Re: Oliver Hike/Bike Path, NW side. I am sure regular users of the NW section of the Oliver Hike Bike Path have noticed detour signs along the route the last couple of days. I am told this is for trimming vegetation back and possible tree cutting; – no problem there, the safety of the public […]
Archives for 2014
Letter to the editor
Message from Linda Larson
Thoughts turn to fall as summer nears an end August has gone by quickly as summer months seem to do. The ‘buzz’ word of the month was ‘staycation’. Many of you have been enjoying holidays in B.C. for many years but perhaps a few more British Columbians decided to look at what was available close […]
Feature film planned
I have another large feature film looking in the Okanagan, Boundary or Similkameen regions. I need to find a large abandon mill, mine or logging camp like the examples I’ve included? Are you aware of any like these that might be a little more remote. All help is appreciated. Photographs and contacts more so. Jon […]
Glimmer of hope
I don’t think the Education Minister put much on the table Wednesday but he has shifted the ball in the court of the BCTF. Suspend the strike, go to work, let’s talk with Vince Ready – is what I heard. As long as teachers have the right to strike if no settlement is reached – they […]
Federal minister touring South Okanagan
Minister Pierre Poilievre and local Conservative Candidate Marshall Neufeld meet with community and business leaders in Oliver and Penticton this week. Democratic Reform Minister Poilievre accompanied by Neufeld visited The Gleaners Okanagan, a volunteer group that turn discarded vegetables into dried soup mixes for shipment across the world to communities in need. “Our Government continues […]
Council support for Juliana – BC Ambassador
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