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Best Restaurants 2013

Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Best Restaurants brand is one of the most recognizable in the Okanagan Valley. For 19 years, OkanaganLife readers have voted for their favourites —and for 19 years we have published the results in a magazine that has quietly become one of the best read magazines—of all magazines—per capita! It is so important that you have voted for your friends, colleagues, neighbours and peers—to determine those who deserve to be winners of Okanagan Life magazine’s 19th Annual Best Restaurants and to help us pay tribute... 

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Animated Okanagan

Friday, May 24, 2013

Adorable little penguins launched the Okanagan as a burgeoning animation and gaming centre. In 2007, Lance Priebe, Dave Krysko and Lane Merrifield of Kelowna sold their Club Penguin animated online children’s game to the Walt Disney Company for up to $700 million ($350 million in cash). Since then the Valley, particularly Kelowna, has begun to attract a growing number of established studios and to foster its own. While gaming may conjure gambling for some, in the animation context it refers to video games, a huge... 

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Okanagan Music Live

Monday, April 22, 2013

The Okanagan has given birth to countless talented musicians. Think Grapes of Wrath, The Head Pins, Fields of Green, The Flu and We are the City. The Valley has also become a mecca for music makers who love the lifestyle of a four seasons playground and a winery around every corner. Talents such as Paul Rodgers, (Free and Bad Company), Danny McBride (Chris de Burg) and Julie Masi (Parachute Club) are just a few of the musicians who now call the Okanagan home. Jimmy LeGuilloux has been watching the local music industry... 

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Wildcraft Harvester Don Elzer

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Wildcrafter, Artist, Writer and Publisher Life might be a box of chocolates for some, but for Don Elzer it’s a cup of tea—and it’s wild. It’s also about a foraging plantation in the woods, paintings, sculptures and a publishing company. Located in Lumby, Don’s Wildcraft Forest (www.wildcraftforest.com) produces artisanal herb, fruit and berry loose tea [...]

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Events

Boyd’s Father’s Day Car Show

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Boyd’s 15th Annual Father’s Day Car Show is set to take place Sunday June 16 from 11 am to 4 pm at City Park in Kelowna. The annual event draws a large crowd and makes a great family outing with cars for Dad, bouncy castles and face painting for the kids and the silent auction [...]

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Blog

The Valley’s Best Restaurants

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Just a few of the posts of our Best Restaurant winners. Follow us @okanaganlifemag

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Tasteful Landscaping

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Tasteful Landscaping Urban “growth” fills a gap Take a peek over the fence at a certain house on Penticton’s Martin Street and you’re likely to spot a considerable amount of produce growing among the flowers. This is, quite literally, tasteful landscaping. Peer over the back fence; on what was once a large expanse of simple [...]

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