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Dockside Marine

Dockside Marine Centre, 770 Finns Rd., Kelowna, has the largest selection of new and used boats in the Okanagan. The company has just added two premium boat brands to its product line-up for 2012: Harris Floteboats and Lund...

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Perry Law

Perry Law is a boutique legal practice that has been serving the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap regions since 1976. With two areas of specialty, Perry Law handles civil litigation including estate, construction and real estate...

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Greed Redefined – Occupy Reality Check

There’s a group of greedy individuals in Lower Manhattan who think that they deserve more than their fair share. Their selfishness blinds them to the fact that most people on the planet have drastically less than they do. They appear to be concerned only with themselves. They live a life of privilege …

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Jeremy Woo: Winning Work Ethic

Jeremy Woo doesn’t do things for others to gain glory, accolades or attention, he reaches out because it fills him up. “When you help someone else, you feel and they feel better. There’s twice the benefit,” says Jeremy, a 17-year-old, Grade 12 Kalamalka Secondary School student….

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Community Activist Hannah Paracholski

“I feel like we were put on this planet to help one another,” says Hannah Paracholski a 14-year-old Vernon Secondary School student. “I think we should go out of our way to do so whether the person is next door or far away.” When Hannah sets her mind to something…

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6th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards

The results of our 6th Annual Best of the Okanagan Editors’ Choice Awards: best excuse for a volunteer to play dress up; best creative youth role models in the North Okanagan; best troupe of multi-talented child stars with...

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Okanagan Bookshelf & Soundtrack

We could speculate on what it is about the Okanagan that nurtures such a broad spectrum of creativity among writers, photographers and musicians, but who cares—as long as they keep on creating …

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Gem of a Guy: Chuck Fipke

Long before you spot him among the crowd you might hear Charles (Chuck) Fipke laugh. A delighted kind of a cackle, its an unbridled and boisterous display of pleasure as unique as the man himself. Canada’s most decorated discoverer of diamonds—and one of the most renowned geologists …

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Two Chefs, One Philosophy

Credit the surging wine industry for the emergence of winery restaurants committed to local food culture and for attracting young, creative, passionate chefs, some with roots in the Valley. These talented “locals” captain dynamic kitchens, adding depth and commitment to the burgeoning wine country dining scene.

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Money Can Be Funny

Buying local is the best way to fuel the Okanagan economy. Exercising your democratic right to choose will not only help local business people survive and thrive; it will allow you the satisfaction of occupying the brain of a billionaire. Once upon a time, the world was full of business people who …

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Seize the Moment: Bruce Kemp

A bit of madness went into the cover of “Gifts of the Okanagan,” a new photo book by Laurie Carter and Bruce Kemp. With printer deadline looming, the pair were desperately seeking a cover image when Bruce was caught in the mother of all storms driving home after shooting…

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A New Way to Think

The last decade has seen unprecedented unethical behaviour in the corporate world. Ponzi schemes, cooked books, too-big-to-fail corporations and billions of dollars in bailouts have driven the economy over a cliff. The Occupy Wall Street movement …

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Dual Parent Ski Pass

If the term “steep and deep” better describes the pile of bills on your kitchen table than the powder on Okanagan ski slopes where you’d like to be carving some turns; if you feel snowed under by a blizzard of family duties; if the word “flakes” conjures up an image of Ivory Snow …

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Westside Wines

Clustered around Mount Boucherie and scattered south past Peachland, Westside wineries showcase a style and taste all their own. Stretching from the W.R. Bennett Bridge south to Summerland, about 25 kilometres along Highway 97, the Westside wine region encompasses two neighbouring …

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