Not many people, at the tender age of 23, can say they’ve already been working in their chosen profession for 15 years. But, the magician formerly known as Ali K. Zam, can say just that. Leif ...Read More

There’s a song by Tom Waits that goes something like “If I owned a car lot, I’d drive a new car every day.” Visiting the Nixdorf Classic Car Museum in Summerland makes ...Read More

The following article is written by West Kelowna columnist Deborah Greaves, who has agreed to work with Catherine Mamo. Deborah writes about outdoor activities, businesses and places for publications and contract clients, and is outside ...Read More

Cindy Lee Yelland is an angel in disguise as a mortal woman. She’s also a dance dance dancing queen. Is there any kind of dance she isn’t into? She teaches and/or performs belly-dancing, ...Read More

The following article is written by West Kelowna columnist Deborah Greaves, who has agreed to work with Catherine Mamo. Deborah writes about outdoor activities, businesses and places for publications and contract clients, and is outside ...Read More

You could say that Michael Neill was born to be a bookseller: it’s in his blood. His mother owned and operated Black Bond Books in White Rock, a successful chain of independent bookstores. Michael was ...Read More

Chef Dennis Lowen is calm as the wine hits the hot cast iron pan with a terrific sizzle. The red wine reduction sauce is on its way. Meanwhile the Chinese cabbage gets chopped and blanched ...Read More

It’s autumn and that means harvest time at the historic Gellatly Nut Farm - the Westside’s newest regional park. If you haven’t visited yet, treat yourself to a stroll among the nut trees, ...Read More

Summerhill has been an estate winery for over 50 years; one of the oldest in the Okanagan. Proprietor Stephen Cipes has owned the winery since 1986. During that time Summerhill has accumulated many firsts: first ...Read More

Penticton’s Dream Cafe has established itself as the entertainment hub of the South Okanagan. The place is rocking most evenings with excellent musicians from around the world, performing on a small stage to an ...Read More

It may seem like a bit of a leap to go from catering to gardening but that’s what Jacquie Cherot and partner Katsumi Miyazaki did when they moved from the coast to the Okanagan and ...Read More

Have you ever considered building your own car? I thought not. Egon Ressel, a Peachland man, had no such qualms. He spent four years and nearly $20,000 making an electric ...Read More

Not many people make instruments by hand anymore. Cheap instruments from China, Korea and Eastern Europe flood the market. Machine-made, and often constructed from plywood, these instruments are churned out by the thousands. ...Read More

“Where’s the peaches?” ask many visitors to our little community. Not many peaches grow in Peachland anymore. But once upon a time Peachland had a very peachy reputation. Here’s where the Greata Ranch, just south ...Read More

You might say that Terry MacGillivray was destined to be an Elvis tribute artist. Ever since he was a young man people called him Elvis because he had “the hair.” “When I walked down ...Read More