News Items tag as: Okanagan Film Commission

Animation artists in the Okanagan 'kneecapped' by BC government
March 22, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Cartoon creators in the Okanagan are about to take a big financial hit.
Forum for Okanagan TV and film talked industry "boom"
March 17, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Dozens of aspiring actors and movie makers attended the Okanagan TV and film forum in Kelowna on Saturday.
Reality TV show giving single Okanagan farmers another chance to find love
February 24, 2023 - 4:39 PM

Okanagan farmers looking for love with have a chance to find their soulmate on upcoming reality TV show.
Movie-making reached new heights in the Okanagan in 2022
February 17, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Movie-makers spent $67.5 million filming in the Okanagan last year.
Film and TV pros want help scouting rustic backdrops in the South Okanagan
August 24, 2022 - 6:00 AM

The region's film and television industry needs more places to shoot in the South Okanagan.
This could be your first step into the Okanagan’s film and television industry
August 13, 2022 - 6:02 PM

A weekend of film crew bootcamp in Westbank will help those with dreams of working in show business figure out where they might fit into the industry.
'A place to make films': Okanagan movie industry coming of age
June 28, 2022 - 6:00 PM

Not only is the film industry in the Okanagan booming, it has become a film centre, according to the film commissioner.
Psychological drama filming in the South Okanagan
August 03, 2021 - 3:30 PM

A new Indie feature film will be shooting in Penticton, Summerland, Keremeos and Osoyoos this summer.
Film crew in Penticton to shoot pilot for Kevin Costner-produced TV series
April 06, 2021 - 5:06 PM

If the intent was to not attract attention, it was pretty hard not to notice dozens of trucks, trailers and tents set up on the parking lot of Penticton’s Wholesale Club.
Lifetime movie being shot in Osoyoos, Oliver and Cawston
April 06, 2021 - 2:14 PM

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife, a Lifetime movie starring actors from Riverdale and Arrow, will be shooting in Osoyoos, Cawston and Oliver this month.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
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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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: Okanagan Film Commission

Animation artists in the Okanagan 'kneecapped' by BC government

Forum for Okanagan TV and film talked industry "boom"

Reality TV show giving single Okanagan farmers another chance to find love

Movie-making reached new heights in the Okanagan in 2022

Film and TV pros want help scouting rustic backdrops in the South Okanagan

This could be your first step into the Okanagan’s film and television industry

'A place to make films': Okanagan movie industry coming of age

Psychological drama filming in the South Okanagan

Film crew in Penticton to shoot pilot for Kevin Costner-produced TV series

Lifetime movie being shot in Osoyoos, Oliver and Cawston

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