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Top 4o Over 40: Okanagan professional has 20-year history in Kelowna

Top 4o Over 40: Okanagan professional has 20-year history in Kelowna

Mary Clark is being honoured as part of BDO’s Top 40 Over 40 program

  • Mar 27, 2019
Top 4o Over 40: Okanagan professional has 20-year history in Kelowna
Top 40 Over 40: Kelowna football coach honoured for his abilities

Top 40 Over 40: Kelowna football coach honoured for his abilities

Kendall Gross is being recognized by BDO’s Top 40 Over 40 program

Top 40 Over 40: Kelowna football coach honoured for his abilities
Armstrong cake maker tops out provincially

Armstrong cake maker tops out provincially

Froster Tier Cakes earns Wedding Award, other Kelowna, Salmon Arm and Kamloops businesses also awarded

Armstrong cake maker tops out provincially
Gordon Forbes of the organic Forbes Family Farm at the Penticton Farmers’ Market Brennan Phillips / Penticton Western

South Okanagan organic farmer wins Farmers’ Market Vendor of the Year

The BC Association of Farmers’ Markets celebrated the best of B.C. with the sixth annual awards

Gordon Forbes of the organic Forbes Family Farm at the Penticton Farmers’ Market Brennan Phillips / Penticton Western
Owners Tanya and Jon Garratt offer a plate of gourmet donuts while holding baby Callie Garratt. - Carli Berry/Capital News

VIDEO: Kelowna cake company expanding to offer fancy donuts

We recommend the oreo donut, or the bacon, caramel, popcorn kind

Owners Tanya and Jon Garratt offer a plate of gourmet donuts while holding baby Callie Garratt. - Carli Berry/Capital News
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Kelowna woman turns tough situation into business opportunity

Laura Pelletier is the owner of Kwikfit4u Canada

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Kelowna dental clinic puts smiles back on faces of those in need

Kelowna dental clinic puts smiles back on faces of those in need

Fresh Dental Hygiene, offers a free service once a year for those who may not be able to afford it.

Kelowna dental clinic puts smiles back on faces of those in need
Kelowna business woman first in the Okanagan to specialize in commercial real estate

Kelowna business woman first in the Okanagan to specialize in commercial real estate

Meghan O’Mara is the vice president of sales and leasing with HM Commercial

  • Feb 27, 2019
Kelowna business woman first in the Okanagan to specialize in commercial real estate
Contributed                                Leah Goldstein (Photo/contributed)

Vernon kickboxing champion honoured for Top 40 Over 40

World kickboxing champion and Israel’s first female elite commando instructor Leah Goldstein,…

  • Feb 27, 2019
Contributed                                Leah Goldstein (Photo/contributed)
(Photo courtesy Flair Airlines)

Flair Airlines halts new routes to Florida, California

Budget carrier stops service from Edmonton, Winnipeg and Toronto to Miami, Tampa Bay and more

(Photo courtesy Flair Airlines)
Okanagan business offers text to apply feature

Okanagan business offers text to apply feature

Home Depot looking to fill 109 positions in Kelowna, Kamloops, Westbank and Vernon

Okanagan business offers text to apply feature
Vernon’s Heather Sharpe honoured in Kelowna Chamber’s Top 40 Over 40

Vernon’s Heather Sharpe honoured in Kelowna Chamber’s Top 40 Over 40

Sharpe is a multi-award-winning event producer with many years of experience

  • Feb 20, 2019
Vernon’s Heather Sharpe honoured in Kelowna Chamber’s Top 40 Over 40
Nico Dirksen, Mark Ziebarth, Nathan Ziebart, Blair Baldwin and Cooper Simson took home the bronze for Okanagan College. (Photo contributed).

OC Business students earn bronze at collegiate case competition

The competition was held at Vanier College in Montreal

  • Feb 15, 2019
Nico Dirksen, Mark Ziebarth, Nathan Ziebart, Blair Baldwin and Cooper Simson took home the bronze for Okanagan College. (Photo contributed).
A screenshot from one of Travel Penticton’s “Real Time” social media campaign videos in the summer of 2018 promoting the city. (Travel Penticton/Instagram)

“Real Time” plugs for Penticton recognized as innovative

Travel Penticton is a B.C. tourism award finalist for its 2018 social media campaign

A screenshot from one of Travel Penticton’s “Real Time” social media campaign videos in the summer of 2018 promoting the city. (Travel Penticton/Instagram)
Fruit growers meeting in Penticton this week are talking about how increases to minimum wage, lack of seasonal workers and low prices are hurting the industry. (Black Press file photo)

‘Everybody’s drowning right now’: B.C. fruit industry struggling

Increase to miminum wage and adjustments to piece rates could affect seasonal workers

Fruit growers meeting in Penticton this week are talking about how increases to minimum wage, lack of seasonal workers and low prices are hurting the industry. (Black Press file photo)
South Okanagan distilleries among Canada’s best

South Okanagan distilleries among Canada’s best

Four distilleries win awards at Canada’s only national spirit competition

South Okanagan distilleries among Canada’s best
Straight from DeHart

Straight from DeHart

Mom’s Grind Coffee House to close in Kelowna

  • Feb 6, 2019
Straight from DeHart
BC Ferries’ Northern Expedition. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

BC Ferries’ president on LNG and northern routes

CEO Mark Collins to speak with Prince Rupert’s business community

BC Ferries’ Northern Expedition. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
Dehart: What’s new for Kelowna in 2019

Dehart: What’s new for Kelowna in 2019

Get caught up on exotic flavours and local birthdays

  • Jan 23, 2019
Dehart: What’s new for Kelowna in 2019
With the temperature sitting at -9 C on Dec. 4, Bench 1775 Winery was picking grapes for the icewine harvest.                                Photo courtesy of Bench 1775 Winery

Icewine harvest begins for some Okanagan wineries

Cold temperatures prompted wineries to start their icewine harvest

With the temperature sitting at -9 C on Dec. 4, Bench 1775 Winery was picking grapes for the icewine harvest.                                Photo courtesy of Bench 1775 Winery
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