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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 a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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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