Business

After watching their vines sleep for months, local winemakers are ready to celebrate the arrival of spring.

Inventors, environmental activists, number crunchers and marketing geniuses impressed judges at the Windward Software Young Entrepreneurs Dragons’ Den Competition.

Penticton’s Kim Lawton, was recently recognized as a Fellow of JCI Canada. A JCI Canada Fellowship is an honourary lifetime membership awarded to an individual member as a means of honouring them for their outstanding service to the corporation.

Penticton Economic Development Services, together with the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Investment and the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, is hosting the “Going Global” Exporting Seminar Tuesday, May 3 at the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce board room.

Patience may be a virtue, but when it comes to building your portfolio it’s also an excellent investment strategy. A long-term investment perspective requires a well thought out plan of action plus the discipline to stay with the plan. In return, long-term investing offers distinct safety advantages. Here’s why.

Work Zone is hosting a hospitality and retail job fair for those looking for upcoming job opportunities.

For Kris Goodjohn when it comes to home building the word pre-fab is short for pretty fabulous.

Homebuyers did not overwhelmingly jump to purchase in the South Okanagan even with adjusted mortgage rules by the federal government.

A new real estate company is providing sellers with the choice to act as their own salesperson with the benefit of access to services once only offered to realtors.

The recent trip to California in the Smart car was a learning experience in several ways. First, snow storms in the Sierra Nevada in a Smart car are not particularly pleasant, but the $250 round trip fuel cost was great.