Once again, Okanagan fruit growers are in trouble and are looking to government to bail them out. At the recent BC Fruit Growers Association convention in Kelowna, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was told that the Okanagan industry was in crisis, caused by low prices for apples and cherries over the past two years. Ritz [...]
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Visitors to the the BC Showcase at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver on February 18 (3:30 to 5:30 pm) will be able to learn about Okanagan businesses. An invitation has gone out to businesses throughout the Okanagan communities to participate in this Olympic opportunity with the goal of developing connections between the businesses and targeted [...] For a number of years rumours have circulated that a large shopping centre was in the works for the Penticton Indian Band lands just across the River Channel. About four years ago Landmark Cinemas, owners of Penticton’s Pen-Mar Cinema, announced that they were seeking a new site for a theatre complex. Neither seemed to come [...] |
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