High Tech

Salmon Arm designer of robotic mushroom pickers expects to create hundreds of jobs
At a time when COVID-19 has made the concept of working from home so popular,…

Kelowna’s reputation for tech is attracting angel investors as well as entrepreneurs
Kelowna is regularly touted as one of the best places to start a new business…

iN VIDEO: ‘Silicon Valley North’ documents Kelowna’s growing tech sector
A new documentary shows how Kelowna’s tech scene is transforming the city from 'your grandma’s…

Accelerate Okanagan’s acting CEO now permanent
Brea Lake has been hired as the CEO of Accelerate Okanagan after serving as acting…

Kelowna is reaping rewards of dark fibre investment running under city streets
KELOWNA – It took almost a decade of slowly burying fibre optic cables under Kelowna…

Brave entrepreneurs risk having their souls crushed next week in Kelowna
KELOWNA – It can be tough to start a new business. So, the Okanagan coLab…

Looking to link up, not hook up? There’s almost an app for that
KELOWNA – While it only took Bark Chung and her team 54 hours to create…

Kelowna start-up has social conscience built right in
KELOWNA - Local non-profits are jumping on a new interactive web platform called Volinspire, the product of a new local start-up created as one of the province’s first community contribution companies. Volinspire unveiled their new interactive web platform in Kelowna yesterday, Dec. 4. “The idea began with wanting to help young people find volunteer opportunities...