Construction
Construction booming in Kamloops, Okanagan as real estate market slows
Ever increasing interest rates – including the half a percentage point hike to the key…
Trans-Canada through Kicking Horse Canyon reopens for long weekend
Anybody travelling between B.C. and Alberta on the Trans-Canada Highway this Thanksgiving long weekend can…
Penticton closing road for six weeks to widen bridge for bike lanes
To build the next stretch of the lake-to-lake bike route, drivers in Penticton won’t be…
How to avoid construction delays this summer on Trans-Canada near Golden
Drivers heading to Alberta from the southern Interior will face delays this summer if they…
Why $66,000 a year is still not enough to fill vacant construction jobs in B.C.
Even though the average yearly wage for construction workers is up 14% since the start…
Kelowna firms fined after scaffold failures seriously injure workers
Two Kelowna companies have been fined $20,000 in two separate instances where scaffolding failed and…
Teck donates $2.5 million to RIH emergency department
The new emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital is getting a $2.5 million boost from…
‘It’s no small ordeal to build your own home,’ Okanagan tiny home workshop shows you how to do it
Anyone feeling pinched out of homeownership in the Okanagan can always sign up for a…
Indigenous artist selected to lead design of ‘cultural wall’ at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux artist Chris Bose will lead the design of a new "cultural wall"…
Building permits show how Thompson-Okanagan communities weathered the pandemic
Everyone in B.C. remembers the world shutting down in the spring of 2020 as the…
Kelowna breaks the $1 billion mark in building permits issued this year
For the first time ever, the City of Kelowna has issued more than $1 billion…
What investigators will be looking for on Kelowna crane collapse
Determining what led up to the tragic event of July 12 in Kelowna is no…
Huge increase in construction activity kicked off 2021 in Kelowna
The City of Kelowna issued building permits worth about $500 million in the first three…
Neighbours oppose more than rock crushing at site of future Kelowna Costco
An application to install a rock crusher on the site of a new Costco outlet…
Construction boom in Penticton fuelled by housing demand
Housing demand is high in Penticton these days, and builders are working to create new…