News Items tag as: Okanagan peaches

Up to 80% of Okanagan peach crop wiped out by winter cold snap
February 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

The cold snap in the southern Interior earlier this winter wiped out roughly three-quarters of stone fruits like peaches, apricots, plums and nectarines.
Okanagan peaches are scarce this summer
July 30, 2022 - 6:00 PM
iNwine

Many of the Okanagan’s u-pick farms are not open for peaches this year.
Peaches are ready in the South Okanagan
July 14, 2020 - 6:29 AM

A sure sign of summer in the Okanagan is peach season, and it is underway.
It looks like another bad year for Kamloops, Okanagan peaches, apricots
May 14, 2020 - 6:30 AM
iNwine

It's blossom time for early budding fruits like peaches, nectarines and apricots but gardeners from Kamloops and the Okanagan are noticing bare branches with few blooms, if any.
Local peaches are being picked and packed now
July 27, 2018 - 7:30 PM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan peach season has arrived.
Growing season for peaches has been, well, peachy in the Okanagan
August 05, 2016 - 1:00 PM

OKANAGAN - If you enjoy Okanagan peaches there’s no time like the present to pick some up, say growers.
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MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Police seize cannabis-infused candy mimicking popular name-brand snacks in B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - As Halloween approaches, police on Vancouver Island are urging the public to use caution after officers seized more than 120,000 cannabis-laced edibles, including chocolate and candies with packaging that mimics recognizable treats

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Up to 80% of Okanagan peach crop wiped out by winter cold snap