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Ellison Fire Department seeks paid, on-call firefighters who live in neighbourhood

Ellison Fire Department seeks paid, on-call firefighters who live in neighbourhood

Feb 8, 2026 / 4:00 am

Ellison Fire Department is looking for on-call firefighters who will be paid for their services. Applicants must live within an eight-kilometre radius of...

Uride giving away $20K to post-secondary students for tuition, fees

Uride giving away $20K to post-secondary students for tuition, fees

Feb 7, 2026 / 5:00 pm

Canadian ride-share company Uride is giving away $20,000 to post-secondary students in February. The Uride Student Support Fund will give away $5,000 to four...

Smaller labour force means unemployment rates improve in Thompson-Okanagan

Smaller labour force means unemployment rates improve in Thompson-Okanagan

Feb 6, 2026 / 12:26 pm

The new year kicked off with solid employment data in both Kelowna and Kamloops. The unemployment rates in both cities fell dramatically in January, according...

Residential sales across Association of Interior Realtors region dips in January

Residential sales across Association of Interior Realtors region dips in January

Feb 4, 2026 / 4:08 pm

It was a slow start to the year when it came to real estate. January is normally one of the slowest months for the number of sales, but this one was...

Okanagan Housing Awards honour best, brightest in Central Okanagan building

Okanagan Housing Awards honour best, brightest in Central Okanagan building

Feb 3, 2026 / 6:18 pm

Magpie Interiors and Ian Paine Construction and Design were the big winners Saturday night during the 33rd Okanagan Housing Awards at Kelowna’s Delta...

Alberta resort now offers Okanagan invention that tracks young skiers, snowboarders

Alberta resort now offers Okanagan invention that tracks young skiers, snowboarders

Feb 2, 2026 / 4:00 am

An Okanagan-born business has its first out-of-province client. SkiKrumb, which is a radio-based GPS system used by ski resorts, is now in operation at...

Okanagan College Careers Expo brings together students, alumni and employers

Okanagan College Careers Expo brings together students, alumni and employers

Feb 2, 2026 / 4:00 am

Okanagan College is gearing up for its annual large job fair. The Okanagan College Careers Expo will be held Wednesday (Feb. 4) on its Kelowna campus, providing...

BC Real Estate Association says more consistency needed to avoid wild swings

BC Real Estate Association says more consistency needed to avoid wild swings

Feb 1, 2026 / 4:00 am

BC Real Estate Association says the province still needs more housing to avoid a repeat of the 2010s, when there was a severe lack of homes and prices shot up...

Downtown Kelowna Association director will lead economic development committee

Downtown Kelowna Association director will lead economic development committee

Jan 31, 2026 / 6:00 pm

Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission’s advisory committee has a new leader and two fresh faces. Downtown Kelowna Association executive...

Bosses of provincial wine groups send letter to premiers, asking for trade barrier reductions

Bosses of provincial wine groups send letter to premiers, asking for trade barrier reductions

Jan 27, 2026 / 6:26 pm

Canada’s wine leaders have fired off a letter to the premiers, demanding that interprovincial trade barriers be reduced. The industry group, which...

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