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Nighthawk Vineyards is bringing 'Holiday Cheer' to the vineyard - Bavarian Style
November 04, 2024 - 5:00 AM
iNwine Spotlight

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!
Armstrong Wine & Brew: Welcoming Your Creative Side
July 14, 2024 - 5:30 AM
Business Spotlight

The demographics of DIY wine and craft beer sales are changing. More and more young people are wanting to try their hand at home brewing. You can save money and find the perfect blend. Millennials and 30- to 40-year-olds are not afraid to let their artistic side take the driver's seat.
Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
May 13, 2024 - 9:00 PM
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COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about.
Kamloops' first commercial art gallery to jazz up downtown strip
May 02, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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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.
Climate-conscious travelers are jumpstarting Europe’s sleeper trains
March 09, 2024 - 1:00 PM

After being gently rocked awake in her sleeper cabin, Sarah Marks spent the morning of her 29th birthday watching the Alps zip past the windows of her overnight train to Zurich.
Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
August 09, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" mined and helped reshape American music, has died at 80.
iN PHOTOS: How to dress for Kelowna’s luxury polo event this summer
July 23, 2023 - 8:00 AM
iNwine

The annual Kelowna Polo Classic will take on a special atmosphere on the August long weekend this summer.
Okanagan wine industry will take half a decade to fully recover: Wine Growers
June 28, 2023 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

The summer of 2023 will likely be a great time to tour Okanagan wineries, soak up the sun, the atmosphere and the great 2022 wine crop.
Peak Cellars – Escape to Lake Country
May 22, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Business Spotlight

Peak Cellars is the perfect destination for a summer afternoon escape. Located in Lake Country, BC, Peak Cellars boutique winery offers picturesque patio dining and unique tasting experiences, a year-round destination that springs to life this time of year with a garden full of greens, vineyard walks and live music nights.
New Kelowna brewery going for an Okanagan camping vibe
March 28, 2023 - 7:00 AM
iNwine

There are craft breweries in Kelowna with dog, office and fishing themes. Now a new one called Three Lakes Brewing is set to open in the Kelowna Airport Business Park with its own special flavour.
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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 third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

The advantages and limitations of robot servers in Kamloops and Okanagan restaurants
Customers can find a cute kitty robot whizzing around serving food at a handful of Kamloops and Okanagan restaurants, but one restaurateur in Kelowna predicts it will take time before the bots become regular fixtures in the industry. The bo

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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