News Items tag as: Business and entrepreneurial development

Vernon wants temporary immigration business program made permanent
March 13, 2024 - 3:45 PM

The City of Vernon has been piloting an entrepreneurial immigration program with the province and now wants the provincial program to be permanent.
Okanagan retailers ready to come roaring back after COVID-19 but have no place to go
August 08, 2022 - 8:00 AM

During the COVID-induced real estate boom over the past couple of years, housing and industrial markets were swamped with buyers pushing up prices.
Money talks: Entrepreneur crash-course hits Kelowna this June
May 01, 2019 - 7:30 AM

KELOWNA - Budding entrepreneurs who want to learn how to attract investors should mark June 15 and 16 on their calendars. That's the weekend the Valhalla Basecamp is coming to Kelowna.
Kelowna is the most entrepreneurial city in Canada, survey says
October 18, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A recent survey has named Kelowna as the most entrepreneurial community in Canada.
Robert Fine named new director of business development
December 16, 2014 - 4:25 PM

KELOWNA – After almost 20 years on the Central Okanagan’s Regional District Economic Development Commission, Robert Fine is making a change.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Vernon wants temporary immigration business program made permanent