High cost of gas, accommodations keeping Canadians at home – survey says yes. There has been heat There has been smoke and fires There are pumps prices that could be lower BUT Do you find this is NOT like a normal summer with lots of tourists, beaches filled, accommodation hard to find? With no research […]
Archives for July 2014
Photographer Donna Dean
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Moonlight Serenade
Rural report with Laird Smith
I keep my ear tuned to the weather in BC which right now is perfect for fruit. I just think of those peaches growing fat and juicy. What a delight! This kind of heat BC is getting now is perfect for cantaloupe. Those melons will be so sweet and juicy. I would rather eat a […]
Letter to the editor
Brad Fossett suggested I send you these photos I took at “the Stump”. Brad and his nephew Kyle were kind enough to load and haul away in their two pickups this pile of used lumber and yard waste which someone had put there either Friday (after 9 am) or Saturday early. It was stacked on […]
Thanks Zach and Hanna
Two recent grads, Hanna Ellis and Zach Raposo ran the fundraiser “Haircuts for Holmstrom” at Canadian Tire Friday and raised over $1450. Great success – thanks for organizing
Osoyoos Desert Society – handsome award
The Government of British Columbia approved $16.7 million in community gaming grants for arts and culture and $29.1 million for sport during 2013-14 ◾Osoyoos Desert Society – $50,000 Denise Eastlick, Executive Director at the Osoyoos Desert Society said that the grant funds provide critically needed core funding for their group. “These funds are earmarked for […]