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What it’s like for Kelowna magic mushroom business operating outside the law
August 02, 2025 - 6:00 AM
iN420

When people in Kelowna think of psychedelics they might think wavy colours, giggling around a campfire and a moment of self-discovery, or they might think about bad trips, police raids and nightmares.
Kamloops hockey centre claimed negative Google review reason not to pay marketing firm
February 23, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A Kamloops hockey training centre, that hired a marketing company to promote it on social media, has accused it of wrongdoing after the firm left it a negative review – on social media.
Buddhist monastery along Kettle River in Boundary Country listed for $3M
January 05, 2025 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

A Buddhist monastery along the Kettle River in the Boundary region has hit the real estate market for $3,000,000.
Where did all the Kamloops journalists go?
November 10, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Stop the presses.
Province buys Vernon apartment building to protect affordable housing
May 21, 2024 - 2:40 PM
iNhome

The BC government spent $3.1 million to purchase an apartment building in Vernon to protect 26 affordable rental homes.
Legal dispute means Shuswap Lake development still empty 16 years later
February 15, 2023 - 7:00 PM
iNhome

More than 15 years after a group of business people got together with the plan to develop a strip of waterfront property on Shuswap Lake, only one cabin exists and the handful of business partners are embroiled in bitter litigation.
Sale of $37M property could be biggest residential real estate deal in Kelowna history
December 08, 2022 - 6:00 AM
iNhome

A 90-acre parcel of land in the Rutland area of Kelowna has gone on the market for $37 million.
There was a time when it could take weeks to get from Vernon to Penticton
September 20, 2022 - 7:00 PM

On a good day it will only take a couple of hours to drive the 113-km-length (by road) of Okanagan Lake from Vernon to Penticton.
Kelowna’s Thomson Flats may go from hundreds to a handful of homes
April 28, 2022 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

Two of five parcels of land that were part of a failed bid to add to Kelowna’s supply of single-family building lots are for sale for $23.9 million.
B.C. handing out stickers to legal cannabis stores as number of unlicenced retailers grows
October 15, 2021 - 2:42 PM
iN420

The government is proud of how well British Columbia’s non-medical cannabis industry has been doing since it was legalized in 2018.
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JONESIE: Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas just can't help himself
OPINION People are going to start to think I don’t like Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, since I really haven't had anything good to say about him. That’s not really true. I will say this: He’s been Kelowna’s b

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Kelowna vacancy rate good enough for city to revisit short-term rental ban
Kelowna’s vacancy rate has been a number to watch since it’s an indicator of how the city’s housing supply is doing, and with the rate where it currently is and population growth projected to slow down, the city is preparing to

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