July 12 – Environment Minister Mary Polak with ODN Polak says mapping is key – looking at how wildlife moves north and south, east and west, where land has been designated as protected and how that can be expanded with other property. Those in the know are trying to put as much of that land […]
Archives for August 2015
National Park
I know the subject we love to hate. I am introducing it here again as I think something is going to change soon. A small change because the clues and the words have been in the media coming from the government side for some time. I had a conversation with a person in Victoria who […]
Osoyoos – explosion and fire
An explosion woke me up said one neighbor. Osoyoos Fire Department called to mid block 7800 Meadowlark Drive in the middle of the night with a call about a mobile home and propane tanks exploding. On the scene this morning it appears foam was use to contain the fire quickly. Police and ambulance attended as well. […]
fibre broads – august 10 to 14
saige and sally
Apple Beach could be site of motel
By ROY WOOD The owners of the Apple Beach RV Park are free to pursue their dream of building tourist accommodation on Tuc-el-Nuit Lake after council on Monday approved a rezoning of the property. James and Catherine Hodge have been seeking the change that would allow them to build a hotel or motel at […]
Osoyoos fire
Report of mobile home on fire in 7800 block of Meadowlark Drive Osoyoos at 2:35 am Tuesday. Osoyoos Fire Department responding
Rural report with Laird Smith
When did the last ice age end? No one really knows but the speculation is that it ended between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. For the sake of argument, I’ll choose 15,000 years which fits better into my story anyways. The glacier I’m talking about is the one called the Cordilleran Ice Sheet which lay […]