Bike sharing not guaranteed
There’s no guarantee Kelowna will be able to offer a bike-share service this summer. And, if there is, chances are remote they will include pedal bikes. Active transportation co-ordinator Matt Worona unveiled the plan for bike sharing in the city moving forward, saying the industry is moving away from pedal bikes, and toward the more […]
Waste app switch coming
The My Waste app will be no longer as of June 14, so Central Okanagan residents are being asked to download the Recycle Coach app instead. Apple’s app guidelines have changed, and two apps that offer the same services are no longer allowed. Therefore, Recycle Coach will now be the app that provides information like […]
Top 40: Treena Carson-Piva
Treena Carson-Piva has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. It might be eclipsed only by her volunteerism. “That’s just my nature,” Carson-Piva says. “That takes me back to being from small-town Saskatchewan. I come from a family where being involved is just a given. “… There hasn’t been a time in my life where I haven’t been […]
Vernon RBC set to move
It’s been a fixture in the downtown core of Vernon for decades, but the RBC bank at the corner of 30th Avenue and 32nd Street will close this fall. A notice on the bank window says effective Sept. 13 the bank is moving to the RBC in Polson Place. Castanet and Okanagan Edge will have […]
Haven buys linen company
An online Kelowna company that makes sleep products is getting bigger. Haven Sleep Limited has purchased Bedface, an e-commerce linen company based out of Vancouver. Haven bills itself as Canada’s “first social enterprise in the mattress sector.” Its mattresses are completely vegan, cruelty-free and plant-based so they don’t give off chemical gases. In addition, Haven […]
Firefighters set for battle
More than 150 firefighters from 25 jurisdictions across B.C. spent the weekend in Penticton training for the looming wildfire season. This is the second year the Penticton Fire Department hosted B.C. firefighters for the Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Training Symposium. “It’s really grown from last year. New Westminster brought their mobile command unit and BC […]
Nature’s Fare sold to Pattison
A Vernon-based grocery chain with stores across B.C. has been sold. Grocery Business magazine reports Nature’s Fare Markets has been acquired by Buy-Low Foods of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group. Nature’s Fare, headquartered in Vernon, was founded by Rick Monahan in 1993 and has stores in Vernon, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Penticton, Kamloops, Langley and White Rock. Grocery Business reports […]
Airbnb rules to be softened
Short-term rentals in Kelowna could be expanded to include secondary suites and carriage homes. Potential rules opening the short-term rental market to both will be presented to city council Monday. The rules were drafted at the request of council after dozens of people harshly criticized a decision to exclude secondary suites and carriage houses during […]
City sets bike-share policy
The City of Kelowna is proposing a series of new rules for operators who wish to provide bike sharing in the city. The new permit program, which will be presented to city council Monday, comes on the heels of a scathing letter from DropBike earlier this week that calls the regulatory framework proposed by the […]
OKM students think careers
Any time you put a large Fortnite poster in a high school gym, it’s bound to garner some attention. That was certainly the case on Friday at Okanagan Mission Secondary School during the inaugural OKM Career Fair, an endeavour that was driven by the school’s Grade 10 career education classes. Approximately 35 businesses attended the […]
