Wildfire in OK Falls – last night fanned by strong wind – covered about 3 hectares mostly contained. A witness says the fire started at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The witness says firefighters were seen protecting power lines. Callout for OK Falls FD 10:43pm. Willowbrook Fire notified for coverage. The BC Wildfire Service said there […]
Archives for August 2016
Learning to speak….. again
Finding his voice after losing larynx to cancer Over the telephone, Walter Trudeau sounds like a man with a zest for living. “I feel really good. Life is good,” says the 80-year-old Kelowna resident. Most of us wouldn’t expect a person in Walter’s position to have such an upbeat manner, but he is amazing in […]
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Rural report with Laird Smith
The tree fruit I enjoyed picking most as a boy was Italian prunes. The reasons were that the trees were not big for the fruit could easily be reached with a ten foot ladder, there was no fussiness about picking the fruit with stems on, the fruit usually grew clustered together so 8 to 12 […]
Sunny week ahead
Note as part of our count down to school – there are only two weekends left before classes begin. Make the best of them
Grass fire extinguished quickly
Fire call 8:07pm Sunday Location – south end of Deadman’s Lake (near Rd 21) East side of roadway Traffic stalled briefly. One power pole needs to be repaired.
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Sunday Stories – with Brenda Shaw
My First Car When I turned 16 in September, I waited two weeks to get my driver’s license and then aced it! In the meantime my Dad had found a little old car for me. It was a 1951 Morris Minor two door and was an ugly army khaki! However old it looked, it did […]