Best Appliance Store
Central
1 Sears
2 The Brick
3 Trail Appliances
North
1 Genier’s TV Stereo & Appliance
1 Parnell’s TV & Appliance
2 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
3 Sears
South
1 Sears
2 Penticton Appliance Sales & Service
3 The Brick
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Best Home Furniture Store
Central
1 The Brick
2 Sears
3 Ashley Furniture HomeStore
North
1 City Furniture
& Appliances Ltd.
2 Ashley Furniture HomeStore (Enderby)
3 Beachcomber Home Leisure
South
1 Guerard’s Furniture
2 Sears
3 The Brick
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Best Home Accessories Store
Central
1 HomeSense
2 Home Outfitters
3 Pier 1 Imports
North
1 Winners
2 The Brick
3 Designers Gallery
South
1 Treasure’s Fine Furnishing & Decor (Summerland)
2 Winners
3 The Bay
3 Wild Rose Cottage
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Best Custom Kitchen Vendor
Central
1 Westwood Fine Cabinetry
2 Landmark Granite Inc.
3 Kelowna Kitchen Studio
3 Norelco Cabinets Ltd.
North
1 Dream Easy Kitchens
& Bedrooms
2 Westwood Cabinets
South
1 Westminster Woodworks
2 Ellis Creek Kitchens & Baths
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Central
1 Wentworth Music
2 Paramount Music
3 Lee’s Music
North
1 The Music Shoppe
South
1 Skaha Sound
2 Classic Guitars
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Best Antique Shop
Central
1 Antoni’s Antiques
& Collectibles
2 Taylor’s Antiques
3 Lois Lane Warehouse
North
1 Blast from the Past Antiques
2 Cobwebs Antiques & Gifts (Enderby)
3 Collectors Antiques
South
1 Motif Antiques (Naramata)
2 Jardin Estate Jewelry & Antiques (Okanagan Falls)
3 Penticton Antiques
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Best Place to Buy Gifts
Central
1 Rafters Home Store
2 Wal-Mart
3 HomeSense
North
1 Interior Gift Gallery
2 Boutique Canadiana
2 Good Gracious Contemporary Gifts
3 Bramble Bush Floral & Gift Shop
South
1 Terwilligers Gifts
2 Willowbrook Lane (Summerland)
3 Ten Thousand Villages
3 Wild Rose Cottage
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Best Place to Buy Art
Central
1 Hambleton Galleries
2 Picture Perfect
3 Tutt Street Gallery
North
1 Vernon Art Gallery
2 Nadine’s Fine Art & Frames
3 Picture Perfect Art & Framing
South
1 Tumbleweed Gallery
2 Lloyd Gallery
3 Mat & Mitre Gallery
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Best Children’s Clothing Store
Central
1 Epic Jr. Boardwear
2 The Gap
3 The Children’s Place
North
1 Chicken Little Childhood Outfitters Inc.
2 Second Street Children’s Store
3 The Bay
South
1 Winners
2 Pipsqueaks & Damsel’s Consignment
3 Wal-Mart
3 Zellers
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Best Women’s Clothing Boutique
Central
1 Plum
2 Flare Fashions
3 Mellow Yellow Clothing
3 Winners
North
1 Creatabls Clothing
1 La Crème Clothing Company
2 Reitmans
3 South of Pine Street Fashions
South
1 SASS Boutique (Summerland)
2 Urbana Clothing Company
2 Winners
3 Three Wishes Clothing Boutique
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Best Men’s Fashion Store
Central
1 MacDermott’s Men’s Wear
2 Moore’s Clothing for Men
3 Landmark Clothiers
3 The Gap
North
1 Milano Clothing
2 Mark’s Work Wearhouse
3 The Bay
South
1 Grant King Men’s Wear
2 The Bay
3 Elliott Row Men’s Wear
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Best Place to Buy Footwear
Central
1 Aldo
2 Downtown Shoe Store
2 The Shoe Company
3 Hollywood Shoes
3 Payless ShoeSource
North
1 Marc’s Footcare & Repairs
2 Vernon Shoes
3 Red Top Grocery & Footwear Ltd.
South
1 Fritz Shoes
2 Shoe Warehouse
3 Shoe Biz
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Best Place to Buy Children's Toys
Central
1 Toys R Us
2 Loadza Toys
3 Kinderhaus Toy & Gift Shoppe (Peachland)
North
1 Teeter Totter Toys
2 Zellers
3 Vernon Teach and Learn
South
1 Sirius Science & Nature
2 Wal-Mart
3 Zellers
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Best Bed/Bath Store
Central
1 HomeSense
2 Home Outfitters
3 The Bay
North
1 The Bay
2 Winners
South
1 The Bay
2 Winners
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Best Jeweller
Central
1 JK Schmidt Jewellers (West Kelowna)
2 Canadian Jewelry Exchange
3 Codispoti Jewellery
North
1 Gregory’s Fine Jewellery
2 JC Bradley Jewellers
3 HM Krause Jewellers
South
1 Gold Dust Jewellery
1 Rodans Jewellers
2 People’s Jewellers
3 DeLong Studio (Summerland)
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Best Florist
Central
1 Creations by Mom & Me
2 Bloomers Floral Design & Gifts
3 Kelowna Rose & Garden Centre
North
1 27th Street Florist
2 Harris Flower Shop
3 Bramble Bush Floral & Gift Shop
South
1 Carl’s Flowers
2 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Summerland Flowers & Gifts (Summerland)
3 Heritage Flowers & Gifts
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Best Garden Centre
Central
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Bylands Garden Centre (West Kelowna)
3 The Greenery
North
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit Market & Garden Centre
2 Art Knapp Plantland
3 Coldstream Willows Nursery (Coldstream)
South
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Grasslands Nursery (Summerland)
3 Giardino of Penticton
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Best Bakery
Central
1 Tripke Bakery
2 Specialty Bakery
3 Cobs Bread
North
1 Sweet Caroline’s Bakery
2 Bakers’ Dozen
2 Cobs Bread
3 2P’s Health Kitchen Restaurant
South
1 Renaissance Bakery
2 The Cake Box Bakery (Summerland)
3 Blue Icing Dessert Bakery
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Best Natural Food Store
Central
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Natural Rezources
3 Choices Markets
North
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Lifestyle Natural Foods
3 Anna’s Vitamins Plus
South
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Whole Foods Market
3 Summerland Food Emporium (Summerland)
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Best Specialty Meat Shop
Central
1 T–Bones Fresh Meal Market
2 Johnny’s Fresh Meats & Deli
3 Illichmann’s Gourmet Foods
North
1 Helmut’s Sausage Kitchen
2 Butcher Boys Grocery Market
3 Clancy’s Gourmet Meats
3 Vernon Butcher Shop & Catering Services
South
1 Tony’s Meats & Deli Ltd.
2 T–Bones Fresh Meal Market
3 A & K Grimm Sausage Ltd.
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Best Place to Buy Fruit/Vegetables
Central
1 Paul’s Produce
2 Quality Greens Farm Market
3 Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market
North
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit Market & Garden Centre
2 Quality Greens Farm Market
3 Vernon Farmers’ Market
South
1 Quality Greens Farm Market
2 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
3 Okanagan Tree Fruit Co-op
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Best Local Wine Shop
Central
1 Discover Wines
2 House of Rose Winery
3 Quails’ Gate Estate Winery
3 Vineyards Estate Wines at Calona Vineyards Winery
North
1 Gerry O’s Cold Beer & Wine Store
2 Larch Hills Winery (Salmon Arm)
3 Correale’s Wine Cellar
3 Vernon Vintners
South
1 Elephant Island Orchard Wines (Narmata)
2 BC VQA Wine Information Centre
3 Red Rooster Winery
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Best Musical Instrument Store
Central
1 Wentworth Music
2 Paramount Music
3 Lee’s Music
North
1 The Music Shoppe
2 Tempo Music
South
1 Classic Guitars
1 Skaha Sound
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Best Bookstore
Central
1 Chapters
2 Mosaic Books
3 Ted’s Paperbacks & Indonesian Imports
North
1 Bookland
2 Coles The Book People
3 K & K Bookstore
South
1 Books N’ Things (aka The Book Shop)
2 Coles The Book People
3 Okanagan Books
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Best Ski/Board Shop
Central
1 Island Snow
2 Deviate Board Shop
3 Freeride Board Shop
North
1 Attridge Ski & Board Shop
2 Stüssi Sport
3 Olympia Cycle & Ski
South
1 Freeride Board Shop
2 Apex Ski Shop
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Best Golf Shop
Central
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Golf Town
3 Golf USA
North
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club Pro Shop
3 Vernon Golf & Country Club
South
1 Penticton Golf & Country Club Golf Shop
2 St. Andrews By The Lake Golf Course (Kaleden)
3 Skaha Meadows Golf Course Golf Shop
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Best Bike Shop
Central
1 Cyclepath
2 Kelowna Cycle
3 Larry’s Cycle & Sport
North
1 Sun Country Cycle
2 Olympia Cycle & Ski
South
1 The Bike Barn
2 Freedom The Bike Shop
3 Double O Bikes and Sports (Oliver)
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Best Boat Dealer
Central
1 Dockside Marine
2 Rayburn’s Marine World
3 K & R Marine Ltd.
North
1 Lake Country Sports Equipment Ltd.
South
1 Penticton Yamaha & Marine
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Best RV Dealer
Central
1 Country RV Centre Ltd.
2 Enterprise RV Ltd.
2 Westgate RV Centre Ltd.
3 Voyager RV (Winfield)
North
1 Mike Rosman RV Sales
2 Kenkraft Sales Ltd. (Coldstream)
3 All Seasons RV Sales
South
1 Midtown RV Ltd.
2 Leisureland RV Centre Inc.
3 Richards Travel-Land Ltd. (Summerland)
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Best Auto/Truck Dealer
Central
1 Kelowna Chrysler Dodge Jeep
2 Orchard Ford
3 Don Folk Chevrolet Inc.
North
1 Vernon Toyota
2 Bannister Chevrolet
3 Vernon Dodge Jeep
South
1 Sentes Chevrolet Ltd.
2 Penticton Toyota
3 Bob Brown Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.
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Best Tire Dealer
Central
1 Kal Tire
2 Quality Tires
3 Fountain Tire
North
1 Kal Tire
2 Big O Tires
3 OK Tire & Auto Service
South
1 Kal Tire
2 Big O Tires
2 OK Tire & Auto Service
3 Larsen Excel Tire & Auto Service Centre
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Best Accounting Firm
Central
1 MacKay LLP
2 Action Management
3 Thalheimer & Company
North
1 North Okanagan Accounting Services
2 Clark Robinson Certified General Accountants
3 H&R Block Canada Inc.
South
1 S.A. Weisner & Co. Inc.
1 White Kennedy Chartered Accountants
2 Omland Heal Chartered Accountants
3 Harvey Lister & Webb Inc.
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Best Bank/Credit Union
Central
1 CIBC
2 TD Canada Trust
3 RBC Royal Bank
North
1 RBC Royal Bank
2 Scotiabank
3 TD Canada Trust
South
1 Summerland & District Credit Union (Summerland)
2 CIBC
3 TD Canada Trust
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Best Insurance Company
Central
1 Capri Insurance
2 Bruce A. Hollett & Associates
3 Interior Savings
North
1 Baron Insurance Broker Group
2 Capri Insurance
3 Valley First Insurance Services
South
1 BCAA
2 Johnston Meier Insurance Agency
3 Capri Insurance
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Best Investment Firm
Central
1 Raymond James Ltd.
2 Investors Group
3 TD Waterhouse
North
1 Edward Jones
2 Canaccord Capital
3 Summit Financial Planners Inc.
South
1 Investment Planning Counsel
2 National Bank Financial
3 Raymond James Ltd.
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Best Law Firm
Central
1 Pushor Mitchell
2 Doak Shirreff Lawyers
3 Pihl & Associates Law Corporation
3 Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP
North
1 Nixon Wenger
2 Kern & Company Law Corporation
3 Davidson & Company
South
1 Kampman Oliver Keene
2 Bell Jacoe & Company (Summerland)
3 Johnston, Johnson & Company (Summerland)
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Best Real Estate Company
Central
1 Re/Max
2 Royal LePage
3 Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty
North
1 Re/Max
2 Century 21 Executives Realty
3 Royal LePage Downtown Realty
South
1 Sutton-Power 1 Realty
2 Royal LePage Locations West Realty
3 Re/Max Front Street Realty
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Best Travel Agency
Central
1 My Travel
2 Capri Travel
3 Mission Park Travel
North
1 Visions Travel Ltd.
2 Marlin Travel
South
1 K Banks Travel
2 Lakeside Travel Ltd. (Osoyoos)
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Best Autobody Repair
Central
1 Boyd Autobody & Glass
2 Kelowna Performance Collision
3 Craftsman Collision
North
1 Vernon Star Autobody
2 Sandy’s Collision Repairs
3 Manfred’s Auto Body Ltd.
South
1 Ellis Creek Autobody
2 Alder Street Autobody (Summerland)
3 First Rate Autobody
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Best Place to Get Your Car Fixed
Central
1 Midas Auto Service Experts
2 Winn Automotive
3 Canadian Tire
3 City Auto Repair
North
1 Courtesy Motors
2 Sunshine Honda
3 Bannister Chevrolet
South
1 Adrian’s Automotive (Summerland)
1 Larsen Excel Tire& Auto Service Centre
2 Sentes Chevrolet Ltd.
3 Fifth Ave. Auto
3 Penticton Brake & Wheel Ltd.
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Best Car Wash
Central
1 Skogies Orchard Park Car Wash
2 Bubbles Car Wash& Detail Centre
3 Sutherland Avenue Car Wash
North
1 Silver Star Car Wash & Detailing
2 Vernon Esso & Car Wash
3 Wise Guys Car Wash
South
1 Fairview Mohawk
2 Super Wash on Main
3 Wise Guys Car Wash
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Best Dry Cleaner/Laundry
Central
1 Busy Bee Spall Plaza Cleaners
2 Capri Cleaners
3 Kelly’s Cleaners at Orchard Plaza
North
1 Toppers Cleaners
2 Centre Dry Cleaning
South
1 Martin Cleaners (Summerland)
2 Classic Cleaners
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Best Fitness Club
Central
1 Global Fitness Centre
1 World Gym Fitness Centre
2 BodyFit Fitness Centres
3 iQuest Healthcare & Fitness Centre
North
1 Ladies World Health & Fitness
2 Fitness West
3 Curves For Women
3 Kal Fitness
South
1 The Gym
2 ESHPI Health & Fitness (Summerland)
3 City Centre Fitness
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Best Hair Salon
Central
1 Chatters Salon
2 Total E’Clips Salon Spa
3 Layers Of Color–Redken
5th Avenue NYC Salon
3 Mirror Mirror Salon & Spa
North
1 Teri’s Hairport
2 Chatters Salon
3 Rapunzels The Salon
3 The Great Escape Hair Salon & Day Spa
South
1 Best Little Hair House
2 James on Kelly Hair Studio (Summerland)
3 The Big Tease Salon & Day Spa
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Best Day Spa
Central
1 Beyond Wrapture Day Spa
2 O Spa & Salon
3 Namasté Day Spa
North
1 Just For You Spa & Salon
2 Rituals Salon & Spa at Predator Ridge
3 The Pickled Onion Day Spa & Wellness Studio
South
1 Spa Tranquila
2 The Heirloom Spa (Naramata)
3 Art Of Beauty European Day Spa
3 Body & Sol Spa & Salon
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Best Home Repair/Renovations Company
Central
1 Gord Turner Renovations Ltd.
2 Robinson’s Renovations (West Kelowna)
3 Home Depot
North
1 Keith Dahlen Construction Ltd. (Coldstream)
2 NOR Renovations
3 Redgwell Construction Ltd.
South
1 Solum Rammed Earth Ltd.
2 MB Home Improvements & Construction
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Best Home Builder
Central
1 RLJ Homes Inc.
2 Dilworth Quality Homes
3 Jag Enterprises
North
1 Redgwell Construction Ltd.
2 PJ DeVries Construction
South
1 Solum Rammed Earth Ltd.
2 Blackhawk Contracting & Design Ltd.
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Annual Community Event
Central
1 Westside Daze (West Kelowna)
2 Mardi Gras Street Festival
3 Canada Day
North
1 Vernon Winter Carnival
2 Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede (Armstrong)
2 Vernon Sunshine Festival
3 Funtastic
South
1 The Meadowlark Festival
2 Penticton Peach Festival
3 Penticton Ironman
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Best Wedding Venue
Central
1 Guisachan House Restaurant
2 Lake Okanagan Resort
3 The Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre
3 The Harvest Golf Club
North
1 Historic O’Keefe Ranch
2 Paddlewheel Hall
South
1 Linden Gardens (Kaleden)
2 Summerland Ornamental Gardens (Summerland)
3 Penticton Lakeside Resort
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Local Musician/Music Group
Central
1 Scott Thielman
2 Sled Dogs
3 A Day Late And A Dollar Short
North
1 The Young’ Uns
2 Kevin Kienlein
3 Andrew Allen
3 Kath & The Tomkats
South
1 Kyle Anderson’s Amazing Rubber Band
2 Total Gin
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Best Live Performing Arts Group
Central
1 Kelowna Actors Studio
2 Bumbershoot Children’s Theatre
3 Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
North
1 Caravan Farm Theatre (Armstrong)
2 Powerhouse Theatre
South
1 Many Hats Theatre Co.
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Best Tourist Attraction
Central
1 Mission Hill Family Estate
2 19 Greens
3 Big White Ski Resort
North
1 Historic O’Keefe Ranch
2 Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede (Armstrong)
3 Davison Orchards
South
1 Kettle Valley Steam Railway (Summerland)
2 KVR Trail
3 Okanagan Lake
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Best Nightclub
Central
1 OK Corral Cabaret
2 Flashbacks Nite Club
3 Gotcha Nite Club
3 Level Night Club
North
1 Boomers Nite Club
2 Moe’s Nite Club
3 Monashee’s Bar & Grill
South
1 The Mule Night Club/ Showroom
2 The Barking Parrot
3 The New Element Nightclub
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Best Yoga/Pilates Studio
Central
1 Bikram Yoga Kelowna
1 Oranj Dance Fitness
2 Global Fitness
3 Hatha Yoga with Helena at The Yoga Loft
North
1 Ladies World Health & Fitness
2 Inner Light Yoga Studio
3 Yoga Matters
South
1 Purple Lotus Yoga
2 Bodies on Power
3 Get Bent Yoga &
Belly Dancing Studio
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Best Place for Family Fun
Central
1 Scandia Golf and Games
2 H2O Adventure & Fitness Centre
3 Energy Plex Family Recreation Centre
North
1 Atlantis Waterslides & Recreation
2 Davison Orchards
3 Silver Star Mountain Resort
South
1 Loco Landing Adventure Golf
2 Okanagan Amusements Family Fun Park
3 Rattlesnake Canyon Amusement Park (Osoyoos)
3 Skaha Beach
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Best Free Attraction
Central
1 Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market
2 City Park
3 Mission Creek Greenway
North
1 Davison Orchards
2 Kal Park
3 Polson Park
South
1 KVR Trail
2 Penticton River Channel
3 Penticton Peach Festival
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Best Pet Supply Store
Central
1 PetSmart
2 Total Pet
3 Buckerfield’s
North
1 AJ’s Pets & Things
2 Total Pet
3 The Complete Pet Mart Ltd.
3 Healthy Spot Pet Nutrition & Supply
South
1 Total Pet
2 Country Corner Supplies (Summerland)
3 Pet Pantry Penticton
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