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iN PHOTOS: Vernon cheesemonger delivers top quality wedges
VERNON – Sitting outside his newly opened downtown Vernon store, Matt MacLaren admits he was…
Vernon-based Nature’s Fair Markets have new owner
VERNON – The Vernon-based grocery store Nature's Fair Markets has been bought by Buy-Low Foods…

Cannabis lighting up growth in Kelowna’s industrial sector
KELOWNA – There’s a smoking hot industrial land market being fired up in Kelowna these…

Consumer confidence, low mortgage rates mean increase in home sales
KELOWNA – The home sales numbers are out for the Central and North Okanagan from last month, and according to the people selling the properties, it was the strongest September since 2005. Sales activity statistics from the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board show the Central Okanagan lead the way with a 32 per cent increase...