SilverStar earns green kudos
Vernon’s SilverStar Mountain has been recognized as one of the top ski resorts in North America for environmental performance. The Star was the only Canadian resort to receive a nomination for the 2019 Golden Eagle Award for Environmental Excellence from the National Ski Areas Association. Silver Star was up against U.S. giants Vail Resorts, Colorado, Sun […]
Orchard vandalism infuriates
An East Kelowna orchard has been severely damaged, and the owner believes it was a targeted act. Nirmal Dhaliwal, owner of the apple and cherry orchard, said he was out of town when an employee noticed water leaking onto Dunster Road on Sunday. But what they thought was just a leak turned out to be just […]
DropBike fires back at city
The owners of DropBike have taken a swipe at Kelowna city hall for what it calls a “misguided regulatory framework.” The city entered into a contract with DropBike a year ago for an 18-month trial of their bike share service. However, last month, active transportation co-ordinator Matt Worona said DropBike likely wouldn’t return this year to complete […]
Toronto flight ends Friday
WestJet’s suspension of daily, non-stop flights between Kelowna and Toronto is happening sooner than expected. The airline announced last weekend that its non-stop flights between Kelowna and The Big Smoke would be suspended on June 3, but the airline has told Kelowna International Airport officials that the suspension will begin on Friday and last until […]
Market shows signs of life
The median sale price of a single-family home in the Central Okanagan dipped to $635,000 in April, down from $648,250 in March. The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board released its April numbers on Thursday, and the positive news for those selling their homes is the number of sales across the entire OMREB region, which stretches […]
Hemp facility gets OK
A Penticton-based cannabis company has received approval from the federal government to cultivate industrial hemp at a greenhouse location in the White Lake area. Green Mountain Health Alliance plans on growing hemp at a leased greenhouse outside Kaleden for the purposes of CBD extraction. CBD is regarded to be behind many of the medicinal benefits […]
Highway contract changes hands
The start of May marks the start of a new highway maintenance contract in the Central and South Okanagan. Acciona Infrastructure Maintenance takes the reins today for maintenance and repairs of 5,000 lane kilometres of highways and 186 structures in the South Okanagan service area spanning from Lake Country to the U.S. border, west past […]
Saved business now booms
Triple M Modular held a celebration this week to mark the 100th home manufactured at its Penticton plant. The company took over the previously mothballed location from Britco in May 2017 and now employs 120 workers with plans to hire 20 more. “We see Penticton having a fairly good labour market, and then obviously there was a […]
Exporter at your fingertips
Want to export your business products? Help is at hand. Community Futures North Okanagan has named Ken MacLeod as its export advisor for the region’s Export Navigator program. MacLeod is an experienced business leader and CEO coach, and will offer assistance to clients across the Okanagan as well as parts of the Thompson and Shuswap from his […]
Garbage contract starts June 1
The Regional District of Central Okanagan’s new garbage and recycling contractor is moving up its start date. Environmental 360 Solutions Inc., an Ontario company that won the contract last year, was supposed to start on Oct. 1, but the RDCO announced Wednesday that June 1 will be the start of the 10-year, $50 million term. […]
