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Imagine Pools and Waterscapes is your one-stop pool company
September 13, 2021 - 8:30 AM

Imagine Pools and Waterscapes is a one-stop-shop, not only when it comes to creating your backyard oasis but also maintaining it. This Vernon-based, family-owned and operated company, has been serving Okanagan residents since 2004, with a goal of providing customers with years of worry-free enjoyment.
Kelowna city council sticks to its guns; demands unsafe house be demolished
August 23, 2021 - 3:57 PM

Given that Janusz Grelecki has an almost 18-year history of nuisance properties in Kelowna, city council was unanimous today in upholding its decision to order his house demolished.
Owner of derelict Kelowna house surprised by city demolition order
July 29, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The owner of a derelict home in Rutland seems to have been taken off guard by Kelowna city council's order to tear the building down earlier this week.
Video footage of Kelowna crane collapse appears to show obvious safety violations
July 15, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Two videos posted on social media that show what appears to be the first section of the crane that collapsed in Kelowna being removed have riled a union representative concerned about worker safety.
Deadly radon gas seeping into the majority of homes tested in some Okanagan communities
July 11, 2021 - 9:00 AM

Over the past winter, more than 1,000 homes in the Central Okanagan took up an offer to get free test kits to see if their homes were safe from radon.
Your source for irrigation system parts and landscape materials in the Central Okanagan
July 03, 2021 - 8:00 AM

Van-Kel Landscape and Irrigation in Kelowna is the place to go when it comes to the look of your home’s outdoor spaces. The long-established store — located on Pinto Road at the northern end of the city — carries everything you need for irrigation systems as well as for landscape lighting.
B.C. nations say 182 unmarked graves found in cemetery near former residential school
June 30, 2021 - 6:01 PM

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Two First Nations say a search using ground-penetrating radar has found the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school in the southern Interior of British Columbia.
Vernon ski area first to guarantee a living wage
June 12, 2021 - 4:17 PM

Vernon's Sovereign Lake Nordic Club is the first ski area in Canada to signify its commitment to ending working poverty, by paying all its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage
Renting can put the right tools in hands of the home handyman
May 31, 2021 - 8:00 AM

The impact of the pandemic has kept a lot of people at home over the last year and as a result, many have cast a critical eye over their living space. While some have opted to sell and move, many others who like their neighbourhood and home but want more features or space, are looking to renovate, and some are taking those home improvement tasks into their own hands.
Alberta sets sights on expanding forest products harvest as high prices drive returns
May 30, 2021 - 12:09 PM

CALGARY - A drive to increase Alberta’s forest harvest as lumber prices hover at record heights is allowing members of a northern First Nation to become resource owners as well as timber-gathering contractors, says the leader of the Bigstone Cree Nation.
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Sunny start to weekend likely to turn soggy by Sunday in Thompson-Okanagan
Enjoy the sunshine while you can in the Thompson-Okanagan regions because it’s only going to be around for a couple of days. The Okanagan looks to be getting the best of the good fall weather with sunny skies forecast by Environment C

Kamloops Farmers' Market is a delicious adventure
The Kamloops Farmer’s Market is a bi-weekly market that beautifully showcases the bounty from the surrounding areas of the Thompson Valley. The big market happens on Saturdays with around 100 vendors on site selling their products. We

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