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How Vernon is planning to get ahead of the next fire season
Following the devastating wildfires in the Thompson and Okanagan regions this past summer there’s a…

University student forced to live in Kamloops nuisance hotel due to housing crunch
A Thompson Rivers University student says it has been “mentally and physically exhausting” trying to…

Fall’s a good time for a flower-bed makeover
Nobody ever said gardening offers instant gratification. With this limitation in mind, I dug and…

Real estate prices fall in Central and South Okanagan
For the first time in a long time, the benchmark price for a single-family home…

Home sales on track for record-breaking year in Kamloops
Real estate sales dropped slightly for in Kamloops and area in September, but that doesn't…

Fire-proofing your yard this Fall
With climate change, summers in B.C. are getting hotter and drier, and with that comes…

Welcome to your new home: Style-savvy housewarming gifts
Bread and salt. Wine. A broom or sack of flour. Honey, pineapples, even bluebirds –…

$2.5M Kelowna industrial property sells for 4 times minimum price at city tax sale
An industrial property in Kelowna valued at approximately $2.5 million was sold at the city’s…

Office vacancies at highest levels since 1994 amid new supply, pandemic concerns
TORONTO – Office vacancies in Canada were at the highest level in decades this quarter…

$3.8M land deal to bring Métis housing, child services to Kamloops
Métis Nation B.C. has partnered with two other Metis organizations to build an affordable housing…

This Clinton real estate deal cost the agent $75,000 and his licence for five years
A realtor whose wife bought a property he was handling in Clinton, B.C. had his…

This $2.5M Kelowna industrial site could be yours for $116K at city tax sale
Each year cities and towns throughout B.C. advertise properties for sale for unpaid taxes. The…

Kelowna may make EV charge stations mandatory for new residential developments
By 2023, the City of Kelowna wants to require all parking stalls in new residential…

Scammers are taking advantage of Kamloops’s competitive rental housing market
It appears that finding the elusive rental unit isn’t the only challenge for hopeful tenants…

Filberts or hazelnuts? By whatever name, they’re fun to grow
Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot…

