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A 401-unit, five-building rental apartment project across from Orchard Park mall in Kelowna is headed to a public hearing next week.Kelowna city council moved the application, by Manitoba-based Ironclad Developments, for

FortisBC is a North American leader in supplying renewable natural gas and, a new study shows, could have enough renewable natural gas to heat the homes of all of its customers by 2050.What’s called renewable natur

Even while the number of homes sold in Kamloops and the Okanagan in February declined from a year ago, prices shot up as the number of listings remained low.The biggest increase in single-family house prices was 39.7% in

It’s not every day that a Kelowna realtor concludes a deal for $86.5 million.But for Royal LePage Kelowna realtor Steven Laursen, the Knox Village deal is just the start.Over the past 14 months Laursen co-brokered

A group of Okanagan College students have launched a project that echoes the creation of Sun-Rype in the valley back in 1946.Both started with the idea of taking unmarketable apples and turning them into useful products.

Now that cannabis is legal in Canada, and the borders are open from most COVID travel restrictions, it’s time for someone to claim the title of the cannabis tourism capital of Canada.Smith Falls, Ontario, has alrea

A business venture launched by the Enactus program at Okanagan College is making a pitch at a regional competition that could lead to a national championship.Enactus is an international student organization aimed at crea

The official Canada Mortgage and Housing rental vacancy rate shows Kelowna's fell to a 0.6%  in 2021 from 2.1% the year before.That’s the lowest rate amongst all the Census Metropolitan Areas in Canada.Kam

The new owners of Doc Willoughby’s pub in downtown Kelowna want to add another 155 seats on its second floor.The pub opened at 353 Bernard Ave. in downtown Kelowna 20 years ago, in February 2002, but was bought by

Efforts are being made by senior governments to increase the supply of affordable housing in B.C. that include both incentives and penalties.This is particularly important in places like the Thompson and Okanagan where n