Change-up at Black Hills
The head winemaker at Black Hills Estate Winery is stepping back from his position. Graham Pierce, who has worked as the winery’s top winemaker for a decade, is stepping down from the role to pursue other projects. However, Black Hills says Piece will remain involved in its winemaking program as a “part-time consulting winemaker.” As […]
New chamber board
The Lake Country Chamber of Commerce has a new board of directors. The newly elected board of 12 business leaders is made up mostly of incumbents, but a few new faces will serve as directors this year. New on the 2018/2019 board are Carla Carlson of Comfort Inn, Courtney Mueller of Nalu Wellness, and Holger […]
Brokers among national best
Two Okanagan mortgage brokers are among the best in the entire. Gayle Focken of ClearMortgage.ca and Deb White of White House Mortgages have both made the CMP list of the Top 75 Brokers of 2018. Focken, who over the last year funded 181 loans with a total volume of $58.88 million, sits at 67th on […]
Vanilla not so vanilla?
Just in time for the summer weather, ice cream shops like Kelowna’s Moo-Lix are gearing up for its busiest season. But, as luck would have it, the price of the most popular flavour, vanilla, is skyrocketing. The cost of the summer staple has been rising for years but now but Lionel St Pierre, the owner of […]
City wins racetrack case
After years of debate and legal wrangling, a judge has sided with the City of Vernon against the Okanagan Equestrian Society over the fate of Kin Racetrack. Coun. Scott Anderson posted on Facebook Tuesday that the city will now take the lead in what happens to the piece of prime real estate along 43rd Avenue […]
High-tech homeless cart
A group of UBC Okanagan students have turned their collective minds to the streets and built the first-ever personal belongings carrier. Specifically designed for homeless people to carry their belongings in, the cart is now ready to roll. The idea was born of a partnership between UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering and Metro Community Church, […]
Kelowna pot conference
Cannabis-industry experts and stakeholders will come together in Kelowna tomorrow for a day-long exploration of the opportunities and challenges legalized marijuana will bring to the Okanagan. The Cannabis and our Community forum aims to prep stakeholders from local government, tourism, work safety, health care, insurance, and other sectors for legal pot, through a “robust conversation” played […]
Millions for tech programs
Premiere John Horgan announced today an investment of more than $102 million for 75 tech-based post-secondary projects in the province. Through the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund, the province will hand out grants that will help develop fields like advanced supercomputing and clean technology, which Horgan told the BCTECH Summit today will spark innovation, economic growth, […]
Exploring pot on the ALR
Only a few weeks after a UBC professor made waves with his proposal to open the Agricultural Land Reserve up to development, Colliers International is suggesting the protected farmland could be used for industrial pot production. In a new white paper, the real estate firm argues that B.C. cities faced with highly constrained industrial land […]
District against mining work
The District of Summerland is taking a strong stance opposed to exploratory mining work already approved by the province for the Trout Creek watershed northwest of the community. Council voted unanimously Monday to send a letter to the Ministry of Mines opposing the work to be done by Vancouver-based Troubadour Resources on five mineral claims […]
