Business News
Sun-Rype income dip in third quarter
Kelowna juice and fruit snack maker Sun-Rype reported a dip in sales during the third-quarter of 2009. According to figures released by Sun-Rype Tuesday, the...
Real Estate Board building awards
A total of 26 finalists have been announced for the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board Commercial Zone’s first annual Commercial Building Awards gala on...
Best Western wins excellence award
A Kelowna hotel has received an award of excellence for its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. The Best Western Inn-Kelowna has received the Minister’s...
Robert Fine -- a fine business leader
The recipients of the seven 2009 Business Excellence Awards were announced last evening at the Delta Grand Okanagan Lakefront Resort as the 20 finalists, their...
Travelodge Penticton to be re-branded
Coast Hotels & Resorts announced Tuesday it has signed a franchise agreement with the Locations West Investment Group to re-brand the Travelodge Penticton as...
Product innovation sparks Kelowna firm
A Kelowna-based company, The Watergeeks Laboratories Inc., expects to have its latest product in 3,000 stores North America-wide by March, 2010 after a...
Unsafe utility heater being recalled
Canadian Tire is voluntarily recalling PUH9000 model Patton utility heaters sold between September, 2008 and June, 2009 due to a safety concern. "It has been...
Valley First and Envision to merge
Envision Financial and Valley First Credit Union have received strong member approval to proceed with a merger that will create First West Credit Union, the...
New travel website gets big hits
His website has been active for a couple of weeks, but a Kelowna man is already getting thousands of hits a day. Paul Bickert launched Any Destination.com at...
Local website escapes pollution
A local website wants to be Kelowna's one stop shop for all things relating to sustainability. EscapePollution.com is a local website which lists area...
Business Excellence finalists named
The finalists for Kelowna's 22nd annual Business Excellence Awards, coming up in October, in six of the seven categories have been announced. Finalists for the...
Purchase of Princeton mine complete
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (“CMMC” or the “Company”) reports that Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (“Mitsubishi”) have now closed the...
Housing market starts to stabilize
The real estate market in the Central Okanagan has heated up. Year-over-year and month-over-month comparisons report six consecutive months of sales increases...
Local mom keeps tushees tidy
Kelly Paley cares about babies bottoms. The Okanagan mother has made it her business to make the bottoms of Kelowna area babies more comfortable and...
Voyager RV voted number 1
Voyager RV Centre Ltd, the B.C. Interior's largest RV dealership, is proud to announce it has been recognized for the third consecutive year as Canada’s #1 RV...
Local July housing starts down
Kelowna area housing starts totaled 49 homes in July, down from 159 homes a year ago, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Slower employment...
Watermark accepting reservations
Reservations are now being accepted at a new resort in the South Okanagan. The Watermark Beach Resort is set to open later this summer in Osoyoos. Manager of...
RackForce opens new data centre
The world's most innovative internet data centre opened for business Wednesday in Kelowna. Local media and dignitaries were given what RackForce officials say...
Local businesses less confident
Business confidence is slipping in the Central Okanagan. A survey of 350 businesses was recently completed as a joint initiative of the Economic Development...
Affordable housing at the Artisan
A reception was held earlier this week to showcase an initiative between Rohit Communities Kelowna and the City of Kelowna to provide affordable housing. The...