Employers wanted
NexusBC is now taking table applications for the 2017 Vernon Job Fair. So far, 15 businesses have signed up for the fair that takes place at the Vernon Lodge March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair is open to businesses and job seekers looking to fill seasonal, part-time, full-time, entry-level, or managerial positions. […]
Okanagan wine at fest
Okanagan wines will be featured prominently when this year’s 39th Vancouver International Wine Festival opens tomorrow. The festival brings together wine enthusiasts from across the province and around the world for nine days of wine-related events. This year, in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, Canada itself will be the festival’s theme country. Along with varieties […]
Love hurts wallet, not heart
Falling in love hurts the wallet more than the heart. That’s according to Ross Hickey, assistant professor of economics at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The average Canadian plans to spend $164 on Valentine’s Day this year, says a survey done by RetailMeNot.ca. Popular gifts include jewelry, which most consumers will spend $190 on, tickets to an […]
Construction starts at TRU
Construction on a new $30-million industrial training and technology centre at Thompson Rivers University has begun. A ground breaking ceremony was held Thursday in Kamloops. The 5,344-square-metre centre will allow the university to expand its trades and technology programs by an additional 550 full-time equivalent student spaces, for a total of 2,142. The renovated space […]
Blue chip Penticton
Penticton may be one of the best places in Canada to invest in real estate. In the most recent release of its annual property forecast, Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine listed Penticton as one of its blue chip picks for real estate investment. The magazine’s editors pointed to the city’s amenities, as well as its […]
Housing boom not over
A Kelowna realtor says the city is still in the “early to mid stages” of a real estate boom. AJ Hazzi, the founder of Vantage West Realty, made the prediction at a Kelowna Chamber of Commerce luncheon Feb. 8. Citing statistics from his firm’s “constant” tracking efforts Hazzi said strong inward migration, a “crazy” construction […]
A 100% organic Okanagan
Summerhill Pyramid Winery’s Stephen Cipes wants to transition the entire Okanagan Valley to 100 per cent organic by the year 2020. Cipes said that B.C. is an ideal agricultural and residential region in the world to demonstrate organic living. The winery has applied to be deemed Certified Naturally Grown. Organic wine is the fastest growing segment in the wine industry […]
Less tax for credit unions
Interior Savings Credit Union is applauding the provincial government’s decision to hold off on a tax increase for credit unions. As part of its next budget the government will announce a one-year pause to a planned elimination of a “preferential tax advantage” aimed at credit unions. Finance Minister Michael de Jong says the pause will […]
Pot shop enforcement
Penticton city staff may look into involving the RCMP to deal with dispensaries that have remained open or cropped up without business licences. The issue has been a continued dispute between City Hall and Jukka Laurio, whose dispensary Herbal Green Apothecary has remained open after council denied him a temporary use permit in December. Another dispensary, Okanagan […]
Hollywood heads north
At least two movies will be shot in the North Okanagan this year, including one from a major film studio, according to Okanagan Film Commissioner Jon Summerland. While snow fell Wednesday afternoon Summerland painted a rosy picture of the local film industry during a presentation to the North Okanagan Regional District board of directors. “Mind’s Eye [Entertainment] […]
