Think about it with Joseph Seiler Deal I can deal some cards, meaning that I give them out in front of you and me, face down, back and forth, one at a time. I keep dealing until we each have the number of cards needed to play the card game we have chosen. I […]
Archives for December 2016
Oliver – top choice for the name of a baby boy
For the first time, Oliver is the top name for boys born in B.C. according to the Vital Statistics Agency. For the past five years, Emma and Olivia have been the top two names for girls born in B.C. and for the year 2015, Emma takes the prize and Olivia falls to second place. Rounding […]
Chief awarded – Order of Canada
Update: In 2017, Chief Clarence Louie hopes to see continued economic development. “I want to see more industry and development in the South Okanagan,” he said. “I know people come here to retire, but we are not going to keep schools open without jobs.” Chief Louie appears on a list of new appointees, announced by […]
Newsmakers of 2016
The editorial board has spoken Top story of the year : Osoyoos High School to close – NO that does not happen – Top newsmaker of the year : Brenda Dorosz, Osoyoos crusader, fights off a criminal, runs for the NDP – See a delightful reflection on the 2016’s lead story by Roy Wood.
Osoyoos Secondary does NOT close – role of women leaders so important
Women headline OSS mini-series By ROY WOOD There was no bigger story in the South Okanagan this year than the threatened closure of Osoyoos Secondary and the determined and ultimately successful effort by the townsfolk to save their high school. Clearly our society is well past the time when we are surprised that successful and […]
Letter to the editor
“There’s lies, damn lies, and statistics,” to quote Justice Peter J. Rogers in the courtroom yesterday, when I spoke about how statistics can be skewed to show anything we want them to show. That’s all that the school board lawyer had in her arsenal to defend the school board’s position. The lawyer for the school […]
Flashback
Baby… it’s cold outside
Thanks to Brian Fry for his wonderful “high up” photos