Biz finalists line up
Top Vernon area businesses are lined and waiting now that finalists have been named for the 2017 Business Excellence Awards. Predator Ridge, ThermoTech Insulation and Bannister Honda lead the way: all three were named a finalist in two different categories. Predator is up for Tourism Excellence and Employer of the Yearawards, while Pay Loehndorf of […]
Get hitched on stage
Vernon’s Lone Pine Ranch Event Centre is giving one couple the chance to get hitched during a live performance. Beginning Easter Weekend the centre is putting on a production of Tony n Tina’s Wedding, an interactive stage show that uses audience members as actors to blur the line between spectator and performer. Lone Pine is already a […]
80 casino jobs up for grabs
About 80 food and beverage jobs at the new Penticton Lake City Casino will be up for grabs during a job fair on Feb. 16. The casino is teaming up with YMCA and WorkBC to accept resumes and offer on-the-spot interviews for candidates at the Lakeside Hotel from 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. “We will be […]
Ready for softwood fight
B.C.’s Minister of Forests Lands and Natural Resources says the United States needs Canada’s softwood. Steve Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mission, and Susan Yurkovich of the B.C. Lumber Trade Council met with the federal government in Ottawa on Monday to discuss the softwood lumber agreement. No common ground has been reached yet, but “they are going to need our […]
Winners announced
The Lake Country Chamber of Commerce handed out its 2016 Business Excellence Awards Feb. 3, recognizing local businesses in 10 different categories. Ceremonies took place at a gala Friday evening at the Four Points by Sheraton in Kelowna. Winners included Chantana’s Thai Food in the Small Business of the Year category, and SWEETLEGS in the New Business of the Year […]
Build a house at Baldy
Baldy Mountain Resort is now selling single-family lots. The 23 fully serviced lots are available in the McKinney Subdivision, located at the top of the ski hill, outside Oliver. The lots are available for both vacation homes or permanent residences. Baldy is also offering other on-hill real estate options in the form in mini cabins, […]
Horgan teases wage hike
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan visited a Kelowna coffee shop Tuesday to talk about his minimum wage plan. Horgan’s first electoral promise is to hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour, should the opposition NDP win this spring’s provincial election. He visited the Bean Scene on Bernard Avenue to talk to young Kelowna workers about what he can do to […]
Housing market ‘normalizing’
The real estate market in the Okanagan may finally be levelling out. Residential home sales in the Okanagan were higher in January than they were in 2015 and the overall number of houses on the market is down significantly, says the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board. The board’s numbers show that overall sales in January […]
Vernon construction Strong
Development activity was strong in Vernon over the course of 2016. From Jan.-Dec. 1,007 building permits were issued, a 14.3 per cent increase over 2015 and a 150 per cent increase since 2013, according to statistics supplied by the city. Construction continues on three major projects including The Hamlets on 29th Avenue ($20 million), Parkwood […]
No worries for B.C. wine
The provincial government is holding its ground on a policy that only allows B.C. wines in grocery stores. The policy has been the subject of a complaint lodged with the World Trade Organization, targeting it as a protectionist policy. “I’m sure the province is very comfortable with the direction that they have taken on this […]
