Kelowna’s food scene is being recognized on an international level. On Friday, Oct. 31, Kelowna became the first city in Canada to be designated as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative City of Gastronomy. “Kelowna is honoured to be the first city in Canada designated as a UNESCO Creative City of
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A Chilliwack farmer managed to extend her flower-growing season and invest in a new greenhouse with the help of a business accelerator program. Mikayla MacLeod, co-owner of Charnwood Farms in Chilliwack, said they are grateful for the support received from the New Entrant Farm Business Accelerator Program, as participants in the last intake. “We were
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The new Pitt Meadows Secondary School facility is expected to be open for the September 2029/30 school year. An updated timeline and draft designs of the replacement project were revealed Wednesday evening, Oct. 29, at an open house that attracted 169 people who wanted to get a glimpse of the new renderings of the building.
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The fate of Universal Ostrich Farms could be decided Thursday, Nov. 6. That is when the leave application judgement will be made by the Supreme Court of Canada between the Edgewood farm and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The judgement will decide whether the court will hear an appeal or not. If the court
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Update (Friday, 9:35 a.m.): RCMP have confirmed that a woman has died after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope on Thursday (Oct. 30). The woman, who was a passenger in one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene after a crash near the village of Popkum at 6:50 p.m.
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