News Items tag as: music festival

New dates for Salmon Arm Roots and Blues as organizers try to avoid wildfire smoke
November 09, 2023 - 3:59 PM

Salmon Arm Roots and Blues music festival has announced it’s going to happen earlier than usual next year.
Dates for next summer's Rock the Lake in Kelowna announced
September 18, 2023 - 10:48 AM

Kelowna's Rock the Lake has announced the dates for next year's music festival along with early bird ticket sales.
Big White's AltiTunes Music Fest returns following year of cancellations
November 27, 2021 - 3:31 PM

After last year’s cancellation, Big White Ski Resort announced the return of AltiTunes Music Fest, with performances from popular Canadian musicians.
Star-studded lineup announced for Grand Forks' Canada Rock Fest
March 05, 2020 - 2:54 PM

If you haven't bought tickets to the Grand Forks Canada Rock Fest, the lineup may change your mind.
Music festival doesn't miss a beat
August 14, 2019 - 5:44 PM

Salmon Arm will be crawling with music all week and weekend.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
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Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

New dates for Salmon Arm Roots and Blues as organizers try to avoid wildfire smoke