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Have you lost your job or closed your business because of COVID?
So often, the numbers don't tell the whole story. COVID-caused job losses and business closures show up in statistics, but the figures don't humanize the…
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Ice wine grape harvest begins in earnest
There was no doubt this morning that it was cold enough to harvest frozen grapes for ice wine. In the darkness of a polar vortex,…
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The Modest Butcher
Now that Dan Carkner has finished cheffing for President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chancellor Angela Merkel he's free to cook for you.…
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Mobile beer canning line is da bomb
It truly was one of those light-bulb moments. Craig Snider of Kelowna loves beer. Yet, whenever he dropped by a liquor store, he could rarely…
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Okanagan Wind farms sold for reported $100M
In a blockbuster deal estimated to be worth $100 million, the two wind farms visible from the Okanagan Connector highway between West Kelowna and Merritt…
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Dine Around Okanagan (pandemic edition) kicks off today
How does a bison burger, prawn risotto, a flat iron steak, Nashville chicken or giant chocolate chip cookie in fudge sauce sound? All of them,…
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Should you buy silver?
OK, let's start by saying this is going to be complicated. With silver prices soaring to an eight-year high of US$30.35 per ounce this week…
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COVID silver lining: our houses are cleaner
If there's an upside to this pandemic it's that our homes are spick and span. COVID prompted quite the cleaning spree and sales of cleaners…
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Winter hike on top of the world
There's definite wow factor up here on top of the world. My wife, Kerry, and I and our dog, Benji, are hiking a 7-kilometre portion…
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She’s the boss
This article is part of a series of profiles on young entrepreneurs in the Okanagan and will be featured in the 2021 Level Up magazine. People…