then to Willowbrook to check on the trees
Archives for 2015
Local boy make good
Andrew Strain – Photographer Grad year – 2002 Best teacher – Ian Gibson and Mo Basso were the most influential to me. Always enjoyed Gruntman’s math classes as well. We had a great group of teachers, I couldn’t single out one as the ‘best’. Best friend – I was closest with Skylar Lebert in high […]
Officer involved shooting deaths related to mental illness ?
INFORMATION BULLETIN Independent Investigations Office Six officer involved shootings now under investigation by the IIO since April 1, 2015 including 4 deaths. * April 9 – VPD (death) * May 13 – Burnaby (serious harm) * July 3 – Salmon Arm (serious harm) * July 8 – Port Hardy (death) * July 16 – Dawson Creek […]
The Sunnyside
Burdens A medical missionary to Abyssinia, Dr. Lambie, learned a valuable lesson by observing a practice of the people native to the land. Not having many bridges over streams that at times were torrential, they adopted an unusual process for wading across safely. They would carry a sackful of stones as they crossed. Without that […]
Help
Picture of Vaseux Lake area – rocks, houses etc. 1940’s Hatfield Island doesn’t look large. Rocks indicate near highway and the houses likely those buildings near the first outcropping of land as you head north. What do you see?
New regional commander – familiar face
Former Southeast District Chief Superintendent Mike Sekela (right) Brad Haugli (left) – his successor Brad D. Haugli Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia – board member RCMP Chief Superintendent Brad Haugli is the Southeast District Commander He has 25 years of service with the RCMP in operational policing, servicing in different parts of BC. In […]
Armed robbery in Oliver linked to Teneycke ??
Armed Robbery Oliver 2015-07-18 File # 2015-3649 South Okanagan RCMP – Oliver On July 16, 2015 at 10:17 a.m. Oliver RCMP attended to a complaint of an armed robbery in the 6400 block of Park Drive. (Eastside Corner) Officers attended and spoke to the business owner who advised that just shortly after 10:00 a.m. an unknown […]
At the local library
At the library’s Summer Reading club event on Thursday evening, the library teamed up with the museum staff to take a trip back to 1900. For “recess” the kids had a chance to play some old time games. Prescott Wick explained the fine art of marbles to a group of boys while the girls learned […]