Your South Okanagan Automobile Selection Specialist Tom Desjardins www.huberbannister.com Call anytime 250-493-2333 or visit Tom at Huber Bannister Penticton 933 Westminster Avenue Tom has been providing the people of the South Okanagan with vehicles for many years. He knows that life in the Oliver / Osoyoos area is different from the big city. He understands […]
Archives for March 2014
Local MP concerned about Canada Post business model
To: The Honourable Lisa Raitt – Minister of Transport From: Alex Atamanenko – Member of Parliament Subject: Canada Post I am writing to express my grave concerns about the changes to service that Canada Post is in the process of implementing in several communities in my riding of BC Southern Interior. These changes threaten jobs, […]
Tick tick tick
The arrival of warmer weather means many of us are spending more time outdoors. The change in weather also brings out ticks – small bugs that feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes transmit disease. “Ticks are most often found in tall grass and wooded areas so covering up before […]
Photographer Wayne Jones
Spring – When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin’ along.
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Sunday April 13th – running event for Oliver
Oliver Wine Capital of Canada 10K run taking place on Sunday, April 13. The event is Road Race #5 in the Canadian Tire Interior Running Association series and normally draws between 100-200 runners from all over the Okanagan and Lower Mainland. This race put on by the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society. The race starts […]
Cats…. lots of cats ~ Number one problem for SPCA
BCSPCA Craig Daniell says there are currently tens of thousands of homeless kittens and cats in B.C. “These abandoned and free-roaming cats are forced to fend for themselves outdoors, suffering from starvation, illness and injury, freezing temperature and predator attacks.” He notes that 75 per cent of kittens born outdoors die before the age of […]