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  • Penticton Business Celebrates 34 Years of Grooviness

    September 30, 2024 - 5:00 AM

    >Spinning Records Helps Join Together the Generations

    Any music lover will tell you that simple grooves cut into a vinyl disc can translate to smile-cracking memories or revive life-altering good times. Of course, the grooves we are talking about are on a vinyl record, and Penticton's Grooveyard Records is the perfect place to recall old memories or create new ones. After all, Grooveyard represents 34 years of curating an extensive collection of all things music.

  • Kelowna’s Best Social Spot Involves Throwing Rocks – And A Whole Lot More

    September 23, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    When people discover the Kelowna Curling Club, they are often quite surprised at what they find. The curling at the club is first-rate. It is not the sheer size of the club that surprises them - even though it is one of the world's largest (and most active) curling clubs. Instead, it’s all the activities that complement the curling club that newcomers are the most surprised by. The Kelowna Curling Club is about more than just curling.

  • New Product Report: MEGCRETe Engineered Sheathing

    September 22, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    Across the Okanagan, structures that have been damaged by wildfire and flooding need to be rebuilt. It should come as no surprise the BC construction industry has been actively looking for ways to improve exterior covering materials. That drive for change has produced exciting innovations, including a new product catching the eye of builders and homeowners.

  • Stüssi Sport: Gearing Up For A Great Season

    September 16, 2024 - 5:30 AM

    September is right around the corner, and that means one thing to Nordic sport enthusiasts — Stüssi Sport's grand reopening event. Because they live and breathe all things Nordic, summer is the time of year when the Stüssi Sport team in Vernon, BC catches a breather, closing their brick-and-mortar store for the summer. Doors reopen on September 10th, and this year's reopening is an extra special one: Stüssi Sport is celebrating 50 years of operation in Vernon.

  • barBURRITO Delivers Delicious Tex-Mex with an International Flair

    September 15, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    If it seems like you are suddenly seeing a series of new Tex-Mex restaurants popping up around the Okanagan Valley, well, you would be correct. barBURRITO is Canada's largest Tex-Mex food chain, and they’ve opened new locations across the Valley. Their success was so rapid that the chain was opening a new store every 2 months!

  • Play It Again Sports: Back to School Means Back to Sports

    September 11, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    September is a busy month for the hardworking team at Play It Again Sports. After all, school is starting up again, and that means a multitude of fall sports are also just around the corner. For Mike Boback, owner of the Play It Again Sports in Kamloops, this is one of the busiest times of the year - in short, smart shoppers are keen to take advantage of the deals his store offers.

  • You Need 4 Eyes to Solve Issues With Dry Eyes

    September 10, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    Your eyes are a key indicator of your overall health, and that is why at 4 Eyes Optometry - West Kelowna's newest optometry clinic - quality eye care goes far beyond just fitting patients with prescription lenses.

  • From the Ashes: Finding Solutions For Helping People

    July 29, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    Taegan Penner is an individual whose life has been a crusade of caring: She wants to help people. That desire influenced her to become a registered nurse and eventually enter the field of mental health. While working as a nurse in the Central Okanagan, Taegan found that more options were needed for individuals in Vernon seeking mental health assistance outside of existing mental health agencies.

  • Okanagan College introduces InspirED with new, career-focused programs

    July 22, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    When Mike Grewe looked to further his education, he was unsure whether the pursuit of traditional post-secondary education was truly for him. With a deep passion for music, Mike was looking for a program that would support his musical interests and position him for career opportunities in the industry. What he found was the Audio Engineering and Music Production Certificate at Okanagan College (OC). 

  • Lakeboat Winery's Lovingly Crafted Wines

    July 22, 2024 - 8:00 AM

    Tara Mathison, owner of Lakeboat Winery in Kaleden, BC, loves her vineyard. She and her team follow the regenerative approach and hand weed the property of five acres, ensuring herbicides do not come near their prized grapes. Land stewardship is just one of the ways that Lakeboat Winery is honouring the extraordinary Skaha area and the village of Kaleden.
  • JONESIE: The real forces controlling the news
    OPINION I think I understand sometimes why some people don’t trust the news anymore. It plays by old rules that seem silly and stuffy and serving you — citizens and readers/viewers — seems to be missing from the
  • What to do with those Oregon grape berries
    Sometimes the most ordinary, unremarkable looking plants growing in our forests and neighbourhoods can have some surprising characteristics. Oregon grape is found growing in wet and dry areas throughout the Thompson-Okanagan with its signat
  • FILE PHOTO Central Okanagan has quietest real estate month since 2012
    In the Central Okanagan, there was half the number of single-family homes sold in September compared to the 10-year average. A report from Rennie Intelligence paints a bleak picture of the Central Okanagan real estate market showing a 21% d

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