Thank you SORCO, for inviting us to a lecture, on the Rehabilitation of injured birds. SORCO & the Desert Society together, arranged a lectured talk. We signed up, and enjoyed the day. They talked about the Burrowing Owl breeding programme, and showed us the owls in the pens. I learned about the importance of natural […]
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Dix tours Penticton Hospital – speaks with Doctors Saturday
NDP Leader Adrian Dix says Penticton needs a new hospital and deserves to get it but says politics is interfering with process. Dix visited Penticton yesterday and toured the hospital in response to the Premier’s Wednesday announcement of a Business Plan going ahead. Executive Director of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Medical Foundation Janice Perrino says locals […]
Shadow walking by James Watson
Discover the arts – at the JAM Monday
Arts Jam! Monday March 25 9:30 a.m. Quail’s Nest Arts Centre 5840 Airport Street, Oliver BC There’s a lot more news at Arts Jam than we can ever cram into the monthly Creative Minds newsletter. Plus, there’s always goodies! Here’s a taste of what’s in your newsletter this month: Visit the Spring Arts Faire on Sunday April […]
Does anyone have the right answer?
Where is it? Now I am back from a brief break – where do I go each March for one day? The picture will not help on the second question.
No ‘cowboy’ gas station here
RDOS has given an exemption to this building in OK Falls Thursday as the town centre has a building design plan calling for a western theme when buildings are constructed or fixed up. This old gas station is being re-done and will have a clean modern look.
Abuse – 1st in a series
CHILDREN WHO WITNESS ABUSE by Chad Tiegen This is the 1st in a series of articles inspired by V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. A young boy lays in his bed, very aware that there is a noise, a loud and chaotic sound, coming from the kitchen. Beyond his door there […]
Bird on a wire
By Dave Whalley