Kelowna's Juicy Tips

Breaking news from our winter wonderland: Big White ski resort has been praised among the top 5 ski resorts for families in a major U.K. daily, the Sunday Times. The only North American ski resort to make the list, this is definitely a feather in the cap of this Kelowna ski resort.

We had our first dusting of snow today – winter isn’t far off! While this brings snowy fun to our doorstep, it also means some people will be turning indoors now for their recreation. That’s why on today’s Juicy Tips radio show on 103.9 The Juice, we’re talking about the H2O Adventure Centre.

Red poppies on lapels, decorated veterans at supermarket entrances – sure signs that Remembrance Day is around the corner. We’ll be marking the day in Kelowna with ceremonies at the Cenotaph in City Park as well as in Rutland Lions Park, and a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. We all have our [...]

I made a discovery I’d like to share with you. Last night for dinner, I did something that I should do more often. I made the short drive down Highway 97 from Kelowna to Lake Country, turning right at the big blue & white boat on the side of the highway (you know the one), [...]

One of the first times I went to Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan (a few years ago with some visiting media) I came face to face with a bone chilling fear of mine: blue cheese. In fact, I’d never had blue cheese before, and I thought that I was philosophically opposed to it. We’d done the [...]

Everyone knows that at this time of the year, the weather can do just about anything. A few days ago a surprise frost had grape pickers snipping bunches, double-time. And that’s exactly what happened a few years ago at Kelowna Land & Orchard Co in East Kelowna – freak frosty weather froze their late harvest [...]

I was at McMillan Farm last week to check out their corn maze, which I had heard is a ton of fun. Let me tell you, it was quite a discovery for me! First of all, I’m pretty sure that I’ve never been in a corn maze. Well, lesson number one is that it’s never [...]

Elegant long boats, determined teams of paddlers, energetic drummers, and on-shore entertainment… the Dragon Boat Festival weekend is here, and everyone is invited!