Each month the SO Chamber of Commerce (OK Falls, Osoyoos and Oliver) gets together with members to exchange views, hear a speaker, have draws and just enjoy the wine – this month Meyer Family Vineyards served at Dogtown Coffee Co. – after hours. Making a draw – ODN’s favourite sunrise photographer Linda Sheehy-Brownstein with SOCC president Holly […]
Archives for February 2013
Business to Business – OK Falls style
Hacked email accounts
Each day recently I have woken up to see hacked Yahoo and Hotmail accounts of my friends and I hear about them when I meet with people on the street. Each day their is spam in my various accounts – there is danger out there. What to do? I recommend gmail – ask Google about […]
Required to provide property for licensed child care
School Act – This amendment will require boards of education to establish a policy promoting the use of board property by licensed child-care providers between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, provided the property is not required for K-12 educational programs, extra-curricular school activities, or early learning programs. This will ensure […]
7 months outside Canada…eh?
Care coverage extension for long-term vacationers VICTORIA – Amendments introduced today to the Medicare Protection Act will create authority to set regulations that would allow British Columbians who take longer-term vacations out of the province, such as “snow birds”, to stay on holidays for an extra period of time. “The Canadian Snowbird Association requested that […]
Heron on the lake by Cathy Hodge
Murder victims in West Kelowna identified
RCMP investigators have identified the two victims involved in the West Kelowna double homicide reported on Monday evening. Investigators are continuing with their request for public assistance and have set up a designated tipline for information. Following the notification of next of kin by the RCMP Southeast District Major Crimes unit, investigators can now release […]
RCMP seek help with 46 year old pedestrian’s activities prior to accident
A female pedestrian was killed on Hwy 97 North of the Gallagher Lake corner , when she ran across the road and into the path of northbound vehicle. On Tuesday evening on February 19th at around 18:45, the Oliver RCMP responded to a fatal collision on Hwy 97 in the Gallagher Lake area, once on scene […]