RCMP have finally released some details of the allegations against a former Osoyoos mountie who’s accused of violating the force’s code of conduct. Amit Goyal is alleged to have engaged in disgraceful or disorderly conduct three times, and to have twice made false, inaccurate or misleading statements to another officer, according to information recently posted […]
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High on Life – Pat Whalley
Although I was born in the mid forties and spent my teenage years in the sixties, I completely missed the “free love and laid back” era that was the true beginning of the drug scene. As a teenager, I wasn’t interested in world news so didn’t read the newspapers or even watch much of tv […]
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Rural report with Laird Smith
I think most farm boys growing up in the Okanagan Valley had a dog or two, I was no exception. The first dog I remember was a male black lab mix whose sire was a good fence jumper. Wally gave him a name which today is a politically incorrect name, but back then it was […]
For the birds….. Thor Manson
Spring has Sprung The calendar may say otherwise, but as far as our local bird population is concerned, spring has arrived. Many of our full time resident birds are already nest building, and the air is full of bird song. In addition many of our migrant species are also starting to arrive, and are wasting […]

