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Progress 2016
The 2016 Progress magazine celebrates Okanagan business stories. Our cover story by writer Bruce Kemp celebrate Small Business Success in the Okanagan. Our Review column Self-employed includes some poignant words from well loved writer Dona Sturmanis. She will be missed.
See our list of featured Okanagan businesses stories.
Dec 2015 Okanagan Life – Best of the Okanagan
Our Dec issue celebrates the 2015 Best of the Okanagan award winners in the North, Central and South Okanagan. Wine writer Michael Botner sips from some Sake and we're in the kitchen with Chef Dale Flowers of Vernon's Cattleman's Club at O'Keefe Ranch.
Oct-Nov 2015 Okanagan Life
Our Oct-Nov issue digs deep into the profiles of Thompson Okanagan shoppers and we're celebrating how UBCO makes a big difference to so many facets of life in the Valley. Wine writer Michael Botner showcases a quintet of fabulous wines from selected producers on the multi-faceted Naramata Bench.
September 2015 – Okanagan Life
Our September issue features a stunning showcase of Thompson Okanagan homes. Publisher Paul Byrne weighs in on the federal election and writer Shannon Linden presents some compelling reasons for protecting your kids — and everybody else’s — with vaccinations. Wine writer Michael Botner urges you to stock your cellar with Corkscrew Drive classics wines from Okanagan Falls Wine Country.
July/August 2015 – Okanagan Life
Our July-August issue features tennis champion Vasek Pospisil from Vernon, BC on our cover. Writer Yvonne Turgeon follows Vasek Pospisil's tennis career from the tender age of 6 years to hoisting the Wilmbledon Championship cup last July. Wine writer Michael Botner explores the new wine route in cool Kamloops. From herbs to scans, writer Dona Sturmanis catches up on the latest health services on the Thompson Okanagan region.
June 2015 – Okanagan Life
Our June issue features the Okanagan Valley and Thompson’s Best Restaurants Awards – now including Kamloops restaurants. Thanks to all our readers for helping us present these awards for the 21st year. Wine writer Michael Botner brings us new vineyards, new wineries and new players in the burgeoning wine region of the Similkameen. Our feature story on Golf Tech by Dona Sturmanis shows how the latest electronic wizardry can shave strokes from your golf score.
April 2015 – Okanagan Life
Our April issue presents the Okanagan Life Best of BC Wine awards. We're in person with Ivan McLelland as we mark the 60th anniversary of the Penticton Vees. We’re also in the kitchen with Okanagan chef Michael Miller of the Harvest Grill, a long-standing best restaurant award winner.
Progress 2015
The 2015 Progress magazine celebrates Okanagan business stories. Cover story Real Estate Outlook: local experts help us crystal ball the regional real estate market for 2015 as writer Bruce Kemp looks at what's hot and what's not when it comes to that final buying decision.
See our list of featured Okanagan businesses stories.
February 2015 – Okanagan Life
Our February issue features the Good Life in the Okanagan from big bold red wines to winter staycations. It's a Journey to the Dream Job with Dona Sturmanis and a feature on Pension Peril from freelancer Dawn Renaud. We’re also in the kitchen with Okanagan chef Nik Theodorakis of Theo's Restaurant, a long standing best restaurant award winner.
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2017 Best Restaurant Awards
Here are the winners of the 2017 Okanagan Life Best Restaurants Readers’ Choice Awards, our 23nd edition. Our voters have taken their time, sampled, savoured and make their choices. Celebrate with them the top dining spots in the Okanagan Valley and salute the...
Conservation cooperation
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2017 Okanagan Life Best of BC Wine Award Winners
Let’s celebrate the 2017 Okanagan Life Best of BC Wine Awards, our third annual. We brought together a panel of select independent, experienced wine judges from the trade, restaurant and education sectors who selected these...
Best of Show 2017
Best of Show 2017 For the 2017 Okanagan Life Best of BC Wine Awards, we brought together a panel of select independent, experienced wine judges from the trade, restaurant and education sectors who selected the award winners. These are our Best of Show wines. Best Red...
Progress 2017: Spotlight on Okanagan Business
Watch for the Progress 2017 magazine coming out this week. Progress 2017 brings you the latest from the following Okanagan businesses. We encourage you to support your communities by shopping local. Back to Earth Bags N All Bannister GM Baptist Housing | Village at...
Creating the shared space of Okanagan cities
Streetscape: public realm. It’s shared, it’s real and it affects our lives for better or worse. We know when a neighbourhood or a city street “feels good.” The scale of the buildings, sidewalk width, lawn depth, door and window placement and pattern, and a myriad of...
Music makes the world go around
elowna City Band members first picked up instruments in 1894 and the Penticton Concert Band has been making music since 1910. Vernon has boasted a community band since the 1920’s. In 2001, Kamloops joined the bandwagon with the formation of the...
Celebrate Best of the Okanagan 2016
Our readers have voted for a celebration of shopping local. Across every category, from professional and construction to home and leisure, our readers’ choice for Best of the Okanagan awards are the dedicated, small independently owned businesses you find just down...