News Items tag as: Okanagan farms

iN PHOTOS: Five affordable petting zoos to visit in Kamloops, Okanagan
July 30, 2025 - 4:00 AM

For families looking for something to add to their summer bucket lists, there are several petting zoos scattered throughout the Kamloops area and Okanagan to visit.
Up to 80% of Okanagan peach crop wiped out by winter cold snap
February 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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The cold snap in the southern Interior earlier this winter wiped out roughly three-quarters of stone fruits like peaches, apricots, plums and nectarines.
Where to get your fresh local produce delivered in the Okanagan
May 11, 2020 - 6:30 AM
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Fruits and vegetables are ripe for the picking all over the Okanagan. However, with the current COVID-19 pandemic, leaving your home to brave the local grocery store or farmers' market may be more of a hassle.
CLOSER TO HOME: Kamloops, Okanagan turn to small farms for locally-sourced food
April 16, 2020 - 12:00 PM
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Fresh, local food producers in the Okanagan are seeing what appears to be a COVID-19 induced spike in demand for their products.
Why locals aren't working in Okanagan agriculture
April 18, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - During the summer months, Okanagan farms and orchards attract workers from around the world and around the country, but often, strangely, that doesn't include locals.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

iN PHOTOS: Five affordable petting zoos to visit in Kamloops, Okanagan