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Dear Tony: Our community is a mix of townhouses and a highrise. Over the past five years, all of the townhouse units have installed heat pumps to replace their gas furnaces and provide colling in the summer.聽聽

This Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., the 2024 sa国际传媒 International Airport (YLW) Fall Travel Show will open its doors at the KF Centre for Excellence, located at 5800 Lapointe Drive.

Dear Tony: What is considered reasonable noise or disruption? Our townhouse community has a few design issues.

Dear Tony:聽 We have several owners challenging our fees we charge for storage lockers, parking, extra parking spaces, and EV charging costs since the Tribunal decision was issued a few weeks ago.

Dear Tony: Our building has two elevators and we have had a history of problems with both of them shutting down and no elevator access for several days.聽 We do not have a cargo elevator so moves require access to one unit and if the other is shut down we have serious access issues for residents.聽聽

Dear Tony: my strata corporation cannot pass a special levy to approve our roof replacement. We are six townhouse buildings in the Fraser Valley, with six units in each building.聽聽

The RDCO has officially launched the Business and Workforce Survey and is looking for feedback from businesses, residents and local workers.

Dear Tony: Our strata corporation has created a bit of a nightmare with our bylaws. One of our council members insisted he could draft a bylaw to make owners responsible for their back yards which are limited common property.

Dear Tony: Our strata no longer has a resident caretaker and the suite is sitting vacant. It is a significant amount of lost revenue that can offset our expenses. It is a large two-bedroom suite perfect for a small family. As a nonprofit society, are we permitted to rent it out to the public…

Ahmad Taher Saleh, the manager of Four Points by Sheraton sa国际传媒 Airport won Marriottsa国际传媒 Operations Manager of the Year award which recognized his outstanding leadership, dedication, and significant impact on the hotel and the broader sa国际传媒 community.

Dear Tony: Can you confirm strata corporations can no longer be exempt from depreciation reports and must obtain an electrical planning report? At our annual meeting the property manager said we can still be exempt from the requirements for a depreciation report provided we vote to extend th…

Pacific Coastal Airlines announced Monday direct flights between sa国际传媒 and Prince George, marking another step in their mission to enhance regional connectivity across British Columbia.

Upwards of 95% of this yearsa国际传媒 Okanagan grape crop is believed to have been affected by the January 2024 deep freeze, but the underlying damage to vines is still being calculated, according to an official from the sa国际传媒 Agriculture Ministry.

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A former high-ranking executive at Copper Mountain Mining Corporation near Princeton has scored a win in his effort to get the $1.6 million he claims to be owed after being fired in 2022 for allegedly failing to file insider trading reports on time.

The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce is announced that Jordan Knox was elected as this yearsa国际传媒 president. Currently the operations manager at Penticton Rona, the majority of his career was spent in hospitality, working across Canada and even abroad in the Cayman Islands.

Ingrid Jarrett of sa国际传媒, the president and CEO of British Columbia Hotel Association was recognized as the Business Woman of the Year at the sa国际传媒 Tourism Industry Conference.

Nearly 50 different organizations will be looking for help at the upcoming Start Here Penticton Job Fair.

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Okanagan home prices remained steady in February, despite a 32% spike in active listings on a year-over-year basis, according to fresh data from the Association of Interior Realtors.

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As winter cold snaps wreak havoc on the vineyards of the Okanagan, a local viticulturist has come up with an idea to alleviate the damage caused by extremely low temperatures.

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Okanagan home prices mostly held steady in January 2024 on a year-over-year basis amid a surge in new listings, according to new month-end data from the Association of Interior Realtors.

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Fresh off a January cold snap thatsa国际传媒 believed to have dealt widespread and catastrophic damage to Okanagan vineyards, local wineries now have something else to worry about: Alberta trade policy.

For the last few years, Canadasa国际传媒 level of productivity (the average amount of output associated with each member of the labour force, also called Gross Domestic Product per capita) has been declining.

It was 50 years ago when the public started shopping at the Mendoncasa国际传媒 family business, now known as La Cucina European Market and Delicatessen.

A sa国际传媒-based online video game and software development company has won a sa国际传媒 Export Award.

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As scores of community newspapers are consolidating or closing across Canada, the town of Osoyoos finds itself in a highly unusual situation, with two weekly print publications competing for residents鈥 attention.

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West sa国际传媒sa国际传媒 Lakesider Brewing Co. won the Best Fruit Beer award for their Sunkissed Apricot Wheat Ale at the Okanagan Fest of Ale held in Penticton in April.

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When Felisha Xavier opened the Black Phoenix Tea Room Feb. 2, it fulfilled a decade-long dream of hers. The Black Phoenix features loose leaf tea from Chaibaba, a local supplier in sa国际传媒, as well as lattes, cappuccinos and espressos from Pilgrim Coffee Roaster, local to West sa国际传媒.

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This video shows an off-duty sa国际传媒 RCMP officer going to the aid of a colleague who was having difficulty arresting a suspect. The video was filmed by the off-dutry officer's wife.