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New brew pub is choosing Lake Country for its home and its name
July 31, 2021 - 8:00 AM
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One of the Central Okanagan’s newest brewpubs plans to set up shop in Lake Country, far away from the emerging Brewery District in downtown Kelowna.
Member of Kelowna’s queer community says local MP delivered 'punch in the stomach'
July 30, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Kelowna-Lake Country MP Tracy Gray’s vote against banning conversion therapy feels “like a punch in the stomach” to Kelowna's LGBTQ community, according to the leader of Kelowna's Task Force to Ban Conversion Therapy.
iN PHOTOS: Owner of ‘unsafe’ house in Kelowna will fight the city in the hopes of saving his home
July 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM

After being ordered by the City of Kelowna to demolish his home, Janusz Grelecki is starting to clean up his property in an effort to get the city to back down.
Smoke is causing some flights to divert from Kamloops and Penticton to Kelowna Airport
July 30, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Three WestJet flights attempting to fly into Kamloops or Penticton over the past three days have been diverted to Kelowna.
COVID cases continue upward trend with 600 active cases in Interior Health
July 29, 2021 - 4:15 PM

There were 204 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in B.C. in the last 24 hours, the most in a single day since early June.
Penticton council criticized for only approving two more RCMP officers during special meeting
July 29, 2021 - 2:59 PM

Penticton City Council turned down a request from Mayor John Vassilaki for five new police officers today, July 29, at a special council meeting.
Kelowna highrise sells out within 48 hours of going on sale
July 29, 2021 - 1:35 PM
iNhome

The first of three residential highrise towers in the Water Street by the Park development in downtown Kelowna sold out almost as soon as they came on the market.
Brief respite from heat, smoke in Kamloops, Okanagan this weekend comes with risk of thunderstorms
July 29, 2021 - 1:00 PM

All those folks who have been putting off their outdoor exercise because of dense smoke throughout the Okanagan and Thompson regions can look forward to heading out on Sunday.
Owner of derelict Kelowna house surprised by city demolition order
July 29, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The owner of a derelict home in Rutland seems to have been taken off guard by Kelowna city council's order to tear the building down earlier this week.
The Okanagan could grow most of its own food and still have room for wine
July 29, 2021 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

A new report being presented to Okanagan regional districts is trying to get them to create a regional food system that will see most of the food consumed in the Valley grown here.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

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