Hydrogen HTEC opens hydrogen refueling station in Kelowna backed by $1M government investment This will be the company's fifth station in B.C. and first in the province's interior Rowan DunneJuly 4, 2023
Cannabis Avant Brands K1 acquires The Flowr Group Avant's 50% joint venture has won a bid to purchase Flowr Okanagan and its Kelowna operation Rowan DunneDecember 8, 2022
Business Allied Corp finishes exporting Colombia-grown pot to Switzerland The export approval includes 7,100 kilograms of cannabis in total Natalia Buendia CalvilloAugust 11, 2022
Business Valens ships first orders from Ontario facility It also revealed an expanded deal with an unnamed licensed producer Natalia Buendia CalvilloFebruary 10, 2022
Business Kelowna and Vernon to slash pot shop fees Business licensing fees for cannabis stores are higher than any other category Nick LabaJanuary 12, 2022
Business Kelowna approves more downtown pot shops, existing weed stores push back Going against its own policies, city council approved Hemp City and Green Pineapple while 3 other weed stores are slated to open soon Kathryn TindaleJuly 29, 2021
Canada Cannabis-growing salmon is on the menu Habitat's aquaponically grown organic salmon is flowing into markets and restaurants in the Okanagan Valley Natalia Buendia CalvilloMarch 9, 2021
Regulations Vancouver pot shops pay Canada’s highest licensing fees. They don’t have a straight answer why Retailers pay $36K a year for a business licence, but the city's explanation for the high costs and where that money goes isn't clear Michelle GamageSeptember 30, 2020
Beverages Valens GroWorks: Canada’s Largest Third-Party Cannabis Extractor Gears up for Legalization 2.0 Mugglehead talks to Everett Knight, executive vice president of strategy and investments at Valens, how the extraction company's focus on quality is helping it... Jared GnamOctober 10, 2019