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Some Okanagan restaurants having tough time repaying CEBA loans
March 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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With CEBA repayments due, Okanagan businesses could be worse off than other areas of British Columbia.
Kelowna man takes first place in national young sommelier award
March 25, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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A Kelowna man went head to head in a competition with Canada’s best young sommeliers and came out on top.
Of dozens of Okanagan vineyards for sale few pricier than this $15M Naramata offering
March 24, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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About a quarter of all the vineyards and wineries in the Okanagan are for sale but few rival the Duncan Vineyard Estate in cost at $15 million.
'People behaving badly': Crime part of reason for Bliss Bakery's exit from downtown Kelowna
March 24, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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Bliss Bakery has been a crucial part of downtown Kelowna for a decade but now its coffee legacy is coming to an end.
Millions in replant money for Okanagan fruit growers only a small part of the solution
March 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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This week’s announcement that the province is kicking $70 million more into agricultural replant programs is welcome news, especially for the wine industry.
Oliver winery receives highest honour at Canadian Wine Industry Awards
March 13, 2024 - 9:47 AM
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Oliver's Burrowing Owl Estate Winery took home the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction during the 2024 Wine Industry Awards ceremony last night.
Kelowna's only traditional English restaurant closes its doors
March 11, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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Kelowna's only traditional English eatery has shuttered with the owners blaming tough economic times.
Importing grapes may save the Okanagan wine industry
February 19, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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Okanagan grape growers and winery owners – who are often the same people – are looking for innovative ways to keep the industry alive despite losing the entire 2024 crop to this winter’s deep freeze.
Growing grapes in Okanagan is 'like Russian roulette' these days: winemaker
February 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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It’s clear that the 2024 wine grape crop has been destroyed by cold weather throughout the Okanagan.
Okanagan grape harvest wiped out for 2024
February 14, 2024 - 7:56 AM
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Five days of extremely cold weather in January killed just about every wine grape bud in the Okanagan.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of September 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

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

Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, putting his position in line with that of his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. Th

'I think it's wrong:' Vernon adds another fee to developers building much-needed housing
Amidst a housing crisis, and a push by the province to ease the red tape involved in building, the City of Vernon has introduced a fee seen by many in the industry as sending the wrong message. At Vernon's Sept. 3 council meeting, the C

News Items tag as: iNwine

Some Okanagan restaurants having tough time repaying CEBA loans

Kelowna man takes first place in national young sommelier award

Of dozens of Okanagan vineyards for sale few pricier than this $15M Naramata offering

'People behaving badly': Crime part of reason for Bliss Bakery's exit from downtown Kelowna

Millions in replant money for Okanagan fruit growers only a small part of the solution

Oliver winery receives highest honour at Canadian Wine Industry Awards

Kelowna's only traditional English restaurant closes its doors

Importing grapes may save the Okanagan wine industry

Growing grapes in Okanagan is 'like Russian roulette' these days: winemaker

Okanagan grape harvest wiped out for 2024

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