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Business News

Sun-Rype income dip in third quarter

Sun-Rype income dip in third quarter

Nov 3, 2009 / 4:30 pm

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

Real Estate Board building awards

Nov 2, 2009 / 3:30 pm

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

Best Western wins excellence award

Oct 29, 2009 / 9:00 am

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

Robert Fine -- a fine business leader

Oct 22, 2009 / 11:12 am

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

Travelodge Penticton to be re-branded

Oct 10, 2009 / 3:30 pm

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

Product innovation sparks Kelowna firm

Oct 1, 2009 / 1:30 pm

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

Unsafe utility heater being recalled

Sep 28, 2009 / 4:00 pm

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

Valley First and Envision to merge

Sep 24, 2009 / 9:00 am

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

New travel website gets big hits

Sep 20, 2009 / 2:00 pm

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

Local website escapes pollution

Sep 19, 2009 / 9:00 am

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

Business Excellence finalists named

Sep 10, 2009 / 3:30 pm

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

Purchase of Princeton mine complete

Aug 20, 2009 / 4:00 pm

Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (“CMMC” or the “Company”) reports that Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (“Mitsubishi”) have now closed the...

Housing market starts to stabilize

Aug 15, 2009 / 1:00 pm

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

Local mom keeps tushees tidy

Aug 15, 2009 / 7:01 am

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 voted number 1

Aug 13, 2009 / 4:00 pm

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

Local July housing starts down

Aug 11, 2009 / 10:36 am

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

Watermark accepting reservations

Jul 26, 2009 / 3:00 pm

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

RackForce opens new data centre

Jul 17, 2009 / 5:00 am

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

Local businesses less confident

Jun 21, 2009 / 8:00 am

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

Affordable housing at the Artisan

Jun 14, 2009 / 4:00 pm

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...

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