Meet “Houdini” the Great Horned owl and wish him a happy 15th Birthday at SORCO The South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls – 8965 Hwy 97 North of Oliver Annual Open House / Grand Opening of our new Clinic Sun May 4th-2014 10 am – 3 pm Ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 am by The Honorable […]
Archives for 2014
Dave Drought writes:
In regard to your story on quagga mussels, I thought to send a picture of zebra mussels I saw in the Colorado River last year. A little different in appearance, but just as harmful. Strangely enough, I read a few years ago that these mussels, while bad for human endeavours, and most likely harmful to […]
Photographer Doris Lancaster
Floatin’ like the heavens above It looks like muskrat love
Fee hikes and layoffs – in future for Okanagan College
Okanagan College’s Board of Governors has passed a $92.8 million balanced budget for 2014-15 that includes tuition fee increases for domestic and international students. “While this is a tight budget year that involves some adjustments, it also allows introduction of a new program in Sustainable Construction Management Technology, and anticipates a growth in our international […]
One pot feast
How many words
Look at the letters in the word – OLIVER How many words can you make from the letters… You can use a letter twice but no other letters can be used.
In court today
Gary Leaman, 58 A former Penticton city councillor who pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault had his sentencing delayed for almost three months. Leaman is due back in provincial court in Penticton on June 11 to set a date for sentencing. The court is still awaiting completion of a psychological assessment – a […]
File a tax form to get credits and benefits
About 180,000 B.C. families will be eligible to receive up to $55 per month, or $660 annually, for each child under the age of six when the B.C. Early Childhood Tax Benefit is introduced in April 2015. What does this mean for families today? To receive the new benefit in 2015, parents need to file […]