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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 DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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