App tracks broken docks
A new tracking app is being used by the Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Centre to track the location of 1,500 damaged docks across Okanagan Lake. The in-house app is being used as of Thursday by a team of contractors out on barges. “They are actually using a fairly cool app,” said Ron Mattiussi CORD Director. […]
Another Highrise on Ellis?
A juicy piece of real estate just hit the market in Kelowna’s cultural district. 1265 Ellis St., the soon-to-be former home of the Central Okanagan Community Food Bank, is now up for sale, and being pushed as a possible site for a future high-rise development. The 0.266 acre property sits on the corner of Ellis […]
Peachland gets its Wibit
Nearly two years after council first considered it, Okanagan Wibit has opened an inflatable water park in Peachland. The park is now up and running in the town, sitting mere metres from the shoreline at the end of 13th Street, across from Bliss Bakery and Bistro. Not far away, a pair of portable toilets have […]
Goat yoga offered
The latest yoga trend is coming to Penticton… yoga with goats. The GottaGoat Farm, located just outside Penticton, is teaming up with Penticton Yoga Therapy to offer a goat yoga session on Sunday. The session will be held at the farm in a field amongst a herd of miniature goats. “My farm, we have the goats,” […]
Invasive plant fight returns
Crews with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen are back at it this year, working with the Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society to control invasive plants. The spot application of herbicides on Crown roadsides is carried out June through September, targeting plants such as leafy spurge, blueweed, hoary alyssum, puncturevine, longspine sandbur and knapweed. […]
Castanet buys Juice FM
Castanet has struck a deal with Vista Radio to buy Kelowna’s Juice FM 103.9. The CRTC announced today the proposal is now set down for a hearing in Ottawa on Sept. 7. Approval is expected sometime in October. The founder of Castanet Nick Frost said, “When this opportunity came up, we thought it was the […]
Visitor centre grant boost
Kelowna’s new $2.8-million visitor centre has received a $500,000 grant from the provincial government. A development permit was issued by the city on Tuesday, and Tourism Kelowna has a mortgage secured for the project. “The provincial government offered the grant as part of its year-end grant process in March,” said Daniel Bibby, Tourism Kelowna chair. “Our board decided […]
Fundraiser for McGoran
The Penticton IGA is planning a BBQ fundraiser for the family of Jeremy McGoran. The former radio host and mental health advocate took his own life earlier this month, leaving behind his wife Mare, and six-year-old son Thomas. Store owner and general manager Colin Powell said the passing of Jeremy has been a shock to […]
OC grads get to work
Kelowna’s Reidco Metal Industries Ltd. is putting a crop of recent Okanagan College grads to work. The company, which provides custom metal manufacturing to industries as diverse as agriculture and the military, recently hired nearly a dozen OC graduates. Bryan Johnston, the president of Reidco, says he likes to hire Okanagan College grads because they […]
Local ‘visionary’ shortlisted
A Summerland winemaker has been named one of Western Living’s 2017 Top 10 Foodies of the year. The shortlist shines a spotlight on the up-and-coming Western-Canada-based food and drink enthusiasts who are leading the way in our culinary landscape. Matt Dumayne is originally from New Zealand, but has lived in the Okanagan since 2011. Since […]
