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Ever increasing interest rates – including the half a percentage point hike to the key interest rate by the Bank of Canada Wednesday – have slowed the house resale market across Canada.While that picture is s

An RCMP operation on the Okanagan Connector near Highway 97 resulted in 50 fines for speeding through a construction zone.Another 46 warnings were issued. Most were for speeding in the construction zone but others includ

Modo is inviting people to an event in Kelowna this weekend where they can learn more about electric vehicles.The carshare company along with Current Taxi, Kelowna Chevrolet and others are holding a One Step Closer to Ze

Finding an affordable place to live anywhere in the Okanagan is a challenge.But for the hundreds of workers who will soon be arriving at Big White Ski Resort, it’s not so much a matter of money. It’s about fi

In a world where restaurants regularly come and go, Mamma Rosa Restaurant in Kelowna has survived almost 40 years by serving many of the same dishes it started with.“It was just items mom cooked for us at home,&rdq

Since 1950, about a dozen speedways came and went in the Thompson-Okanagan, not the least of which was the Billy Foster Memorial Speedway in West Kelowna.“The speedway was started by Noll Derriksan after attempts a

The Okanagan and Kamloops, like the rest of Canada, are seeing a sharp decline in real estate sales and a gradual eroding of prices from the peak last spring.Higher interest rates are blamed for the current slowdown but

The cost of renting a home in Kelowna continues to climb with the median price for a one-bedroom apartment hitting a record high of $1,900 in September.That’s up 18% from the median price of $1,610 in September 202

Despite a slow down in home sales since the B.C. real estate market peaked last spring, housing prices are up provincewide by 1.7% compared to September 2021.The Okanagan stands out from the 10 other real estate reg

A new interactive tool shows Kelowna has more bicycle paths per kilometre of roadway than any other B.C. city.It’s one of the measures that used to show how cycle-friendly communities are in B.C.The Cycling Infrast