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Archives for June 2019
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Floaty engineers with rock crews assemble " Inuksuk " south of Rd 9 Bridge. River is low and moving slow - ideal conditions for a Sunday work project...... …
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Praemonitus, Praemunitus –
Political Nudge Last week, I wrote about nudging. Party names and party mission statements are nudges. I searched for the mission statements of each of eight Canadian national political parties. I was able to find a mission-like statement for each party – with two exceptions. I was unable to find a constitution for one of the parties and another party couldn’t summarize their vision in a single statement. After finding them, I tried to determine which one resonated for me. You can too. Below are eight statements from seven of the Canadian national political parties. Choose the one mission-like statement that resonates for you. Then go find out which party you have chosen. To be fair, choose before googling. We stand for a Canada that is strong, united, …
The Steele report
Happy Birthday Canada. Tomorrow we celebrate one hundred fifty-two years of accomplishment and contradictions. We will celebrate in towns and villages with the swearing in of any number of new Canadians. In our past and present we are surrounded by Canadian Inventions, we commonly use on a daily basis at least by most of us. When you look at your watch be reminded Standard Time is a Canadian invention. While in your vehicle the odometer is a Canadian idea. Take the garbage out? The garbage bag is Canadian. So what else. Insulin, peanut butter, the first wheelchair accessible vehicle, the first electric wheelchair, the walkie talkie, the snowplow, the snowmobile, the baggage tag for travel, and more. In sports, lacrosse, basketball and hockey. The instant replay. In …
Help fund the Cancer Car – have a lunch as well
LUNCH ON CANADA DAY? TRY OUR BBQ OUTSIDE OLIVER BUY-LOW BURGERS, HOT DOGS WITH FRIED ONIONS AND ALL THE FIXINGS POP AND WATER ALL BY DONATION MONDAY, 1ST JULY, 10.30am -2.00pm PROCEEDS TO THE CANCER CAR Have you or your family ever needed a ride in the Cancer Car, If not, you are very lucky. Rides in the car are only for those people suffering from cancer and need to make the daily trip to Kelowna for treatment. Usually treatments run from 21 to 42 days. The car is provided and maintained by the local Freemasons and is a free service to all who need the service. The object is to relieve some of the worries and frustration of making the daily round trip up the valley, usually 2 to 6 patients are transported per day. All drivers are volunteers and do all they can to make your …
Pee Wee hockey 45 years ago – does this relate?
large format press to enlarge 1975/76 submitted by Lindsay Peterson …
by Jessica Murphy
POSTCARD FROM EMILY In a box of old papers in a second-hand store I found a postcard. No address, no date. It was short but poignant. It read: “My Dearest Daddy I am having a lovely time at Grandmas. Gee but I wish you were with us and I miss you so. To-day I helped grandma in her shop and sold such a lot of sweets. To-day is mothers birthday so I bought a pretty compact for her. Well good bye. Emily.” The postcard was a sepia city street scene, with ornate stone buildings, dated automobiles and buses, and a round-about centred by a raised concrete plinth complete with street lights and the de-rigour statues of recent British royalty. In the margin the card was titled ‘Colmore Row, Birmingham’. The writer was away from home and missing her father. She was visiting her …