An inductee into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame & Juno Award winner, SHARI ULRICH has fashioned an extraordinary career for herself since coming north from her native San Rafael, California to Canada in the early 70’s.  She has made an indelible mark as a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television composer, host, and actor. Her new […]

Sheryl Parolin reports Here are two photos of the side of the garage of the house we rent in Osoyoos. We have only lived here three months and have been cleaning up junk in the yard from previous tenants in the past few weeks. I do know about the Best Bloomin’ Garden Contest and I […]

Spotlight on Steve Staresina Meet Artist and Oliver Business Man Steve Staresina.  Steve is the driving force behind the new Oliver Art Gallery, an artist run cooperative Gallery located on Main Street Oliver, British Columbia.   Along with creating a location that would provide exhibition space for local artists from Summerland to Osoyoos, Steve Staresina has […]

Broke bread at the White Spot off Cardero in Vancouver with some of my friends. See if you can identify them all

Communities in Bloom organizers report that the plant sale last weekend resulted in a doubling of revenue over the sale in their first year. Hopefully this will become an annual affair. Congratulations to all the organizers seen below. Photos by Val Friesen.