Saturday, April 27, 2013

Video Rental Places in the Okanagan, Shuswap County, and Thomson County That Are Still in Business



Updates (and oversights) welcome as this likely will change pretty rapidly. For places that I’ve visited in the last few years, I’ve included Last Verified notes.  Adult video stores not included.

Note that at least two stores listed on the Video Express/Movie Company website are out of business.

1.      Video Express, 3305 Smith Dr (Armstrong; last verified April 2013)
2.      Coldstream Video & Water Outlet, 100 Kalamalka Lake Rd (Coldstream; last verified April 2013)
3.      MovieMart, 444 St. Paul St, (Kamloops; last verified in an older location May 2010; however, Facebook page last updated April 2013)
4.      MovieMart, 700 Tranquille Rd (Kamloops; reported closed in May 2013 article)
5.      Premiere Video Corporation, 1445 McGill Rd (Kamloops)
6.      Valleyview Video Mart, 50-1967 Trans Canada Hwy E (Kamloops; reported closed as of June 2013)
7.      Leo’s Videos, 2680 Pandosy St (Kelowna)
8.      Cinematic 24/7, 538 Yates Rd (Kelowna)
9.      Mt Boucherie Video, 1761 Ross Rd (Kelowna)
10.   Sundance Video, 6278 Main St (Oliver; last verified in May 2010, but appeared to still be open when I passed by in April 2012)
11.   Peachland Video, 5500 Clements Cres (Peachland: I think I glimpsed it April 2012)
12.   Black Panther Video 110-3547 Skaha Lake Rd (Penticton; reported closed in Feb/15 article)
13.   The Movie Company, B-2890 9th Ave NE (Salmon Arm; last verified April 2013)
14.   Video Express, 201 Victoria Rd (Revelstoke; a news article from March 2012 indicated it was still open then)
15.   Video Village, 533 Main (Sicamous; also partly a pizza place; last verified April 2013)
16.   Video Express, 34-10051 Highway 97 (Winfield; last visited in 2009 but still appeared to be open when passed in April 2013)

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