Tickets are now on sale for the Grand Sommelier Express Okanagan Heritage Steam Train wine and food tour which will be departing from the Summerland Kettle Valley Railway Station on Saturday, June 20, 2020

5 Ways to Savour Kelowna’s Indigenous Culture: There are many places to learn and soak up the area’s history and culture but here are 5 great starting points!

4 Wines You’ll Find in Oliver, that all have multiple inspirations. Sip and savour Oliver (Canada’s Wine Capital) this fall.

Vernon Fall Festival Fun from October 1 to 31, 2019 at Davison Orchards, O’Keefe Ranch, The BX Press Cidery, and more farm destinations in Vernon

SilverStar Mountain Resort presents Seismic Mountain Festival – a collaboration of sport, music, art, culinary and craft alcohol into a 10 day mountain event March 22 to 31, 2019.

SilverStar Mountain Resort is offering up the ultimate contest – Experience the Okanagan – a three-season prize worth over $7,500, and it’s a fun lover’s dream.

Enter to win a Festival of the Grape getaway during Canada’s Wine Capital Festival Weekend! The Festival of the Grape takes place on Sunday September 30th and is the largest outdoor festival in the region. You can win tickets plus 2 night stay at the new Coast Oliver Hotel via Miss604.

Win tickets to see Chris Botti at the Mission Hill Summer Concert Series. This summer enjoy live outdoor concerts from Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak, The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo and more in the heart of Okanagan Wine Country.

Whether you make Oliver your home base for your South Okanagan explorations, or you have a specific itinerary in mind, my recent explorations with ZenSeekers have given me some insights that I’m happy to share that will make your trip-planning a breeze.

Thanks to Jordan Coble from the Sncewips Heritage Museum and Westbank First Nation in West Kelowna, I now know two things: Ogopogo is much more than a cartoon rendering, and Ogopogo (n’ha-a-itk) is all around the Okanagan.