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Penticton honouring importance of WestJet
Calgary-based airline WestJet is certainly an important driver of industry and tourism in many Canadian centres. Just how important? Well, the City of Penticton is changing its name to WestJetville for...
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Drinking and Dipping: Kayaking in Okanagan Wine Country
Have you ever been kayaking? Have you ever been wine tasting? I was lucky enough to combine the two during a recent tour of the Okanagan Valley. There are plenty of ways you can get to the vineyards...
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Okanagan wineries add sizzle with concerts
One of my favourite memories from last year was the kickoff of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (I4C). A gala event at the beautiful Jackson-Triggs winery in Niagara-on-the-lake...
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Best Places to Eat in the Okanagan Valley
Many of the best things in life can be found in the Okanagan Valley. With delicious summer temperatures and valleys brimming with fresh produce and grapes, this region makes for an ideal getaway. Here...
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Okanagan wine event celebrates B.C. Pinot Noirs
When there’s a chill in the air and coloured leaves on the ground my mind turns to one wine — Pinot Noir. To me it’s the perfect autumn wine. Heavier in body than a white wine, but not a tannic monster...
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Get a taste of spring at Okanagan wine festival
While Mother Nature may be taunting us with spring in Calgary, the new season is firmly entrenched in the Okanagan Valley. In fact it sounds more like summer. The high temperature forecast for Oliver,...
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Flames’ Gaudreau, Bennett in lineup tonight
Bill Arnold was first onto the South Okanagan Events Centre ice this morning in Penticton. Meaning expectations, realistic or otherwise, for the Calgary Flames – and their high-profile youngsters – can...
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Drinking and Dipping: Kayaking in Okanagan Wine Country
Have you ever been kayaking? Have you ever been wine tasting? I was lucky enough to combine the two during a recent tour of the Okanagan Valley. There are plenty of ways you can get to the vineyards...
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Best Places to Eat in the Okanagan Valley
Many of the best things in life can be found in the Okanagan Valley. With delicious summer temperatures and valleys brimming with fresh produce and grapes, this region makes for an ideal getaway. Here...
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Fest-of-Ale a chance to sample B.C. finest brews
I’m not from Alberta, but I’ve lived here long enough to have taken up Calgarians’ reflexive hatred of the Canucks — and I, too, have grown weary of listening to countless smug Vancouverites drone on...
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Okanagan Fest-of-Ale draws beer lovers to Penticton
Long a favourite getaway for Albertans seeking sunshine and wine, the Okanagan is also a great place to explore the burgeoning craft beer scene in the province next door. From Vancouver Island to the...
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Beer Me: Tips & picks at the Okanagan Fest-of-Ale
The countdown is on to one of B.C.’s oldest beer festivals, the Okanagan Fest-of-Ale, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Penticton on April 10 and 11. B.C. has a diverse and innovative craft...
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Beer Me: Winners at the 2015 Okanagan Fest-of-Ale
I was honoured to be one of eight judges at the 20th Okanagan Fest-of-Ale in Penticton last weekend. It was my first time at the event — as a visitor or a judge — and it’s definitely one I’ll add to my...
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Camping outside the box
Sleep in a giant orb suspended between trees. Or go “glamping,” in a heated, furnished tent. Or try a night in a teepee or a yurt. When it comes to enjoying the great outdoors, there are myriad...
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Calgary Inferno players quickly changing gears
Take an elite athlete’s typical pile of sacrifices. Then heap this one on top – having to miss your club team’s championship festivities. Sure, you happen to be away from the jubilant scene because...
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Parker: Pechet fulfils dream with opening of Play Estate Winery
Jason Pechet, whose family has been in the hotel and entertainment industry for many years, has long wanted to open his own winery. This month, the CEO of the Stagewest Hospitality brand will achieve...
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Coming of age in the Okanagan, Lake Breeze Vineyards turns 20
Twenty years in the wine industry is not much more than a blink of an eye, but in Canada it is a significant milestone, especially when you consider that vitis vinifera (the genus of grapes that is...
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Family of four ’brazen’ cougars put down after getting too bold in B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia conservation officers have killed a family of four cougars they say were growing increasingly bold while hunting urban deer around homes in the province’s Interior....
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PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia conservation officers have killed a family of four cougars they say were growing increasingly bold while hunting urban deer around homes in the province's Interior....
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