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A BC bar has been fined $3,000 for being 12 minutes late clearing a table.

The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan.

Kelowna has been invited to throw its hat in the ring for world-class culinary recognition.

VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila — so long as you don't want any actual liquor.

A British Columbia organization that helps migrant workers says it's been repeatedly contacted by employees of a winery in the Okanagan Valley that has been permanently banned from hiring temporary foreign workers and fined $118,000 for breaking program rules.

Whether it’s for a quick lunch or a much needed late night burrito after an evening at the bar, folks in Vernon now have the option to visit Taco Bell.

Warm up this winter with cups of steaming decadent hot chocolate at the Okanagan Hot Chocolate Festival festival next month.

A steady stream of customers filter into Kekuli Café in Kamloops on a grey, chilly morning for hot drinks and warm, fresh bannock.

Christmas cookies are baking in ovens across Kamloops and the Okanagan, and this includes traditional classics enjoyed for hundreds of years.

The kitchen at Mary Ann’s Macarons in Kamloops is clean and comfortable, a place where thousands of festive macarons are made all year round.

Walking through the doors of Harvest Moon Bakery in Kamloops is like walking into a warm hug filled with inviting aromas of freshly baked breads and savoury cheese and herbs.

Kamloops resident Crystal Hughes had a passion for photography since high school. After earning diplomas in holistic nutrition, and starting a family, she combined her love for photography, healthy food and cooking.

While shaggy mane mushrooms are a common find for foragers in the Okanagan and Kamloops, the fungus does something unusual at this time of year, they start to dissolve into an inky mess. 

Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year.

Walking into one of the oldest and beloved family diners in Kamloops is like walking back in time with retro 1950s decor and the nostalgic atmosphere of home.

With autumn in full swing and the summer's harvest brought in, Nighthawk Vineyards is getting ready for a celebration! As usual, the wineries of the Okanagan Falls/Shaha Lake Winery Association have their fabulous end-of-season “Holiday Cheer” celebration planned. This year’s event will include a Bavarian Themed Christmas Market at Nighthawk Vineyards!

Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops.

The tantalizing aromas of smoked sausage and buttery cheeses waft through a bustling deli on Kamloops’ North Shore where an endless line up of customers peruse a vast selection of European delicacies.

An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year.

The weather is getting chilly and thankfully homemade soups are warm and ready for you at restaurants in Kamloops and the Okanagan.

Tomatillos? Cucamelons? Luffa? Some gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are harvesting interesting and unusual crops this fall that not everyone knows are grown in the region.

Okanagan Wine Festival is going to be a bit different this year due to the damage done to harvests by the winter’s cold snap, but organizers say it’s still going to have a lot to offer.

Mead has been gaining in popularity as an alcoholic beverage but also as a craft and career. Planet Bee in Vernon is a case in point.

To say that the Bibby family is busy would be a terrific understatement. They are the owners and operators of Nighthawk Vineyards in Okanagan Falls, BC. Their property is not just a vineyard and winery, but also features an award-winning outdoor patio restaurant and two luxury eco-resort “glamping” accommodations.

Perched high in the hills above Vernon the Edge Restaurant and Bar quietly opened its doors last week giving diners some of the best views of any eatery in the region.

Sometimes the most ordinary, unremarkable looking plants growing in our forests and neighbourhoods can have some surprising characteristics.

PENTICTON, B.C. - Premier David Eby has announced millions in additional funding for British Columbia's beleaguered fruit industry, a day after a growers co-operative that has served farmers for almost a century filed for creditor protection citing more than $58 million in liabilities.

Government officials are scrambling for a solution now that Okanagan farmers need a new way to get their harvest to market.

The devastating loss of grape vines due to the intense cold snap this past winter has left wineries in the Okanagan scrambling to stay in business.

A limited edition dark lager has been released by Penticton's Cannery Brewing in support of wildland firefighters.

The Alberta-British Columbia wine fight appears to be coming to an end.

Shuswap Tourism has launched a unique culinary experience so locals and visitors alike can discovery local food.

Today is the last day to check out Kelowna’s Ribfest in City Park.

Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer.

Perched on top of the hillside with expansive views over Swan Lake, Vernon's only winery quietly opened its doors last week.

A new centre to research food, beverages and tourism, and train people for in-demand jobs in the sector is coming to Kelowna.

The fourth season at a giant cherry farm near Kamloops is looking a lot different than usual this year.

Okanagan College has received a $1.75 million grant from the federal government to aid innovation in the beverage industry in BC.

CHICAGO (AP) — Vacationing in Chicago this week from Europe, Jelle den Burger and Nirusa Naguleswaran grabbed a bite at the Dog House Grill: a classic Italian beef sandwich for him, grilled cheese for her.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stefani De Palma, an award-winning chef and head of the a team vying to represent the Americas in a French culinary competition in January, knew she wanted her team's work to feature flavours of her native California.

Giant white mushrooms are landing in the pans of some foodies and foragers in Kamloops and the Okanagan after a long, cool spring.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of Oregon wineries and vineyards have sued PacifiCorp over the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state, alleging that the utility's decision to not turn off power during the Labor Day windstorm contributed to blazes whose smoke and soot damaged their grapes and reduced their harvest and sales.

A Kelowna brewery took home awards for the best gluten-free beer in Canada.

The Whistle Dog is returning to the A&W menu across Canada and die-hard fans of the iconic fast-food item played a role.

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about.

The Pig Out Festival is back in South Okanagan today.

It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears.

Nightlife in downtown Kamloops is about to get more eclectic as the first commercial art gallery in the city is opening this week, featuring a wine bar and 1930s theme. 

Canada's farm fields are in the midst of a transformation.

A Kelowna based hot sauce maker is inviting people to test their spice tolerance for a chance to win a prize.

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.

Cherry growers are seeing the damage this winter’s cold snap has done to their trees as the buds begin to bloom, but one farmer said it’s still too early to tell exactly how bad the damage is.

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 Okanagan Fest of Ale took place in Penticton this weekend, and announced which local craft beers were voted the best in the province.

A beloved Lake Country cafe announced it was planning to close earlier this week due to rising costs and a lack of business, but some members of the community are coming together in hopes of keeping it open.

People can raise a glass to Kevin the Goose at a memorial and fundraiser in Penticton this weekend.

Kelowna's popular famers' market is on the move this spring to a new location.

With CEBA repayments due, Okanagan businesses could be worse off than other areas of British Columbia.

A star-studded lineup is coming to a concert series in the Okanagan this summer.

A Kelowna man went head to head in a competition with Canada’s best young sommeliers and came out on top.

About a quarter of all the vineyards and wineries in the Okanagan are for sale but few rival the Duncan Vineyard Estate in cost at $15 million.

Bliss Bakery has been a crucial part of downtown Kelowna for a decade but now its coffee legacy is coming to an end.

A Kaleden viticulturist and helicopter pilot has come up with an idea that could save vineyards from damage caused by cold snaps.

NEW YORK (AP) — Food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman made the unusual step a few years ago of creating an entirely new shape of pasta. The obvious next step? Writing a cookbook to highlight it.

A third-generation family-run farm is offering a subscription service for flowers in Kelowna.

This week’s announcement that the province is kicking $70 million more into agricultural replant programs is welcome news, especially for the wine industry.

Alchemy Bread Company is a locally owned bakery with a mission to bring authentic European bread to Kelowna. And their new permanent location at Polene Bakery & Bistro is doing just that from Bernard Avenue. 

The selling price of Canadian farmland grew by 11.3% last year.

The BC government has put $70 million towards helping fruit growers replant crops and become climate resilient after devastating cold weather.

Oliver's Burrowing Owl Estate Winery took home the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction during the 2024 Wine Industry Awards ceremony last night.

One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.

Kelowna's only traditional English eatery has shuttered with the owners blaming tough economic times.

The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior.

There will soon be three more places for Mexican food lovers to stop for a bite at in Kamloops, two on the North Shore and one out in Valleyview.

While Okanagan apple growers didn't experience the same kind of killing damage that January’s cold snap dealt to grapes and soft fruit, the industry has been struggling for years with low prices.

While it’s not a cash handout, Farm Credit Canada is offering some easing of payments to Okanagan growers hit by January’s deep freeze.

The City of Kelowna is partnering with a tech company to bring drones and robots to the local agricultural industry.

KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — Just below the fog line hanging over the central Okanagan Valley, rows of saplings for a cherry orchard expansion span the eastern stretch above Highway 33 on the outskirts of Kelowna in Canada's wine country.

Okanagan-Similkameen regional district politicians got a chance to have a look inside the new, state-of-the-art fruit packing facility in Oliver recently and shared some of the photos.

The BC Government can't say how much, if any money will be set aside specifically for fruit growers that sustained heavy losses for the third year in a row, but it's going to help them prepare for more wild changes in weather in the future.

The Okanagan fruit industry is heavily dependent on thousands of temporary foreign workers in order to get the crop growing properly and harvested.

I planted my first peach tree last June, five months before Pantone named Peach Fuzz the 2024 color of the year. How serendipitous!

One of Kelowna's favourite restaurants, Olympia Greek Taverna, is set to reopen for takeout and delivery orders today.

Businesses in Penticton are asking the provincial government to avoid economic hardship caused by unnecessary travel bans this wildfire season.

With carbon footprints and organic produce being at the forefront of most consumer’s minds, one Okanagan winery is going the extra mile to make sure its practices are sustainable.

Okanagan grape growers and winery owners – who are often the same people – are looking for innovative ways to keep the industry alive despite losing the entire 2024 crop to this winter’s deep freeze.

A well-known macaron maker in Kamloops got the keys to a storefront location earlier this week and the next big step for her growing business.

It’s clear that the 2024 wine grape crop has been destroyed by cold weather throughout the Okanagan.

A Kamloops chef who's passionate about health has launched a new business and is offering nutritious and delicious whole food meals.

The cold snap in the southern Interior earlier this winter wiped out roughly three-quarters of stone fruits like peaches, apricots, plums and nectarines.

Lovers of Okanagan VQA wines may already be noticing declines in their favourite flavours in local liquor stores.

Five days of extremely cold weather in January killed just about every wine grape bud in the Okanagan.

Cherry growers in the Southern Interior fear a deep freeze earlier this year will greatly reduce cherry crops this coming season.

The Alberta government agency responsible for liquor and cannabis is tight-lipped about why it has chosen to suddenly cut out most if not all, BC wines from its shelves.

A popular soup and sandwich restaurant in Kelowna is offering something fun, delicious and innovative, and soup lovers might want to check it out.

Alberta delivered a harsh blow to Okanagan wineries last month by banning them from selling in its liquor stores if they also ship wines directly to customers.

EDMONTON - An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping it directly to consumers.

The Okanagan wine industry urgently needs to re-invent itself on a scale not seen for decades, according to a wine industry consultant.

The coffee scene in Kelowna is being redefined by a few roasters who are putting quality coffee and sustainability at the forefront of their businesses.

Jennay Oliver is one of West Kelowna’s most prominent farmers, known for her dedication to the local community, quality produce and maintaining her 105-year-old family-owned farm.