Kelowna's Juicy Tips

I recently came across this story by Kelowna-native Cathryn Wellner on the website GoGirlfriend, and it’s a perfect example of how we as residents of this great city can act as ambassadors for visitors. Cathryn’s story is written from the perspective of Kelowna as an ideal girlfriend-getaway destination, which is absolutely so true!! How many [...]

We have exciting news for this year’s Kokanee salmon run up Mission Creek: the numbers of Kokanee spawning this year are pointing to a banner season, echoing the record year that the Coast saw for their salmon run. The numbers are intriguing to Fish Interpreters at the EECO Centre (Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan).

Yesterday I blogged about Kasey Wilson and Tony Gismondi’s show, Best of Food and Wine, broadcasting live from the Delta Grand in Kelowna. It was a magical 2 hours of interviews with wineries, chefs, and tourism representatives. We all had a magnificent time getting to know each others’ news!
Today I’m posting the second hour of the [...]

What an exciting evening we had on Friday! Kasey Wilson and Tony Gismondi (and team) from AM 650’s Best of Food and Wine were in Kelowna doing an on-location live broadcast at the Delta Grand Resort. It was a terrific 2 hours of interviews with local wineries, chefs, and tourism representatives.
Check out the podcast above, featuring [...]

Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! And a steady beat of a drum. Eighteen paddlers giving it their all, a drummer, and a steerer calling directions – they all work together in harmony, and it’s a sight to behold! This weekend Kelowna will host the Kelowna International Dragon Boat Festival. For the 50+ teams attending and the 4500+ [...]

I have been hearing reports about the interesting new direction in farming that is called “SPIN Farming” (stands for Small Plot INtensive farming). From what I hear, Kelowna is a stronghold for this new form of farming, which is very cool! This great blog post by Jennifer Cockrall-King was a thorough description of this kind of [...]

In this week’s eVent magazine, writer Portia Priegert recognizes the Lake Country Art Walk as the valley’s “largest visual arts exhibition.” It is, indeed, quite a colourful and vibrant annual event - and it takes place this weekend.

Can you believe it’s already Labour Day weekend?! Yes indeed. I’ve noticed that fall is sneaking in, ever so slowly. This got us at Tourism Kelowna thinking about how we could stretch out the remaining days of summer, and the consensus was: a summery drink on a patio. So without further ado, here are some [...]