News Items tag as: Bloom

iN PHOTOS: Enchanting cherry blossoms, colourful tulips bloom in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 18, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The cherry blossoms are just beginning to bloom pink and white in the Okanagan and will soon open up in Kamloops, giving parks and orchards an enchanting appearance, filling the air with delicate fragrance.
Popular Abbotsford tulip festival moving to North Okanagan
January 25, 2021 - 11:15 AM

A popular Fraser Valley tulip festival has uprooted from Abbotsford and is slated to bloom again in the North Okanagan.
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Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about. But that could change after a Michelin-starred chef teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Pe

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Why you should expect a bigger property tax bill in booming Kamloops, Okanagan next year
When the City of Kelowna tried to encourage developers and homeowners to produce more houses on existing lots in its urban neighbourhoods two years ago, it had an immediate effect. Land got assembled. Homes and lots were sold. Fourplexes an

iN PHOTOS: Enchanting cherry blossoms, colourful tulips bloom in Kamloops, Okanagan