News Items tag as: Big White Ski Resort

It snowed at Big White and Silver Star on the weekend
June 11, 2018 - 11:27 AM

KELOWNA - Just 10 days before the summer solstice there was snow on the ground in the villages at Big White Ski Resort and Silver Star Mountain Resort yesterday.
iN PHOTOS: This is what record-breaking Okanagan snow looks like
March 08, 2018 - 6:30 PM

OKANAGAN - There’s a whopping nine feet of snow at Silver Star Mountain right now — the height of an average ceiling.
Big White putting $10 million into ski resort
March 08, 2018 - 12:34 PM

BIG WHITE - Big White Ski Resort has announced what it calls the biggest investment in the mountain in a decade, around $10 million.
Big leak cuts water supply at Big White
February 22, 2018 - 11:12 AM

BIG WHITE - A major leak caused by someone illegally hooking up to the water supply caused a temporary loss of water service at Big White Ski Resort earlier today, Feb. 22.
Young man killed while snowboarding at Big White
February 19, 2018 - 12:39 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna RCMP say an investigation is continuing into the death of a young man killed yesterday afternoon at Big White ski resort.
Thousands cheer Canadian Olympic athletes at Okanagan ski resort
January 07, 2018 - 11:00 AM

KELOWNA – Over 6,000 people took part in a celebration at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna yesterday to send-off some of the Team Canada athletes who will be competing in the upcoming winter Olympic games.
Early snow good news for Interior ski resorts
November 10, 2017 - 4:30 PM

Early November snow is piling up at higher elevations throughout the Thompson-Okanagan and the local ski resorts are making opening day plans.
READ CAREFULLY: Waiver is 'complete defence' for Big White despite 'negligence,' judge rules
September 27, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – Big White Resort’s negligence caused a snowboarder serious injury, but a Vancouver judge had to dismiss his lawsuit because their waiver is so comprehensive.
Firefighters battling a blaze at Big White's Monashee Inn
August 23, 2017 - 4:48 PM

KELOWNA - Fire crews are fighting a structure fire at Big White this afternoon.
$3.5 million staff accommodation building going up at Big White
August 16, 2017 - 4:38 PM

KELOWNA - Big White is in the process of constructing a $3.5 million staff accommodation building in the Black Forest area of the ski resort.
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