asking for impossible

I do not know how many of us have heard of TAS. The first time I came to know about it was during 1980s when I was the student at an Indian premier business school. For a fortnight or so the school campus had been bustling with the life; companies of the repute came rushing...

Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Kicks Off In Kelowna

October 1 - 11, 2009 For wine connoisseurs foodies and in British Columbia and beyond, the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival is tough to match as a North American attraction.  It's an opportunity to indulge in the...

The cleanest fuel for the dirtiest engines? You decide

Do you own a small engine? Do you know what small engine emissions do to your health and the environment? Do you know why small engines pollute so much? Are you tired of your small engine equipment having starting...

Terrace Mountain Fire New Evacuations; Mt McLean Fire at Lillooet

New evacuations have been ordered for 1,200 people in Kelowna, BC, Saturday, August 1, due to increasing threat from the Terrace Mountain fire that began July 18, 2009. Earlier on Saturday the fire was reported to be 90 percent contained, covering approximately 4,500 hectares...

CBC news story on Kelowna Terrace Mountain fire.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/citizenbytes/2009/07/west_kelowna_forest_fires_a_lo.html   Terry Hill

Glenrosa and Rose Valley Fires contained -Terrace Mtn Evac Order

The Updates continue hereThe evacuation orders for Glenrosa and Rose Valley have been revoked.  Those two fires are now 100% contained.  Last reports indicate that it is now raining heavily in Kelowna,...

West Kelowna BC, Canada hit by massive fire

Yesterday afternoon a bush fire broke out in the resort community of Kelowna BC. over 10,000 residents and tourists have been ask evacuate the area. The Forest fire has grown today and is being fueled by the dry...

Raging BC Wildfire - Okanagan - Forces 5000 to Flee

Fire Crews were battling a quick spreading forest fire West of Kelowna, British Columbia.  Kelowna is in the Okanagan region, a region rich of tourism and recreational activity. The fire, which covered...

Greenpeace Activists Arrested at Kelowna Costco

Costco Kelowna was the target of Greenpeace demonstrators yesterday.  During the demonstration, three activists were arrested.  This action was taken to underline the fact that Costco is selling Redlist species -- seafood endangered by overfishing." By 3 p.m., store...

Get Your Vote On Takes Low Voter Turn Out for a Ride

Today, Get Your Vote On is taking voting for a ride in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna  with a critical mass bike ride in all three cities. A posse with a purpose, the Critical Vote Ride, sets out to gear up...

Kelowna Ogopogo Rotary Club Hosts Adventure in Tourism

Ogopogo Rotary offers students an adventure in tourism   Kelowna, BC—Students from B.C. and around the world will be in Kelowna from March 29 to April 3 for the Second Annual Adventures in Tourism program,...

Premier Accused of Pink Shirt Hypocrisy on Anti-Bullying Day

Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....

Food Alert for Kelowna - Ground Beef from Superstore

An alert has been posted on the Healthy Canadians website stating that some ground beef sold by the Real Canadian Supestore in Kelowna may have glass particles in it.  If you bought Lean Ground Beef Club Pack...

B.C. P3 lender burning through government loan guarantees

The Belgian-French bank that's supplying the financing to several public-private partnership (P3) projects in British Columbia has exhausted half of the government guarantees it received in a September bailout....

Listeriosis claims more lives

The listeria death toll across Canada rises to 19 with the recent deaths of two women, one from BC and the other from NB.  Re: the death in BC:"The senior, who died at Kelowna General Hospital, had an...

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