News Items tag as: Agriculture

'Passion for peppers:' Business is hot for South Okanagan couple
August 27, 2025 - 6:00 AM
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Anyone who frequents farmers markets in the BC Interior may have spotted Stu Smith and Sarah Harper offering tastings of their hot sauces.
iN VIDEO: An homage to the tumbling tumbleweeds of Kamloops
July 25, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The unique, desert-like landscapes of Kamloops would not be complete without the tumbling tumbleweeds that roll across the roads and rangelands every fall, lending a true Wild West charm to the city.
Meet the bees that live in those blue shelters in North Okanagan fields
June 30, 2024 - 3:30 PM

People often wonder what those blue huts in farmers’ fields in North Okanagan are for. Those huts usually house an often overlooked alfalfa leafcutting bee.
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
May 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears.
Opposition to pollution from Kelowna fruit packing plant growing
March 19, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Despite a history of warnings and fines dating back to 2019, the Sandher Fruit Packers plant just outside Kelowna city limits in the Ellison area continues to dump pollutants.
Farmland values drop in Okanagan and stay flat Thompson-Nicola: report
March 14, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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The selling price of Canadian farmland grew by 11.3% last year.
High-tech farming coming to 200 acres of Okanagan orchard
March 06, 2024 - 4:30 PM
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The City of Kelowna is partnering with a tech company to bring drones and robots to the local agricultural industry.
Why there are painted quilt squares on barns and buildings in North Okanagan
September 10, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Enderby resident Laurel Neufeld loves to ride her bicycle or motorbike onto country roads with her camera in search of brightly coloured painted quilt squares on barns throughout the North Okanagan.
iN HOLIDAY: B.C. cranberries from farm to Christmas plate
December 16, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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Ruby red cranberries can be seen floating in bogs on farms in the Lower Mainland during the harvest in the fall, in spectacular splashes of colour.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

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

Kamloops lobby group says new housing rules lack rental protections
A Kamloops lobby group is calling on city hall to protect renters amid plans to densify urban neighbourhoods. New City of Kamloops plans "don't go far enough" to prioritize renters displaced by redevelopment, according to a Tr

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