Photos by Leza Macdonald More later
Archives for 2015
Heading to paradise
Rainbow on the trip down by Sandra Smith
Kiosk cleanup by Dave Whalley
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society cleanup at the kiosk on Road 22 on Friday. Area looks much better now thanks to all the volunteers with sore knees and three truckloads of weeds to the landfill.
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A British Columbia father who killed his three children while suffering psychosis has been granted escorted outings into the community, a privilege giving him limited freedom seven years after the murders. Allan Schoenborn received the B.C. Review Board’s approval even as the Crown warned panel members to heed government legislation empowering them to hold mentally […]
legion ladies
20 years – raising funds for higher learning
John Echlin, at foyer of the Frank Venables Theatre, tell his audience some of the early history of the SOSS Enrichment Fund Society. On February 2 the Society celebrated its 20th year of incorporation with first directors of the society Janet Shaw, Jack Frank, Roger McKay, John Echlin and John McCarthy. The real winners – […]
Canada’s shame
At least 6,000 aboriginal children died while in the residential school system, says Justice Murray Sinclair, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sinclair, who has been tasked with studying the legacy of the residential schools, says that the figure is just an estimate and is likely much higher. Residential schools were established in […]
Alert to warnings
Warnings 3:13 PM PDT Friday 29 May 2015 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: •North Okanagan – including Vernon Updated or ended by 5:46 p.m. PDT. At 3:13 p.m. PDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to penny size hail and heavy rain. A line of […]