Full-time Resort Living
Resort-town living, with the lake, mountains or ocean at your back door, is the dream of many retirees and downsizers–and now millenials, too. The RE/MAX …
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Instant Office: Kootenays
When a home office, with all its potential distractions, isn’t the solution for your remote-work needs, co-work spaces are now available in nearly every corner …
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Elevator Envy
A private elevator, formerly a niche perk for big-city penthouse dwellers, is now within reach. For those with multi-generational families, mobility needs or a desire …
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Marathon Search
When you’re looking for a new home, the search process can seem daunting. But avid runners can use their hobby as both a fitness opportunity …
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Building Green in the Interior
The interior of B.C. has long been a hotbed for off-the-grid and greener living, and today’s developers are leading the way in green building there. …
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Fall Issue: Hot Off the Press
The fall is one of my favourite times of year to travel around B.C. In addition to getting away from the Lower Mainland’s rain, I’m …
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Chilliwack: Big Changes in Store
In 2018, the City of Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation chose Algra Brothers to enhance downtown revitalization by developing a four-acre property that includes heritage buildings …
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Drive Like a Pro
Have you ever wanted to drive like Jacques Villeneuve–or Trevor Siebert, or Bill Drossos? Those pro racecar drivers envisoned, designed and engineered a nearly five-kilometre …
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Campus Living
Mission Group’s U-Eight development in the University District of Kelowna’s UBC Okanagan is the latest graduate in a new class of B.C. campus condos. The …
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Return to Port
The Holland America cruise ship MS Masdaam makes its return to Port Alberni, which hasn’t hosted a cruise ship since 2013. With local attractions like …
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Summer in Radium
People come for the famous hot springs, but stay for the collegial village atmosphere during Radium’s lovely summers. To maximize the long, bright summer days, …
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Walking on Sunshine
Walking is one of the simplest forms of lifelong exercise, yet it’s no fun to embark on a trail that ends up being too hilly, …
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Re-routing B.C.’s Buses
Since the demise of the Greyhound’s Western Canadian operations last fall, a new map of routes has emerged. Provincially operated BC Bus North goes between …
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Building Trends
Wider hallways and stairs, lower electrical outlets and a floor plan that allows for the later addition of an elevator–these sound like great features for …
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Summer Issue: Hot Off the Press
Although I’m a passionate West Coaster today, I had the pleasure of growing up in a small town in Ontario. We lived in a humble …
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Wilden Spring Grand Opening
Wilden, Kelowna’s largest master-planned community, is hosting a Spring Grand Opening on Sunday, April 14th to launch its two newest neighbourhoods: Lost Creek Point and …