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Five years after its creation a provincial government tech accelerator has created 1,640 jobs, attracted $196 million in investment and generated more than $81.6 million in revenues provincewide. According to the BC Innovation Council, the Venture Acceleration Program has played a significant part helping spur growth in small tech companies in the province. Despite having […]

The Okanagan is ahead of the curve when it comes to women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce, but only barely; the number of women entering the STEM workforce is gradually increasing, but growth is slow. Statistics Canada says women hold only 27 per cent of all the STEM jobs in the […]

Jukka Laurio was back before Penticton city council Tuesday to make a second appeal for his non-profit application, and was denied a second time. Laurio had applied for non-profit registration with the city in December, following council’s denial of his temporary use permit application that month. His application was denied, so he filed for an appeal, […]

West Kelowna city council will likely end up signing off on the construction of an enormous apartment complex, despite the fact that few of them have anything nice to say about it. At its Feb. 28 regular meeting council was asked to approve a development permit for Highstreet Ventures’ Carrington Ridge apartment complex on Majoros Road. The […]

What happens next for North American trade talks? It’s not just Canadians and Mexicans who’d like to know. So would members of the U.S. Congress, who actually have a legal role in trade talks. The American law allowing fast-track approval for trade deals sets out two necessary steps involving lawmakers: first, the president must give […]

An 87-kilometre-long pipeline between British Columbia and Alberta has just been given an environmental assessment approval by B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office. Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman issued the certificate yesterday to NOVA Gas Transmission for the Towerbirch Expansion Project. Approximately 69 kilometres of the natural gas pipeline would run […]

Residents of rural Okanagan communities will soon have access to faster internet, thanks to a joint investment from the provincial government and ispeed Communications. The $370,000 project will be partly funded by $185,000 from the province, handed out through the Connecting British Columbia program. It will bring technology upgrades and a network expansion to approximately […]

An iconic Rutland burger joint reopened today after spending half a year shuttered. The often beloved and sometimes maligned Burger Baron, famous in the area for its milkshakes and inexpensive burgers, quietly opened to the public today under new ownership. Karrin Morris, the franchise’s new owner and manager, said the restaurant is newly renovated but still […]

Are millennials lazy and narcissistic? That’s one of the topics of an upcoming talk at Okanagan College’s Trades Training Complex Atrium on Wednesday, with author Ian MacRae. He will be talking about his new book, co-authored by Adrian Furnham, Motivation and Performance: A Guide to Motivating a Diverse Workforce, which looks at those questions and more. […]

A quartet of Okanagan College students have pedaled their way onto the podium with an Okanagan-inspired business idea at one of B.C.’s most prestigious tourism case competitions. Adrian Lemiski, Brooks Hewko, Merissa Hucul and Nick Gallant took second place at The Winning Pitch competition at the B.C. Tourism Industry Conference in Victoria this week. Hosted […]