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of Kelowna is a relaxed, long-form conversational series that highlights the personal journeys of local business owners and creators — helping listeners feel more connected to the city they love
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Canada
86 episodes
since April 28, 2025
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Originally from Newfoundland, Hailey shares her journey from growing up in a family of small business owners to becoming a teacher, moving across the country, and eventually finding herself building a business she never anticipated.
What began as a desire to spend less time on her …
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Growing up in Italy’s Marche region, food meant family, friends, and time spent together around a table. That idea followed Andrew from Italy to Australia, through food trucks and restaurants, and eventually to Canada, where COVID forced him to start over once again.
We talk about …
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@darrentanakaphotography is a third generation Kelowna local with deep roots in the city’s Japanese Canadian community.
Our conversation moves through Kelowna history, his family’s connection to Kasugai Gardens, Japanese Canadian history during the Second World War, school, filmmak…
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This week on of Kelowna, Baillie from Anarchy Coffee is back on the podcast to talk all things Okanagan Coffee Fest 2026.
I do not normally have guests back on, but Baillie gets an exception.
We get into how the festival has grown, what is happening this year, the local coffee comm…
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Gary’s road to Barn Owl Brewing is anything but straightforward.
Radio, law school ambitions, an education degree, years travelling with a band, youth and community work, several business ideas that never quite happened, and eventually a heritage barn that became Barn Owl Brewing.
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Craig’s story goes far beyond opening a nonalcoholic bottle shop.
We talk about his relationship with alcohol, the crisis that led him into treatment at 23, his years working in counselling and substance use treatment, and how those experiences eventually shaped SOBR Market.
It is …
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Jeff’s path to Kelowna Pool Tables was anything but direct.
From growing up in Ontario to building a career in sales, Jeff spent more than 20 years in the barbecue industry, including years representing Broil King and travelling throughout Western Canada and the U.S. Along the way,…
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From growing up around Vancouver’s commercial fishing industry to spending nearly 15 years working his way through the fish business, Cory’s life has always had a connection to the water.
Along the way, mentors, family and years of hard work shaped how he thought about leadership, …
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From competitive figure skating to the Okanagan wine industry to building Urban Liquor, Riki’s path has been anything but linear.
After arriving in Kelowna in the early 2000s, Riki built a career in wine and watched the Okanagan industry grow around her. Eventually, she saw an oppo…
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Born and raised in Kelowna, Kerri has spent most of her life at Calowna Costumes.
What started as helping out at her husband’s grandmother’s costume shop as a teenager became a 35 year career filled with creativity, family, unforgettable characters and thousands of local stories.
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