Thomson report
Jul 15, 2010 / 5:00 am
What began as a vision for two nationally recognized sports physiotherapists has taken flight in the Okanagan. In its first year of operation, Pinnacle Elite Athlete has become one of Canada’s premier training facilities for athletes from all levels of competition. With the announced opening of...
Here and there
Jul 14, 2010 / 5:00 am
Two partners Mike Raffan and John Tietzen, both Keg Steak house alumni are owners of the Township7 Vineyards & Winery in Penticton and Langley. The winery was honored during the Queen's visit to Canada to be one of the featured items at the federal government's dinner for the Royal couple. ...
Thomson report
Jul 13, 2010 / 5:00 am
"So what we did is we implemented a warehouse management program and a bar standard program and we re-racked our entire warehouse, very scientifically. We took our productivity in our warehouse from 85% per man-hour for the last 12 to 18 months to 172%. We have doubled out productivity already. We...
Rumours and things
Jul 8, 2010 / 5:00 am
There have been some major changes at Staples in Kelowna’s Dilworth Plaza. That’s the store where I have shopped for my business supplies since 1998 and still don’t know anybody. The copy shop, which always seems busy when I’m there, has been completely rebuilt to double its size. It has...
Rumours and things
Jul 7, 2010 / 5:00 am
I have written about him many times before because first of all we wanted him to be a guest at our annual Real Estate and Development conference. His name is Stan Kroenke and you might know of him because he bought and still owns the Douglas Lake Ranch that we all drive by on our way to Vancouver...
Thomson report
Jul 6, 2010 / 5:00 am
Beelineweb.com is a family-run company specializing, since 2001, in the online generation of high-quality student enrollment leads for post-secondary institutions throughout North America. The company began providing search engine marketing services in 1999. It is located in Lake Country. The...
Thomson report
Jun 30, 2010 / 5:00 am
I have written about this development many times. Some things were actually positive in the beginning and then all of sudden no one was talking. I write of the Lakestone Resort in Lake Country. The very expensive infrastructure was completed and then things just stopped. A Vancouver development...
Here and there
Jun 29, 2010 / 5:00 am
I was reading a report that Lego was going to open their first Canadian store in the Chinook Centre in Calgary. There are 53 of them around the world. I remember being in a Lego store, with some large Lego displays in St. Jacobs, Ontario just outside of Guelph at the Outlet Mall. But I guess it was...
Thomson report
Jun 25, 2010 / 5:00 am
New figures show the real estate market is cooling off across Canada, including the Okanagan with home sales down more than 30 per cent from that very high [winter] level. Prices have basically leveled at this point with disincentives to buyers including higher interest rates, tighter credit and...
Thomson report
Jun 17, 2010 / 5:00 am
Do you know the top 10 financial behaviors that can hurt your credit score? It turns out that most people don’t – especially parents. According to a new survey by ING Direct, only five parents out of 1,042 could correctly identify the following behaviors as damaging to credit scores. Keeping a...
Here and there
Jun 16, 2010 / 5:00 am
If you like reading books on sports this is for you. The book is called The Fix and it will forever change the way you think and feel about professional sport. The Fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. It presents compelling evidence that some of the highest soccer...
Thomson report
Jun 15, 2010 / 5:00 am
Well it’s that time of year again as we look to the visitors from all over BC and Alberta to make their annual treks to the Okanagan Valley for fun with the family. Tourism and travel professionals across the country say they are optimistic this summer season will be busier than last year. Those...
Club Penguin: Part Three
Jun 10, 2010 / 5:00 am
For those of you that missed Club Penguin: Part One and Club Penguin Part Two here are the links: Club Penguin: Part One Club Penguin: Part Two I will now continue my interview with Lane Merrifield, Executive Vice President of Club Penguin. You are answering 10,000 e-mails a day? Merrifield: ...
Club Penguin: Part Two
Jun 9, 2010 / 5:00 am
For those of you that missed Club Penguin: Part One yesterday, here is the link: Club Penguin: Part One I will now continue my interview with Lane Merrifield, Executive Vice President of Club Penguin. JT: I felt good walking around your offices today. Merrifield: “So did I. And...
Club Penguin: Part One
Jun 8, 2010 / 5:00 am
It is like walking into another world. No, I take that back, it is another world. A world where the kids are in charge. A fun world that I understood immediately because it’s real. I am in Club Penguin and it feels good. The world of Disney, a happy place. Kelowna is the world headquarters for...
Here and there
Jun 3, 2010 / 5:00 am
The governments of Canada and PEI are paying $750,000(US) to bring the Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa talk show to the island for a four day run to promote the tourism market of the island and Canada. The popular morning talk show does very well in the ratings. Niagara Falls brought the show to...
In memory of Angus MacKenzie
Jun 2, 2010 / 5:00 am
I received a call from Dick Munn on Sunday to tell me that his friend and partner for many years in Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Resort had passed away while on a British Airways flight to England on the weekend. Dick and Angus MacKenzie became friends many years ago when Dick was just starting in...
In memory of Ian Greenwood
Jun 1, 2010 / 5:00 am
As I get older I just hate the thought of reading the Obituary column in the media everyday because at my age too many of the people you know and maybe haven’t seen for a while are being listed there day after day. I was surprised by the announcement on Saturday that a friend and my boss for...
Rumours and things
May 27, 2010 / 5:00 am
It was a great year if you don’t count the playoffs for the Vancouver Canucks. They had 318 sellouts in a row and the fans are busy buying their season tickets for next season. There are seventeen thousand seats for season ticket holders and 96 per cent of them have been resold. Another money...
Thomson report
May 26, 2010 / 5:00 am
It has the right address, the views are spectacular and the property is Invue on Springfield Road next to the Orchard Plaza Shopping Centre. The Rykon Group, one of B.C.’s top developers of real communities has an award-winning site and there are still a few spaces available to the public. The...
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