How do you make education better in School District #53? Better – what does that mean? Better results – better teaching and better success with students that can be measured might be one concept. An idea doing the rounds is “inquiry time” where teachers and administrators will send the students home early and collaborate in […]
Archives for 2013
Looking for a meal – osprey by Wayne (the baker) Jones*
*with apologies – just making sure Wayne was awake that early
Do you like statistics?
The debut of Canada’s controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They’re young, they’re suburban, and they’re mainly from Asia, although Africans are arriving in growing numbers. But the historical comparisons are few and far between in […]
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Local post office in Oliver. Notice the change?
Car dives into orchard near Osoyoos
Time 2:15pm Wednesday 3 miles north of Osoyoos on Highway 97 Police and ambulance attended Car driving southbound veers to the left crossing center line into a orchard. No known reason. No one seriously hurt.
Snowballs
When I first saw the clouds over Baldy I was driving east up McKinney and it really looked like a giant snowball dropped on the hill. But to get the right shot without wires I backed off to the top of Road 4. But alas the dream shot was not there. C’est la vie.
Complaint Division
“It would be nice to see the ODN banner shared by the other politicians running in our area. Having Mrs. Larson occupying that space everyday can be seen as favouritism by some……just saying.” – name withheld Publisher: The Larson campaign arranged for this space for their banner ad and no other party or candidate has […]
Ebony and Ivory need a new home
Ebony and Ivory are about 8 years old and will be needing forever homes when they are a little healthier! Ebony has ear, eye and skin issues along with an open sore that was acquired from her previous owner attempting to clip her fur and instead gouging poor Ebony! I have the dog pound contract […]