Recently I was speaking with one of the cashiers where I work. The gal is an educated lady with a Bachelor’s degree. She was telling me how apples have all kinds of chemicals in them to preserve them. Hearing that was alarming to me because I know that is a false statement. Immediately I said […]

Special weather statement in effect for: •Okanagan Connector – Merritt to Kelowna Heavy snow is expected tonight. A strong front over Washington state combined with lowering freezing levels will result in snow over the high elevation passes of the Southern B.C. Interior tonight. Total snowfall amounts of 10 to 20 cm can be expected for […]

Sunday, March 15, 2015 Game 21 2nd Place – MERRITT JR. CENTS vs 3rd place – SOMHA JR. COYOTES WINNER – MERRITT JR. CENTS – score 7 over SOMHA JR. COYOTES – score 1 Game 22 – (Oliver) 12th Place – WILLIAMS LAKE TIMBERWOLVES vs 13th Place – REVELSTOKE JR. GRIZZLIES WINNER – WILLIAMS LAKE […]

Easter is three weeks away Spring Break has begun – kids back in school March 30 just in time for the Easter Break on Friday of that week.

Part 5 by Pat Whalley Cleanliness is next to Godliness……………this was one of Grandma’s mantras so, like thousands of women all over northern England, Monday meant washday. I really do not know where the obsession with Monday as the only day to do laundry came from but, whatever the weather, Monday was the chosen day. […]

Blessing If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won’t survive the week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the […]