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Okanagan Edge This Week is our look back at everything that happened in business in the region over the last seven days.
Local business news
Okanagan workers earn less
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It doesn’t matter what your job is – if you live in the Thompson-Okanagan, you’re probably getting paid less than the majority of your peers across Canada.
Statistics Canada has just released the results of a comprehensive survey of hourly, full-time wages in Canada. It reveals that salaries in the Thompson-Okanagan consistently come in below the rest of both the province and country.
The contrast is especially stark in the tech sector, where local tech workers make almost $10 an hour less than the national average.
Angler recovers from fire
With pumps still chugging in its basement, fighting the last remnants of the season’s flooding, The Blind Angler Grill in Peachland suffered another blow last week when it went up in flames.
“Fires, floods—now we’re just waiting for the locusts to come,” co-owner Nancy McDonald said with a chuckle.
But barring any biblical plagues, the Blind Angler is now up and running once again.
Old Paramount opens next year as CRAFT Beer Market
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In less than a year the former Paramount Theatre on will open its doors once again, but this time taps will replace the screens.
CRAFT Beer Market has announced it will open in the Bernard Avenue location by “early 2018.”
The Calgary-based chain is known for the extensive collection of beer on tap–each of its five locations across the country offers more than 100 different drafts.
Councillor’s company wins bid
A contract worth at least $187,000 to remove sandbags around Penticton has been awarded to a company owned in part by a city councillor.
Dispensary permits pulled
Penticton city council voted Tuesday to pull the plug on its licensing program for a pair of marijuana dispensaries operating in the city.
Feature business of the week
Kelowna business a HIIT
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A pair of Kelowna moms built a simply but brilliant business after one day, on a whim, they got out their iPhones and started filming.
B.C. business
Father of craft brew shortlisted
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Craft beer pioneer Frank Appleton has been named a finalist in the Taste Canada Awards.
Appleton, who wrote the 2016 memoir Brewing Revolution: Pioneering the Craft Beer Movement, hails from Edgewood, British Columbia.
The English-trained brewmaster has been called “the father of craft beer” in Canada.
Featured column
Anomalies, or warning signs?
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Okanagan Edge Columnist Bill Hubbard takes a look at a few trends in the local housing market that maybe, just maybe, might be the sign of a slowdown
Got the Edge profile of the week
Mel Breitkreutz of HIITit.ca
All Okanagan Biz Stories
