kelowna early next week and maybe even sooner than that, the president of B.C. Fruit Growers Association says.
Okanagan spring even earlier than last year: Farmers are smiling and so will consumers
April 22, 2016 - 8:00 PM

OKANAGAN – After a week of June-like weather across the Okanagan, local farmers are preparing for one of the longest growing seasons on record.
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Bumper year for hay in the Okanagan