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Students going abroad
Contributed - Jan 02, 2018 - Biz Releases

Okanagan College’s Grace Oswald and Kira Johnson are among 29 students in British Columbia that are fulfilling their dreams of studying abroad thanks to the Irving K. Barber Premier’s International Scholarship which awards students between $6,000 and $10,000. “I’m supporting myself through school so winning the award was big news,” says Oswald who was awarded […]

Balloons land downtown
Darren Handschuh - Jan 02, 2018 - Biz Releases

There was an unexpected New Years Day sight in downtown Vernon Monday when four hot air balloons landed in the city. The pilot of one of those balloons, Evan Erickson, said at no point was anyone in danger and the landings were controlled at all times. Erickson said the balloonists were floating over the city […]

Pot plant coming to Lumby
Jon Manchester - Jan 02, 2018 - Biz Releases

A Vernon-based medicinal marijuana company’s Lumby expansion plan is moving ahead. True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. has exercised an option to purchase land at a cost of $3.3 million. An up-front fee of $100,000 was paid to the vendor to secure the option. True Leaf now has 30 days to complete the purchase. The company launched […]

Fighting two-tiered billing
Colin Dacre - Jan 02, 2018 - Biz Releases

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is pushing forward with its plan to intervene in the upcoming FortisBC rate application, to fight two-tiered electrical billing. A discussion paper is going before the RDOS board on Jan. 4, providing multiple of options for the regional district. RDOS staff are recommending the district get behind the existing intervention bid […]

Okanagan Edge this week
Trevor Nichols - Dec 30, 2017 - Biz Releases

Okanagan Edge this week is out look back at all the week in business in the Okanagan Valley, and beyond. Local business news Major development at Gyro Beach A major Gyro Beach development, that was first planned more than a decade ago, might soon find a second life. First Nations eye pot business Canada’s marijuana […]

Snowy fun for pups
Nicholas Johansen - Dec 29, 2017 - Biz Releases

While small dogs could find themselves disappearing in the recent Okanagan snowfall, a Kelowna kennel has found a way to get its pint-sized charges the exercise they need. Diana Shardlow, manager at Kelowna Pet Resort, spent Thursday shovelling an obstacle course in one of the yards that’s used by smaller dogs. “My back will never […]

Most read of 2017
Trevor Nichols - Dec 29, 2017 - Biz Releases

With the end of the year looming, we’ve dug through the Okanagan Edge archives to find the stories that generated the most interest in 2017. Unlike our list of the top business stories of 2017, which focused on some of the biggest and most important local business stories of the year, this list is simply the […]

Okanagan powder heaven
Okanagan Edge Staff - Dec 29, 2017 - Biz Releases

While the cold weather in much of the East is hurting the ski business, here in the West conditions couldn’t get much better. Big White reports seven centimetres of new snow in the last 24 hours and a 160 cm base. Silver Star’s website shows nine cm of new snow and 138 cm base, while […]

Affordable units in Clement plan
Okanagan Edge Staff - Dec 29, 2017 - Biz Releases

The six-storey, 58-unit development planned as part of a reimagining of Clement Avenue will be a purpose-built rental housing project. Anagram Properties plans to offer “market-quality rental housing” at 10 per cent below market rates, for ten years. In order to offer a variety of options to renters, the development will include two one-bedroom units, 43 […]

Some oppose RV storage lot
Colin Dacre - Dec 29, 2017 - Biz Releases

Staff with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen are recommending the board reject a proposal from an Osoyoos-area farmer who wants to charge to store boats and recreational vehicles on his property. The owners of just over 5 hectares at 8715 Road 22 want to store a row of about 20 boats and RVs on […]