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The Thompson-Okanagan doesn’t qualify as a desert but its summers are typically hot and dry so it makes no sense to decorate yards with very thirsty plants.Yet, that’s what’s happening all too often, ev

A cold start to the gardening season hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of people wanting to grow their own food.“Vegetable gardening in general has been on the incline for quite a few years now,” Kirsten S

While speeding through B.C.’s many mountain passes, it can be easy to forget the engineering marvels that make the trip so easy.Some of those are not really visible to the travelling public, including a couple in t

An Osoyoos couple is being taken to court in an effort to get them to pay more than $8 million owing on a house assessed at only $3 million.Documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week show that in May 2014, Darren Ro

The latest report from Rental.ca shows the average one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna is listed on the website for $1,967.That’s up by $23 from January and makes Kelowna the tenth most expensive city out of the 35 on

After almost two hours of discussion about the dire need for affordable housing in Kelowna, city council agreed to let staff continue to study the issue some more.“This is probably one of the most critical prioriti

A new Central Okanagan transportation plan, almost a decade in the making, rules out the possibility of a second bridge over Okanagan Lake – at least for the next 20 years.Staff from the Ministry of Transportation

As B.C. heads into its third and final year of a pilot project allowing e-scooters on city streets, the Okanagan is leading the charge with 95% of the rental scooters in the province.Twelve B.C. communities have signed o

It was just five summers ago that Red Bird Brewing opened its doors in Kelowna’s North End with a modest 30-seat tap room.Now, it’s looking at becoming 30-times bigger with a 900-person capacity.“It was

A petition calling on B.C. Transit to turn over the running of the Central Okanagan bus system to local government is just the start of a drive for change.It was started four weeks ago by Kirstin Pulles, a UBC Okanagan m