Golden Mile Sub Appellation

Golden Mile Sub Appellation

Learn how nature and nurture combine to create unique flavours and a premier Okanagan tasting tour… When sub-appellations are named in the Okanagan, the Golden Mile Bench between Oliver and Osoyoos is on track to be among the first (along with the Black Sage and...
Hockey Valley

Hockey Valley

No question we’re obsessed with the national sport. Check out our Okanagan hockey highlights … On the Scouts’ List The top prospects for the 2012 NHL draft will take to the ice at Prospera Place in Kelowna at the end of January. It will be familiar territory for...
Curling: Our Other Ice Sport

Curling: Our Other Ice Sport

  When Mom warned you not to throw stones, she wasn’t talking about this popular Okanagan winter-buster … When you see the portrait of James Cameron Dun-Waters (the Okanagan’s early 20th century answer to Scottish landed gentry) on the cover of Stan Sauerwein’s...
Steroids for Students

Steroids for Students

Performance-enhancing drugs can give athletes an edge on the competition, but can pill-popping pump up students’ grades? When “Benfastic” Johnson flew across the finish line in Seoul, capturing the 100-metre, 1988 Olympic gold medal, Canadians marvelled at our machine...