News Items tag as: PNAUG1215

Penticton native centre provides cultural grounding
August 13, 2015 - 11:30 AM

PENTICTON - A First Nations educational initiative that began more than 40 years ago has grown into a cultural institution aiming to connect and strengthen Aboriginal Peoples with their heritage and culture.
Why you'll want to reserve your Okanagan red wines this year
August 12, 2015 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - All through the Okanagan region, winemakers are getting excited about prospects for this year’s grape crop.
Rail trail group itching to get going on CN corridor
August 12, 2015 - 10:43 AM

HOPE TO BE OPEN BY JULY 2017
Roots and Blues Festival takes over Salmon Arm this weekend
August 12, 2015 - 8:30 AM

SALMON ARM - The Shuswap will be filled with the sounds of brass and bluegrass as the 'summer destination spot for fans and lovers of music' takes over Salmon Arm this weekend.
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THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because you don’t know where else to put it. I hope - for your sake - you don’t have what I have, multiple drawers. I

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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

Penticton native centre provides cultural grounding