If you have a orchard, garden or yard teaming with fruit and you know you won’t use it – there are people to pick it and a worthy place that needs it. The Okanagan Fruit Tree Project is on a mission to pick unwanted produce to share with those in need. …

Destination British Columbia in conjunction with our partners Tourism Vancouver, Vancouver Airport Authority and Port Metro Vancouver are pleased to welcome CRUISE360, the cruise industry’s premier tradeshow, back to Vancouver in June 2016! CRUISE360 is the industry’s ‘must-attend’ cruise conference and the premier event for the Cruise Lines International Association …

Hear what some of our new members think of the Green Tourism program, including Bear Claw Lodge and 40 Knots Estate Winery, an update from Summerhill Pyramid Winery, a trip to Scotland and 5 things all tourism businesses must have…http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d419b63a3dbdec07b5a3a2a56&id=509398d2e7 You can read more of the news on source

Wine, beer, and spirit makers are now permitted to sell their products at artisan markets throughout British Columbia. This policy update was made because the change that allowed for sales at farmers’ markets was so well received. “Artisan markets focus on high-quality, handmade goods and I think they’ll be a …

The Westside Wine Trail will be a busy place to be during the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival. From star gazing and carnival games to harvest dinners and open houses, the wineries of the Westside Wine Trail have brought back some annual favourites as well as added some new events to …

The response to the GoMedia conference held in Penticton this past week was so good, some journalists and destination delegates from around the world are sticking around for a few more days. Rob Taylor, Vice President, Tourism Industry Association of Canada, who helped organize the GoMedia Canada Marketplace in 2015 …

Okanagan Crush Pad, located in Summerland, BC, can now add the words “craft distillery” to its name with the purchase of a still and the license to make spirits. The spirits program will be under the direction of chief winemaker, Matt Dumayne. He has years of experience distilling in his …

Doug Brown pulls a tiny common yellowthroat from a sack and examines the bird as a group of children and adults looks on. The young male juvenile has just been caught in one of the mist nets at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory (VLBO), where Brown, the bird bander in …

A new store downtown is paying tribute to Merritt’s past. The nearly 100-year-old building’s story begins with the Toy family, which immigrated to Canada from China around 1916. The Toys founded the Yuen On Lung Company shortly thereafter and built their Voght Street department store, which members of the Toy …

One of the oldest pubs in British Columbia is up for sale after falling into foreclosure. The Prospector Pub and Hotel in Rock Creek was first built in 1895 along the shores of the Kettle River. This year’s fire season hit Rock Creek particularly hard. A more than 4,000-hectare wildfire …