Taxes are Good This morning I noticed that ODN printed the regular “taxes are bad” article provided by the Fraser Institute. For decades they have been pushing this idea. How about printing this letter which actually reminds people that taxes are good and that without taxes we lose public services. Government programs help us in […]

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Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2016, finds that the average Canadian family spends more on taxes than on housing, food and clothing combined with 42 per cent of income going to taxes, and 38 per cent being spent on the basic necessities of life. The annual study tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian […]

Kate Durisek, owner, Howling Moon Cider House “Getting support from the Buy Local funding program has given a huge boost to the brand and overall market presence of our family-run business. It’s been integral to the growth of our operations. Mohan Gill, owner, Bordertown Vineyards and Estate Winery We are very honoured to be recipients […]

A family affair – art in many forms 1812-1892 Steel engraver Lumb Stocks RA – Claude Duval – copy of original art 1859-1915 Water colour artist Bernard Stocks – Fruit picture 1887-1949 Lumb Stocks of Penticton – grandson of the steel engraver 3 pictures *1918-2000 Babe (Stocks) Bennest – daughter of above – painted colours […]

In Grade 12 we were lucky to have Mrs. Lundy for our three English classes. By the end of the first month I had become an avid poetry reader. Mrs. Lundy lent me a book of hers with her favourite poems and I read it cover to cover. I even told Mom and Sandy the […]