The Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad has seen a spike in visitors, many from out of town, following its appearance on a recent episode of popular reality TV show The Amazing Race Canada. “We have been incredibly busy after the show,” said Poul Pedersen, who runs the popular Osoyoos tourist attraction …

The Summerland Waterfront Resort & Spa, known for its great location on Okanagan Lake for water-sports, is rounding out their recreation activities with a new spin, pun intended. On September 22, 2015, the Summerland Resort & Spa will be one of the Okanagan’s most cycle friendly hotels with the recent …

Plenty of heavy equipment is still at work at Silver Star Mountain Resort near Vernon in an ambitious program to add more than 130 acres of new terrain before alpine skiing starts on Nov. 26. Cross-country is expected to begin Nov. 12. “We went into heavily forested areas that were …

B.C. provincial parks had their most popular year ever for camping reservations in 2015. This year, 159,000 advance bookings were made in provincial parks, up 19 per cent, or 24,000 additional reservations, from last year. “The pride British Columbians have in our magnificent parks is clearly reflected in the increasing numbers of people …

Tech nerd alert: the future is coming to the Okanagan. Or at least the future as seen through the eyes of those at Telus. The communications and wireless company will be bringing its “future home” to Kelowna and West Kelowna in November. The future home is a 560 square-foot travelling condo decked …

As temperatures continue to drop throughout the Okanagan, snow has begun to make an appearance at higher elevations. Highway 97C was dusted with snow at the Pennask Summit overnight. The summit sits at 1,717 metres elevation. In addition, Big White Ski Resort is beginning to look like a winter wonderland, …

Things are moving ahead for the Okanagan Rail Trail. An inter-jurisdictional development team was recently formed to guide the future of the defunct rail corridor. “That’s a team made up of Kelowna, Lake Country and the North Okanagan Regional District,” said Brad Clements with Okanagan Rail Trail. “That was approved by …

It sure looks like winter at Big White. While Kelowna’s ski hill isn’t scheduled to open for more than three weeks, a large dump of the white stuff over the weekend transformed the hill from a summer paradise to a winter wonderland. Mountain visitors and residents have been enjoying a …

The Okanagan is getting even more international attention with three wineries making their debut on a Lifestyle TV series set this air in New Zealand. The six part series called Ventures in Wine Country follows three wineries from the Okanagan through their 2014 vintage, chronicling a grape-to-glass story of winemaking. …

For Immediate Release October 29th, 2015 Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association and Greenstep Solutions are excited to announce that they have entered into Memorandum of Understanding as part of the first phase of our regional efforts in the development of a Charter of Sustainability. One of the most valuable assets the …