Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Lift ticket prices slashed for final weekend at SilverStar
SilverStar Mountain Resort is encouraging skiers and snowboarders to come up for the final weekend of the winter season.The resort will be slashing lift ticket prices by 50 per cent this Saturday and ...
Apr 05, 2024
Residential property sales decline in the North Okanagan
Home sales were down in the North Okanagan last month.The Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) reported 91 residential property sales in March.That was down 30.5 per cent from the sales recorded in ...
Apr 04, 2024
New wildfire training and education centre announced
Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops will offer a range of wildfire and emergency preparedness courses in the future, while the province is taking steps to reduce the impact of future wildfires.The ...
Apr 04, 2024
$1.4 million won at Okanagan casino
Someone hit the jackpot at a Kelowna casino.The BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) will hold a news conference on Friday (April 5) to introduce the person who won $1.4 million at Chances Casino.BCLC said t...
Apr 04, 2024
Fundraiser launched to help repair the Enderby Arena
Enderby came up short in its bid for Kraft Hockeyville 2024, but an online fundraiser has been launched to help the North Okanagan community reopen its arena and curling facility.Lumby Hockeyville 201...
Apr 04, 2024
North Okanagan Knights sold and moving to Quesnel
Armstrong's junior hockey club is moving to B.C.'s Cariboo region.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been sold and relocat...
Apr 04, 2024
Speculators targeted with new B.C. home flipping tax
The province is taking action to protect the housing stock from speculators.B.C. is introducing the Residential Property (Short Term Holding) Profit Tax Act, also known as the B.C. home-flipping tax, ...
Apr 03, 2024
Preparations underway for Shuswap-North Okanagan Rail Trail work
Development work on the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail has begun in advance of the 2024 construction season.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) dubbed the two-kilometre pilot section of t...
Apr 03, 2024
New speed-limiting rules take effect for commercial trucks
Speed-limiting devices for heavy commercial trucks become mandatory on B.C. highways as of this Friday (April 5).The devices must be programmed to a maximum speed of 105 km/h, which effectively preven...
Apr 03, 2024
B.C.'s first-time homebuyers program threshold increased
British Columbians looking to purchase their first homes will have access to more savings, with incentives in place to get more housing built.The threshold for the First-Time Homebuyer's program has b...
Apr 03, 2024
