Major Osoyoos Development
Jun 4, 2004 / 6:00 am
There are rumours and then there are rumours. This one happens to be true and concerns a major development on the east side of Osoyoos Lake, the American side. Jim Hammond’s Legend Resorts, one of the largest and most successful builders at Big White Ski Resort, is proposing a resort that will...
Pizza Battle At The Border
Jun 3, 2004 / 6:00 am
Shoes don’t get the shines they deserve. They’re probably the most abused and ignored accessory in our wardrobes. How many times did your mother not say to you “wear clean underwear you never know when you end up in the hospital clean your nails and make sure your shoes are shined.” ...
What Does An Alarm System Cost?
Jun 2, 2004 / 6:00 am
I had the opportunity to speak with Pat Bentley one of the owners of Trojan Securities in Kelowna about the need for a security system in your home. I asked him if the majority of new homes we see being built here are including security systems in their plans. “Security systems are being...
Buy The Expo 86 Building
Jun 1, 2004 / 6:00 am
For years we have had a laugh at the expense of the Expo 86 building on Highway 97N. First it sat there in a heap with the first owner who bought the former Peru Expo building for who knows what. Then builder Tom Poole bought the pile of stuff and erected it and cleaned it up and painted it. It...
Low Carb Mike's Available
May 31, 2004 / 6:00 am
It seems it’s just a part of today’s workplace - loud noises, ringing phones, whirring machines and enough stress to go around. Business wants people to do more with less, that’s the scenario today. That’s why the ancient Chinese art of object placement, know to those who know as feng...
A Word On The Gas Crunch
May 30, 2004 / 6:00 am
Good morning! I don’t believe there were any thought that prices at the gas pumps would go down before the long weekend and of course they didn’t. With some of the reports from the lower mainland it looks like people decided to stay home in many areas. That of course was not the case here....
How Do You Count The Carbs?
May 29, 2004 / 6:00 am
Good morning! What is low carb? Do we know, or it will take Health Canada to finally tell us officially? At the moment we have all these claims: “low carb”, “reduced carb” and “carb smart.” Many of these products promise to keep us a true as possible to this diet we are on, but that...
Fire Threat High South Of Border
May 28, 2004 / 6:00 am
I never heard the word before, but that doesn’t surprise me. Anything to do with my computer has me baffled most of the time. The word is “phishing” and phishing attacks reach new highs last month. These email scams are designed to fool you into giving up all your personal information and...
Heat Means Fruit Way Ahead
May 27, 2004 / 6:00 am
I took time to talk with Richard King, the GM at B.C. Growers Co-Op about this year’s fruit crop and the weather. RK: This year’s weather conditions are highly unusual we have a record accumulation of heat units for this time of the year, which just means the horticultural crops...
Latest Stober Building Opens In July
May 26, 2004 / 6:00 am
The new and the second high tech building being be built by Stober Construction on their large site on Dickson Road will be ready for occupancy sooner than expected. The leasable area is about 100,000 square feet. The first tenants will be opening their doors the beginning of July. So far they...
Snack Food With A Message
May 25, 2004 / 6:00 am
A frontline fire fighter during last year’s devastating Okanagan Mountain Park blaze saw what was going on first hand and believed there was need for a new business, a new way to protect properties and create a barrier from the spread of fire. David Longacre started Central Okanagan Fire...
Keep An Eye On Arizona!
May 24, 2004 / 6:00 am
We had better be aware of some possibilities for us in an Arizona partnership. Arizona’s new biotech industry is drawing players from many places in the world and Canada has reps from McGill University. Canada is one of Arizona’s top three export markets, also providing biomedical and research...
Energy Bars Fail Test
May 23, 2004 / 6:00 am
Good morning: Finally it has happened. A check has been done of the contents of some of those energy supplements, bars and drinks by the Canadian Food Inspection agency. There were 120 analyzed by the agency and some of the rejected brands will surprise you: Shopper’s Drug Mart Life Brand, Zone...
Young Entrepreneurship
May 22, 2004 / 6:00 am
Good Morning! Entrepreneurs are driving the economy and the School District 23 young entrepreneur contest is leading the way for those young women and men who will one day enter the business world. Entrepreneurship teaches the students how to creatively solve problems, makes them better students,...
Women Lead The Way In Trades
May 21, 2004 / 6:00 am
Stats Can just came out with some figures about trades in this country and the fact that finally more young people are taking a look at the opportunities that the trades can give them in today’s world. Many times I have written about the fact that too many young people are not listening, and...
Park Place Reaches High
May 20, 2004 / 6:00 am
As the Park Place development reaches for the sky you realize just how tall this building is going to be with seventeen floors, all units with a view. They just completed the fourteenth floor and begin work on the fifteenth this week. It’s always been Gary Dober’s dream since the days he...
Is Kelowna Open For Business?
May 19, 2004 / 6:00 am
Is Kelowna Open For Business? If you read the news these days you might have to say "no". We are in a horrible mind set that seems to say we don’t want any more jobs if it means we have to change things. “It can’t be built in my neighborhood.” It is the city fathers that have to stand up...
Million Dollar Home Club Grows
May 18, 2004 / 6:00 am
Representatives of the Progress Board were in town for a meeting with local business leaders, prior to their mid--year announcement. This was one of eight conciliations set across the province. The Progress Board received feedback on the state of the economy that they will relate that back to their...
Balloon Firm Sets Up Shop
May 17, 2004 / 6:00 am
A new business is on its way from Arizona to operate in Kelowna during the summer months: Balloon America. Operating out of a couple of locations in the U.S. they will establish an operation “Balloons Over Kelowna” by the beginning of June. They advertise their rides as the only balloons...
BC Stats Now Profit Centre
May 16, 2004 / 6:00 am
Good Morning: I have been writing this column for fifteen years in one form or another. From time to time I need some research information from BC Stats, the government information office. They have all the information you would ever want at their...
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