Play it safe on the water

Play it safe on the water

On a July evening in 2013 Penticton resident Rene Bourque and his female companion, both standing at the windshield of his 28-foot cabin cruiser, approached the Penticton City Wharf. The only illumination on the pier at 10:30 p.m. was a red navigation light located at...
Okanagan Corporate Retreats: Off-site, on Target

Okanagan Corporate Retreats: Off-site, on Target

See how corporate retreats build teams, bolster profits and benefit the Okanagan Hiking through a midnight vineyard with the pale yellow beam of a headlamp as the only light on your group’s path — or collaborating with workmates on a blind wine tasting… If this sounds...
Golf Feature: Raising our Game

Golf Feature: Raising our Game

In 2008, the Okanagan was poised to become Canada’s top golf destination. And then the recession struck. Six years later, on the heels of a financial crisis and a golf crisis, how is the Valley’s golf industry faring? In May 1899, Dr. Jack Carruthers must have looked...
Okanagan Salary Survey

Okanagan Salary Survey

Aside from the major league hockey players and mysterious Hollywood stars who may or may not own lakeshore palaces hereabouts, what does everybody in the Okanagan do? You know, to make money? A living?      See our 2014 Okanagan Salary Survey. Take a Sunday drive...
Fair Trade?

Fair Trade?

It’s a perfect Saturday afternoon for window-shopping along Main Street in Penticton. I spot a string of Buddhist prayer flags poised above Asian clothing in a window display and step into Red Bag. Instantly I’m engulfed in a kaleidoscope of hand-loomed silk and...