September 15 to 17     Okanagan Nation Salmon Feast and Celebration Join the Okanagan Nation Salmon Feast and Celebration and honour the sacredness of the river. This annual event takes place at sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ Provincial Park, in Okanagan Falls, BC.  It is one of the goals of the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation to carry on the work of […]

  The RDOS has announced that the South Okanagan Conservation Fund is now open for applications. The Fund is a dedicated source of funding for the purpose of undertaking environmental conservation projects in participating areas of the South Okanagan. The Fund will support activities, projects, and works that include, but are not limited to, water, […]

In a July interview, BC Education Minister Rob Fleming said: “I think our government just has a completely different and fresh attitude towards public education. John Horgan made it clear his priority as premier is to make sustained investments in the school system, because it pays enormous social and economic dividends.” If our new government […]

A new blanket of smoke has covered much of the southern Interior. Mirroring the conditions of the last long weekend, residents from Lumby to Penticton and Kamloops to Salmon Arm likely saw a grey haze from the fires move in. The Air Quality Health Index rating for the South, Central and North Okanagan is seven, […]

BMX rider Brody McLean, 9, of Osoyoos earned a bronze medal at the BMX Championship in Calgary in August. Lee Cejalvo photo “I should never give up because I can always make it back up on the rest of the track,” said McLean, a member of the Penticton BMX Club. McLean placed sixth among nine […]

Taken in Oregon at a site showing the total eclipse and the corona.

Contrary Wind While waiting for his son to arrive at the airport the father noticed a pilot standing nearby. Curious about the answer to a question that had puzzled him for some time, he approached the pilot and asked, “Why do planes take off against the wind? It would seem that they could gain more […]