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CKOV was the first commercial radio station in the Okanagan, hitting the airwaves on Nov. 4, 1931.Now, the building it moved to in 1982, at the corner of Cook and Lakeshore roads, is destined to be replaced by a six stor

Kamloops city councillor Nancy Bepple doesn’t want the province to tell the city what to do with housing.She’s asking her council colleagues to back a motion to that effect when they meet next Tuesday.It&rsqu

Uber had notified its drivers that it’s time to download the driver app and get ready to start picking up passengers in Kelowna next week.The ride hailing company was approved to operate throughout most of B.C.&nbs

Premier Dave Eby is pushing local governments to cut their red tape so more housing can be built to meet the looming shortage in the province.Now, the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association, is asking him to do somet

This past weekend marked the 64th year for the Knox Mountain Hill Climb, even though it only actually started running up that Kelowna hill 57 years ago.The Okanagan Auto Sports Club (now the Knox Mountain Motor Sport Clu

For the first time since 2019, the cost of building a home in Canada actually fell from where it was a year ago.According to data released by Statistics Canada last week, prices have fallen during six of the past nine mo

A Kelowna real estate company must pay two former agents $27,500 each for defaming them and abusing the court process by suing after they left the firm.The agents worked for Kelowna’s Premier Canadian Properties re

A listing in Lake Country could be the most expensive piece of real estate sold in the Okanagan — if the owner gets the listing price.Realtor Priscilla Sookarow has been trying for the past five months to sell the

Dan Winer has high praise for the efforts of City of Kelowna staff in dealing with the shortage of housing in the city.But the executive officer of the Canadian Home Builders' Association of Central Okanagan doesn&rs

Vernon schools are struggling to recruit workers because of the housing crisis. So are other employers, such as Interior Health.“For the first time, we’ve had a number of people who we’ve offered positi