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iN PHOTOS: A peek inside a bustling, vintage Kamloops yarn shop
November 01, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Tucked into an industrial park on the outskirts of Kamloops is a small mill filling a big gap in a growing vintage market.
Thompson-Okanagan has lowest employment rate in B.C.
October 31, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The Thompson-Okanagan region has the lowest employment rate in the province, and unemployment is back up to where it was during the pandemic.
Vernon cobbler will fix just about anything to keep the trade alive
September 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

People travel from Penticton, Kamloops, Salmon Arm and beyond to a cobbler in Vernon to get their shoes fixed.
How a Vernon business was born with help from the Entrepreneur Immigration Program
April 14, 2024 - 6:00 PM
iNwheels

Satoca Bike is a Vernon business that was born through the Entrepreneur Immigration Program and it serves as a testament to how this program can bring in new businesses as well as new community members.
Vernon-based Kal Tire has new president from outside founding family
March 04, 2024 - 10:40 AM
iNwheels

Vernon-based Kal Tire has a new president from outside the company’s founding family.
Appetite for young Kamloops entrepreneur's sweet baked treats on the rise
December 10, 2023 - 6:00 PM
iNwine

A new baking business is booming in Kamloops, and the father and son team behind it are racing to keep up to demand for their tasty baked treats.
Kelowna aerospace company will provide maintenance for Canada's new spy planes
December 01, 2023 - 12:00 PM

A Kelowna-based aerospace company will be maintaining the RCAF's new surveillance planes the federal government is buying from Boeing.
Impacts from crime, social disorder on the rise in Kamloops: business survey
November 15, 2023 - 5:30 PM

Criminality and social disruptions in Kamloops continue to cost businesses time and money as they struggled to deal with trespassing, vandalism, theft and public defecation.
One revenue source Thompson-Okanagan cities won't even consider
November 28, 2022 - 6:30 AM

Local governments have limited ability to raise money to run their towns and cities.
Clean makeup business founded in Salmon Arm expands to Victoria as sales skyrocket
September 03, 2021 - 6:30 AM

A business owner from Salmon Arm is winning awards and seeing her sales skyrocket as her line of clean makeup products expands.
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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 January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jon

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided. According to a Jan. 15 BC Supreme Court decision, Michelle Vrinder Sikora and Douglas Peter Sikora have launched nu

Kelowna moves to loosen up short-term rental rules
Kelowna city council has decided to loosen up its short-term rental rules after a year of complaints from residents. Council directed staff to draw up new bylaws that align with the provincial short-term rental laws at a meeting yesterday,

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