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Real estate sales down while housing inventory up in Central Okanagan
April 04, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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After an uptick in the fall, real estate sales in the Central Okanagan were almost a third below their long-run average last month, while housing inventory hit its highest level in more than a decade.
'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
March 06, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected.
Campaign underway to raise $2M to conserve 200 hectares of Kamloops grassland
February 19, 2025 - 12:15 PM

An initiative to purchase and conserve a large natural area east of Kamloops is underway.
Another uptick for Okanagan, Kamloops real estate sales
February 06, 2025 - 4:30 PM
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Sales and prices were largely up across the Okanagan and Kamloops in January as the real estate market had its fourth consecutive month of growth.
BC realtor promised client a Kelowna condo, instead bought himself a house
January 31, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC realtor who duped his neighbours out of $200,000 in an investment deal on a Kelowna condo spent the money on his own home.
BC realtor deceived client, put in higher offer and made $1M
January 19, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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A BC realtor, who used his insider knowledge to purchase a house that this client wanted to buy, has been ordered to pay the client half of the profit he made when he flipped the house for more than $1.2 million soon afterwards.
How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market
January 16, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar.
Feuding Kelowna siblings back in court over $24M land sale
January 08, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Two years after a BC judge attempted to end a long-standing legal feud between Kelowna businessman Ted Callahan and his three brothers – by ordering the sale of a highly valuable waterfront lot – the matter is back in front of the courts after Ted contested which company should oversee the sale.
2024 worst year for Central Okanagan real estate sales in 12 years
January 07, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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Last year was the worst year for real estate sales in the Central Okanagan for more than a dozen years.
Penticton fraudster convinced everyone she had cancer — including her husband
December 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM

WHILE ON PROBATION FOR FRAUD, SHE FOUND PLENTY OF NEW VICTIMS IN THE OKANAGAN.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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