Learn to Ice Fish Event What: Kids Learn to Ice Fish Day with the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Okanagan Fisheries Section When: Sunday, February 23 Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Where: Yellow Lake To get to Yellow Lake, take the turnoff at Hwy 3A towards Keremeos. The event […]
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Young story teller
Chapter one – more to come Home Again by Reilly Irvine The hill would not appear to be anything more than a small bump in the vast green terrain from a plane in the sky. Surrounding the grassland were majestic snow-capped mountains, more apt to catch one’s attention. From the mountains to the north came […]
Local Photographer Earns Master of Photography Degree
MERLE SOMERVILLE has earned the Master of Photography Degree from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). The degree was presented to Somerville by PPA president, Ralph J. Romaguera at the Association’s Annual Convention, Imaging USA, held last January, in Phoenix, Ariz. The Master of Photography Degree is not merely a piece of paper. It means that […]
Riley on a Mission this weekend in the Fraser Valley
Message from Riley Martin We are playing wheelchair basketball in Mission for the 2014 BC Winter Games. Playing at Heritage Park main gym. Practice Thursday, round robin Friday/Saturday, medal rounds on Sunday. I’m playing for zone 2 (Thompson/okanagan). There are 6 zones here, we held tryouts last November, and 6 of us from the region […]
RDOS will apply for land tenure for Okanagan trail
The Regional District will apply to the Provincial Government for land tenure for trail purposes for a number of properties west of the new four lane passing section on Hwy 97. Because of road widening – some parts of the KVR right of way have been lost and Regional District Director Allan Patton wants to […]
Trade show Saturday – not to be missed
Women of Oliver for Women (W.O.W.) presents Mainly for Women Trade Show Oliver Community Centre Saturday, February 22, 2014 10 am to 4 pm Free Admission! Everyone Welcome!! Interesting Exhibits!!! INFO – SALLY at 250-498-0104
Getting together
ECOmmunity Place Coordinator, Chad Eneas with Education Director Lauren Terbasket at RDOS meeting Thursday. Directors of the Regional District invited to attend session at the Enowkin Centre on Green Mt. Road April 9 and 10th to continue dialogue on government to government cooperation. Dialogue sessions part of a process agreed to in a protocol signed between three […]
RDOS plays “tough love” on those living in yurts
The yurt displayed above is located in the 2300 block of Allendale Rd in Okanagan Falls. It was erected without proper permits and has been occupied. The owner of the land is an absentee landlord and the RDOS has had difficulty making contact. At the Thursday Regional Board meeting, directors decided to place a notice on title […]