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Two North Okanagan-Shuswap school district properties up for sale

VERNON - The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is putting two of its properties up for sale. The first is the former board office in Salmon Arm, which will be listed for $800,000, and the other is the old South Canoe School, on the market for $500,000. Board of Education chair Bobbi Johnson says Colliers International...

Magic of Enchanted Forest put new owner under its spell

REVELSTOKE - The Enchanted Forest had its new owners spellbound from the first time they saw the woodland wonderland many years ago. The roadside amusement park located between Sicamous and Revelstoke on the Trans Canada Highway has, for the fifth time in its 55 years, changed hands, but longtime visitors need not fear any drastic changes;...

Vernon motel could be yours for just over $1M

VERNON - A downtown motel familiar to most Vernon residents is up for sale. The Green Valley Motel on Highway 97 across from Polson Park is on the market for $1,195,000. Built in 1965, the motel features 27 units currently rented out by the month. A description of the listing suggests it has lots of...

100 horses for sale following Armstrong cruelty investigation

"LET'S SAVE THIS THING AND MAKE IT TURN OUT FOR THE GOOD" ARMSTRONG - Homes are being sought for 100 horses in Armstrong following an animal cruelty investigation. The horses belong to Gary Roberts, 69, who faces two counts of animal cruelty charges stemming from a December 2014 B.C. SPCA investigation. Seventeen of Roberts’ horses...

The Penticton Library wants to help you get Dirty Books cheap

PENTICTON - If your personal library is in need of an update, now’s your chance to fill the shelves with new books from the Penticton Library’s Dirty Book Sale. The foyer at the library-museum building will be full of books ready for sale at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The books are not racy though....

Park concept dashed with sale of historic Kal Lake estate

VERNON - One of the Okanagan’s top 100 most expensive residential properties—a historical home on the shores of Kalamalka Lake—is in new hands, albeit not the ones its former owner had hoped for. The 2.4-acre estate belonging to the late Margaret Ormsby, featuring 420 feet of waterfront off Coldstream Creek Road, was on the market...