Better headline – government still working on way out of a tight corner A draft plan is being prepared to manage environmentally sensitive areas in the South Okanagan. That provincial government plan should be unveiled to the public in September but first it goes to the Okanagan Nation Alliance. That’s the key to this […]

  Genuine Humility The corporal of a small army squad was giving orders to his men to raise a timber to the top of a military building they were constructing. The weight and size of the beam was making it hard for the men to lift it into place. Frequent commands to push, heave and […]

PENTICTON – Responding to dry conditions, the Government of B.C. has announced a Level 3 drought rating for the South Thompson, Nicola, Similkameen, Okanagan-Kettle and Skagit regions, and taken the additional action of suspending angling in streams and rivers throughout the South Okanagan due to ongoing low stream flows and warming water temperatures. Effective July […]

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Open letter to Oliver’s Mayor and Council Re: Pubic Hearing Concerning Modular Home Development West of Meadows Drive OCP Amendment Bylaw 1070.01 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 1350.03 I have several misgivings about this development and would like to be on record as opposed to its approval. Furthermore, should council decide to proceed with approval, I […]