Full dress for some on this hot May day while attending ceremonies put on by the Royal Canadian Legion on the nearest Sunday to VE day in Europe 1945. Branch 97 held the Passing of the Torch of Remembrance from the older generation to the younger with 250 lit candles (in red plastic wind topped candles) being placed […]

Annual walk, hike, bike or run sponsored by the Desert Valley Hospice Society at Lion’s Park this Sunday. Larry Larson of the Oliver Kiwanis Club donates $1000 and passes the cheque to Society President Janet Shaw. There off. Over $11 thousand raised for the Hospice Society.

New clinic for raptor health being constructed by students and volunteers. Should be  completed by late fall.   Inside the clinic work proceeds The clinic is in aid of injured birds like MacKenzie – a juvenile bald eagle that awaits the arrival of his classic white feathers. MacKenzie has suffered injuries including the breakage of […]

When driving south toward Vaseux Lake on Highway 97, you see a statue  on the bluff. Her torch is aimed toward Heaven.  She marks a sanctuary where birds have no fear. She keeps a watchful eye upon herds of Sheep and Deer. The Eagles soar over Vaseux Lake with the spirit of our pioneers. A cleft […]

When you fly over a mystery you can not stop and get a good look at it. Mike Beaulieu took this shot recently from his plane. My guess was a bee colony but I have been wrong before.