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Second annual Christmas light up puts downtown Penticton in festive mood
PENTICTON – Penticton’s downtown lit up with the sights of Christmas yesterday evening, bringing out…
Kelowna trying to recover $116,000 in costs from marijuana legalization
KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna wants to recover all its costs to date, and…
City of Kamloops now accepting referrals for private pot shop applications
KAMLOOPS – The legalization of cannabis is less than a month away, and the City…
“It’s going to be massive”: What pot legalization means for the economy in the North Okanagan
VERNON – Just how much of an economic impact is legalization of marijuana going to…
Vernon council not interested in restricting marijuana sales
VERNON – Vernon city council has chosen to stand back while the federal government works…
Buying local, without leaving home, a popular choice for Okanagan holiday shoppers
OKANAGAN - It’s already well known that online shopping has taken over a large piece of the Christmas retail pie, but that doesn’t mean people are giving up on buying local to fill the stockings this Christmas. You don’t have to go out to a farmer’s market or holiday craft fair to buy local, you...
Vernon’s Village Green Centre celebrates 40 years in the community
VERNON - After four decades the Vernon mall still offers something you can’t get with online shopping: a social, community atmosphere. Much has changed at the Village Green Centre since its grand opening Aug. 6, 1975. Now, friends can meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee before strolling through the automatic doors. You can...
Empty stores a worry for Vernon mall merchants
VERNON - If you’ve been to the Village Green Centre lately, you might have noticed less variety in the 40-year-old mall. Currently, seven stores in the shopping centre are vacant and merchants are feeling the void. The Target closure left a large, 103,000-square-foot hole in the mall, but there are other gaps too. Ricki’s has...
Cherry Lane losing three fashion retailers
PENTICTON - Penticton’s largest shopping mall is losing three high profile tenants at the end of April. Cleo, Bootlegger and Ricki’s will be closing their doors in Cherry Lane Mall around the end of April, according to media spokesperson Nick Anstett. The three stores operate under the umbrella of parent organization Comark, a Canadian specialty...
Industrial, retail growth strong
KAMLOOPS - With 45,000 square feet of industrial space and 28,000 sq. ft. of retail space under construction in the city of Kamloops, the third quarter of 2014 was well ahead of 2013. On the outskirts of Kamloops Moly-Cop is currently building a 45,000 sq. ft. expansion and around town several companies have either snapped...