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Who are we?
Castanet.net is an online medium for Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. We offer up-to-date local news, information, classifieds, weather, events, forums, audio, video, and photos and much more. We launched on November 1, 2000.

Until January 29, 2007 we operated in conjuction with our sister operation 101-5 Silk FM. On that date we sold our radio holdings to Standard Radio (now owned by Astral Media). Castanet Media Ltd. continues to be owned by J. Nicholas Frost.


We want your local news tips
Castanet readers are an important source of news and information. We wouldn't be where we are without you. If you see something happen you think others should know about, please email us at news@castanet.net or visit our news tip upload page. Weekly we pick the best news tip and the winner receives a $25 cheque.


Want to advertise?
Check out our FREE photo classifieds for the largest online classifieds selection in the valley. No one can touch our selection. Add up all the print publication classified ads combined and they still won't add up to our 10,000+.

Want a great place to promote your business online? Castanet is the online medium in the Okanagan valley. 85,000 visits a day and 1.4 million page views a day make us the most wide reaching local online medium, hands down, in the Okanagan. Visit our advertising page for more information.


Need our logo?
Looking for our Castanet logo for web or print? Our logos can be found in our logo directory. Please ensure you have our permission to use our logo.


Site technical requirements
Our site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher or Firefox 1.5 or higher for at 800 X 600 screen resolution or better. We attempt to follow the W3C XML 1.0 Strict and HTML 4.01 Transitional standards as closely as we can on all our pages.

Java: Some parts of our website makes use of Java. If you think you are not seeing all lements of our site, chances are you don't have Java turned on in your browser. To turn on Java in Internet Explorer click TOOLS then OPTIONS then click the ADVANCED TAB. Make sure that "JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled (requires restart)" is checked on. If this doesn't work you need to diagnose the problem further by reading this article from Microsoft. Alternatively you may need to install a different version of Java.

Cookies: We use cookies to remember which edition of our site that you prefer, as well as your username and password to access the forums and classifieds. If you are having trouble with our classifieds, click HELP GUIDE, on our classifieds menu.

Flash: You must have Macromedia Flash player 8.0 or higher to view many of the local ads on our site as well as videos posted on our site October 2006 and newer. Most every computer should be able to play it without any additional configuration. If not, visit Adobe's site to download it.

PDF: Many of our story file attachments utilize Adobe Reader. Visit Adobe's site to download it.

Audio: The audio on our site is always in standard .MP3 format. Most every computer should be able to play it without any additional configuration.

Legacy Video: Some video in our archive uses Windows Media Player version 9.0 or higher.


Principles and ethics
We strive to achieve the highest ethical standards in all that we do. Our newsroom abides by the RTNDA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and follows the Canadian Press Stylebook. Our account managers and creative department ascribe to the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.